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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 2/12/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/12/2015
Hot Spots: 0
It took Stan Johnson and John Strand of Chelan 38 shots to get their 20 fish with Jeff today on our Kokanee Special. Again, they pounded the mid-depths with Mack Lure's Mini-Cha Cha's mostly in orang...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 2/11/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/11/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Deanne and Steve Martens of Spokane came out to take advantage of our Kokanee Special. They pounded the mid-depths with Mack's Mini squid rigs baited with corn to get these fish. The fish were a bi...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 2/10/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/8/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff McDonald of Laurel, Mt and friend Jason Hogue of Colorado Springs, Co came out for a morning of Mack fishing with Jeff on the 8th. Then the Blueberry Hills owners took an uplake scenic tour on t...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 2/7/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/7/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Mark Wendt and Wayne Kangas came out and fished with Jeff for some Mackinaw. There are still a few left in Chelan. The bite was pretty fair, trolling Silver Horde Needlefish fronted with a Mack's Lu...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 2/4/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took Mike Reinhardt of Seattle out Kokanee fishing with Grandson's Gavin (8) and Grayson (5) on 2/2. Then Jeff took good buddy, Al Brooks of Manson up to Lucerne and fished for Kokanee on the wa...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 2/2/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/1/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Michael Vasques and Steve Lolos of Chelan came out and pounded the deepwater for some Chelan Kokanee. Mack's Lures mini cha cha squidders with a Mack's Double D dodger was the ticket for these deeply...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/26/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/23/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Thanks to Paul Krutak for booking the boat on the 23rd. Jeff and he worked the Barrens over with a Mack's Smile Blade in front of a Silver Horde squid rig baited with Pikeminnow for these Mack's. Th...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/23/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/22/2015
Hot Spots: 0
The Baumgartner gang provided Jeff with supervision on the mornings of the 21st and the 22nd. The 21st was windy and kind of kept us from precisely hitting the spots. The morning of the 22nd was an ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/20/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/20/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Phil Johnson of Arlington, WA brought his gang out to fish the Trench for Mackinaw on a beautiful but breezy day. They banged the bottom with Silver Horde Needlefish fronted with a Mack's Lures Glow ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/19/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/19/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Tyler and Norm Johnson of Index were nice enough to come and fish with Jeff for a day of Mack fishing. They pounded the bottom in the Barrens with Needlefish baited with Pikeminnow. It was a gloriou...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/17/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Rusty and Deb Stendera from Monroe were nice enough to come out and provide Jeff with some adult supervision while he tried to remember how to get back on those Chelan Mackinaw. He worked the Barrens...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/15/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/13/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Well, Jeff is still on those deeply suspended Kokanee. It takes some work finding the location then the correct level, but once you are there, you can get them to bite. Depths of 50 to 200 feet have...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/12/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/12/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I think Jeff has got the winter Kokanee pattern down. It is a lot of work, but he is getting fish from 50 to 200 feet deep over much deeper bottoms. All the fish were between 13.5 and 15 inches. A s...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/11/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Bobby Loomis of Mack's Lure's and Mark Lippencott, regular Chelan angler came out with Jeff to keep a bead on the Kokanee. The rainbows were a nice bonus... especially the 4.9# "big". Mack's Lure's ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/6/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/6/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Working suspended Kokanee over deep Mackinaw worked on Chelan. A layer around 60 feet deep over a 400 foot bottom produced the Kokanee. Working the bottom got the Mackinaw. Mack's Lure's mini cha c...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/6/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/5/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Pepe' lured Jeff out to get some Kokanee with a couple of his incredible pies. The biters were a bit finicky, but once again the fish were at a wide variety of depths. It took a very active approach...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 12/28/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/28/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Wayne Kettler of Arlington, WA and Doug Mitchell of Granite Falls, WA came out and fished with Jeff. The winter bite has been great all week. They converted that action into a nice pile of fish toda...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 12/24/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/24/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff pounded the mid depths for Kokanee running his gear as shallow as 50ft and as deep as 175 feet. Mack's Lure Double D Dodger in 0000 and mini cha cha's as well as wedding rings worked great. An ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 12/24/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/23/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff had a great prep day and fishing day on the 22nd and 23rd. Pepe' came out to fine tune things with Jeff before he took out repeat customer Randy Stewart of Ellensburg and Chef Bob Aungst of Wint...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 12/9/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/8/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Prospecting for Kokanee has had it's ups and down's. Fishing for deeply suspended Kokanee with Mack's Lures Mini Cha Cha's in orange Behind a Mack's 0000 Double D Dodger tipped with Pautzke's Fire Co...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 12/4/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/28/2014
Hot Spots: 0
The Vessey family took advantage of our Black Friday Special to have a nice Birthday fishing trip for their boy on his 14th Birthday. Happy Birthday Stephen! Darren Wiersma came out to fish with Jef...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 11/25/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/24/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Thanks to the Phillipsborn clan for fishing with Jeff. The little Chinook bit right away. What a pretty fish. The shot of the fillets are from a laker to show what the meat of our lower basin Macki...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 11/21/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/15/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing baited Squid rigs off the bottom continues to be the go to method for trolling up our lakers. The trench from 220 to 245 feet work best. These fish are stuffed full of mysis shrimp and are d...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 11/10/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/8/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Thanks to Adrian Sinkey and the Harrington brothers for fishing with Jeff. They once again pounded the Barrens and the Trench in the Lower Basin to catch their fish. Squid rigs fished slowly just of...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 11/4/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/3/2014
Hot Spots: 0
This report covers the first few days of November, but it could suffice for the last 2 months. The fishing in the Barrens and the trench has been very consistent. Pulling a Silver Horde Needlefish s...
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