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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 5/23/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/23/2015
Hot Spots: 0
They Tobey clan came out for their annual foray for Lakers on Chelan. We trolled across the Bar and told stories. As we dropped into the Barrens we told more stories. I was sweating, but I thought ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 5/18/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/18/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Author, ex SF surgeon and cancer specialist, Larry Mulkerin came out and fished with me today. We each got to share stories about hard landings on drop zones and other semi-comedic military disasters...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 5/16/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/14/2015
Hot Spots: 0
The local Lutheran Church sponsors a Welcome Home Vets program. They were nice enough to send some of those veterans out for a morning of fishing with me. Jeffrey and Patricia Graham of Malaga as we...
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Wapato
Wapato
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 5/9/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/9/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Mike Wilson of the bustling metropolis of Spangle managed to get his aging body out of bed to go fishing with Sebastian and me. We limited in about 2 hours of fishing. Little 1/8 ounce Chartreuse Ro...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 5/8/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/7/2015
Hot Spots: 0
The Graves and Graham party pounded Colyar Ledge for a nice pile of Lake Chelan Lakers. Jeff hit depths of 175 to 220 while Anton hit the 220 to 350 ledges for their fish. As usual we kept the Jeff ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 5/6/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/6/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Tom Marszelek and Chuck Lindquist were nice to enough to come out and fish with us again. We worked Jeff's drift rig tight to the bottom at Colyar ledge and Manson Bay to get our fish. At Colyar, de...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 5/2/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/2/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Special thanks to the three generation group, of Dick Thaden, Dave Trip and Josh Tripp for continuing a family and Darrell & Dad's tradition. They have come over and spent some quality time catching ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/30/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/28/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Many time customer Geoff Corso of Tacoma brought his folks up from Bradenton, Fl to fish with Jeff for some Colyar Ledge Mackinaw. They worked his baited Mack's blade and bead combo for some nice qua...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/22/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/22/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Had the Hollidays come out and fish with us today. We pulled Jeff's Blade and Bead rigs made from Mack's Lure's components baited with a piece of Northern Pikeminnow at 1mph at depths of 175 to 265 f...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/22/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/21/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Thanks to Sam Clark and Ralph Stewart for coming out with us. We pounded Colyar Ledge early and Manson Bay later in the morning. Jeff's Blade and Bead rig from Mack's Lures continued to be the big p...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/20/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/18/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Thanks to the Mitchell's, Roth's, Murphy's and Maurices for fishing with us. The trench has cooled down, while Colyar ledge has heated up. Fish are still pounding Jeff's bead and blade concoction ma...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/15/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/9/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Thanks to the Jones family for fishing with us in the AM, the Tsun family for fishing the afternoon and the Hernandez family for supervising Jeff on the Kokanee outing. The trench continues to produc...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/8/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/8/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Thanks to the Autrey party on the 7th and the Deuholme family on the 8th for coming out to fish Mack's with Jeff. He needs the supervision... The trench bite may be softening just a bit, but it stil...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 3/31/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/29/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took Yakima writer Rob Phillips and Nick Laughlin out for some Kokanee fishing. They generated a bunch of fish on but the fish were lucky and only seven ended up in the box. Mack's Lure's mini-...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 3/26/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/24/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Three generations of the Munds family were kind enough to come out and fish with Anton. The day started out with a cold driving rain, but ended in mild sunshine. They got fish in the trench from 220...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 3/26/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/24/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff got to run uplake for mostly sightseeing. He did get gear down for about 30 minutes. Running Mack's Lure's mini squids behind a Mack's Double D Dodger baited with Pautzke's Fire Corn worked. J...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 3/21/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took Roger Sorenson and Pepe' out for some Kokanee and Mack fishing. They worked above the Narrows with some lures that Jeff designed from Mack's Lure's components. The trolled slow, working th...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 3/13/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/13/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Auntie Jeanie and Kim Person of CleElum came out and fished with Jeff. They picked up a couple Kokanee and a pile of Lakers in the trench. Needlefish with a Mack's Lure's Smile Blade in front really...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 3/6/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/6/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Justin Wolff of Angler's West TV; Bobby Loomis of Mack's Lures and Eddie Jensen, the developer of adaptive gear for handicapped anglers came out to do a bit of Kokane and Mack fishing with Jeff on 3/5...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 3/5/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Pepe' took Jeff out to see if he could still find the "silvers". They did. Mini Cha Cha's behind Double D Dodgers working right over deeply suspended Kokanee was the ticket. The big one was an amaz...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 3/3/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/28/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff had a great time with Mike Shay and Pat Stacey, then again with Dean Williams and his crew, Casey McAfee, Randy Hooper and Parker Williams. They worked the lower basin. Mike and Pat wanted to ge...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 2/25/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/24/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff wanted to mooch more pies off of Pepe', so he took him out to get back on the Kokanee after mostly working Mack's lately. Also took a trip uplake for the Boat Club to tow a dock. Pepe' loves to...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 2/19/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/19/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff pounded the trench with Silver Horde Needlefish (3.5") fronted with a Mack's Lures Smile Blade in the trench for Auburn anglers Jeff Watson and Tom Price. They were very handy anglers and boated...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 2/17/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Many time customer Jerry Hjelle brought Cliff Parker down from Tonasket to fish for Mackinaw with Jeff. They pulled Needlefish Squiddy's fronted with a Mack's Lure's Smile Blade tight to the bottom i...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 2/15/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/14/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Thanks to Jim Hankins and Galen Presler for fishing Kokanee with Jeff on 2/13 and the Lai family of Bellevue doing a 4 hour Mack trip with Jeff on the 14th. The Kokanee were scattered and cloudly w...
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