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Posted: 11/8/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/29/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This report covers 10/24 to 10/29. Jeff has gotten the Mack's to bite up in the Narrows and in the Barrens. Primarily pulling baited Jeff drift rigs within 5 feet of the bottom at 1.1 mph in depths ...
Posted: 11/10/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/9/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took Dennis Dickey and Jim McGough of Prescott, WA out on the 9th to continue the early winter Kokanee fishing. They banged away in the upper part of the lower basin to get these Kokanee and Cut...
Posted: 11/13/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/13/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Bobby Loomis of Mack's Lure fame and old Chelan hand Mark Lippencott came out with Jeff to try some things and catch some "silvers" (in Eastern Washington slang). The worked Mack's Double D dodgers i...
By: Kokanee-Addicted
Posted: 11/29/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/27/2016
Hot Spots: 3
Went out to fish the big lake. Motored up to 25 mile creek area and instantly started catching nice 13-14 inch kokanee at 82-88 feet deep. Purple/Pink and Orange were hot ticket colors. We caught o...
Posted: 11/30/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/28/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff got most of the fish to bite in the Trench from 220 to 240 feet deep pulling baited Jeff Drifts at 1 mph. Josh Cadd of Wenatchee and Ron Keen of Chelan enjoyed the overhead cover and propane hea...
Posted: 12/2/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/2/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took guide in training, Shawn Murphy out to find some Kokanee. They pounded them at the upper end of the lower basin in depths of 50 to 150 feet, trolling at .9 to 1.7 mph. They pulled Mack's L...
Posted: 12/4/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/3/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Dan Callan of Seattle came out to fish with Jeff and learn how we catch our Lakers. Jeff pulled Jeff Drifts baited with a piece of Pikeminnow at about 1 mph in the trench to get the fish to bite. Wa...
Posted: 12/24/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/24/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The Windisch's came out and fished with Jeff on a cold and clear Christmas Eve morning. They trolled Jeff drifts baited with a piece of Pikeminnow within 5 feet of the bottom at 1mph in the Barrens t...
Posted: 1/22/2017
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/22/2017
Hot Spots: 0
After a long weather and health hiatus, Jeff got back on the water with many time customer Tom Roberts and his son , Zach. They worked the Bar Fringe, Barrens and Trench with excellent results, fishi...
Posted: 1/25/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/24/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Pepe' and Clay Brandenberg came out with Jeff to zero in our winter Kokanee. They pounded the upper end of the lower basin to get their Silvers. Working Mack's Double D Dodgers in front of Pro Cure ...
Posted: 1/28/2017
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/28/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Tony Mischceay and the gang from Everett came out for some morning Mack fishing on Chelan with Jeff. The same pattern of pulling pikeminnow baited Jeff drifts at 1mph within 5 feet of the bottom in t...
Posted: 1/30/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/30/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took Pepe' and Jesus out for some Kokanee. Pepe' even let Jeff get his limit. The Super Bowl Party should have some great smoked fish snacks! Jeff got these chromers to bite an orange Mack's M...
Posted: 2/3/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/1/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Tevi's insatiable appetite for Kokanee led Jeff and Pepe' back out to the fishing grounds to catch some Kokanee. Working the lower part of the upper basin netted them these beauties!
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Posted: 2/7/2017
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/5/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Gregg Kirmeyer and his crew decided to forego the Super Bowl and fish with Jeff. They pounded the Mackinaw in the trench working depths of 220 to 245 feet with pikeminnow baited Jeff Drifts trolled w...
Posted: 2/8/2017
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/7/2017
Hot Spots: 0
The Clemmer's from Springdale and the Renz's from Loon Lake came out to pound Mack's with Jeff. They hung in the trench and hammered the bottom 5 feet of the water column with Jeff Drift's baited wit...
Posted: 2/14/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/14/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff and Pepe' took advantage of improved weather to go chase Kokanee on the 13th and 14th. Trolling Mack's mini cha cha's behind their 7.6 Double D Dodger in chrome and chrome scale worked. Bait th...
Posted: 2/18/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/18/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Matt Farnum of Everett and Yuri Ruban of the Ukraine came out to fish for Kokanee with Jeff today. They worked the lower part of the Lucerne Basin and limited out in about 3 hours. Seeing Bighorn Sh...
Posted: 2/19/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/19/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Erik Walum brought his clan out to fish with Jeff for some Kokanee. Thought I'd post this. A 40 kokanee day is pretty special! Same pattern as yesterday worked. Remember, we are offering a sale fo...
Posted: 2/21/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/21/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff is really on a roll. On the 20th he took out the regionally notorious Graybill brothers. Dave ("the Commish" AKA: The Fishing Magician) and his brother, Guide Emeritus on Chelan, Rick. I'm sur...
Posted: 2/24/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/24/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Paul Chauvin and Melissa Miller came out and fished with Jeff for Kokanee again. Same pattern, same results. Yesterday we had another father and son combo come out and fish with Jeff for their limit...
By: Rocketvet
Posted: 2/24/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/24/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Another stellar day with Jeff of Darrel and Dads Guide service on Chelan. Hot depth was around 100 ft. Multiple locations produced. Jeff has this fishery dialed in and is a great guy to fish with. ...
By: afk
Posted: 2/26/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/25/2017
Hot Spots: 0
We put in at Mill Bay around 08:30. (Water is getting shallow!) Headed up to Mitchell Crk. and dropped lines in. The fish were hungry. We trolled at 1-1.4. Ran our offerings from 50 to 120' on the wir...
Posted: 2/27/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/27/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Many time repeat Jason Zembrycki came out with his posse to fish with Jeff on the 25th while Tevi sent Pepe' out with Jeff on the 27th to resupply with Kokanee. So they could keep their strength up, ...
By: rojomojo
Posted: 4/6/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/4/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Report is for Tuesday thru Thursday.
For exactly 60 hours, we didn't mark any schools of koks. We tried multiple depths, only one we caught was on a long lined surface pole fishing less than two fe...
By: Lingking
Posted: 4/11/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/9/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Made my first trip to Chelan of the year. Beautiful day great weather! The fish were a little on the picky side. Went 2 for 3 on a brads Kokanee bait. Custom silver in pink and orange. Lots of fish in...
