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Posted: 2/6/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Had the boat hooked up and on the road to Mill Bay launch about 0700. Sprinkles of rain and snow, but in the lower 30s air temp. Backed the boat into the water, and slid it off the trailer. Jumped in...
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Posted: 2/7/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Thanks to Pat Gibson and his buddy for fishing with us. They got a nice taste of running the gear near the bottom and hanging some lakers. The best producing lure for them was the Chartreuse Splatte...
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Posted: 2/8/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/8/2011
Hot Spots: 0
February 8th, 2011 Today I fished in the Deep Water above the Yacht Club because I had to due to the 20mph wind out of the East..Really wanted to fish the Trench but Mother Nature put an end to tha...
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Posted: 2/12/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/11/2011
Hot Spots: 0
After spending most of 2011 doing financials, going to shows and writing I took Sandy out to catch a dinner fish. We had to troll down to the bottom of the trench and make the turn to get one. But, ...
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Posted: 2/12/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well, it was a great day on Chelan. Numbers were moderate for a four hour trip with 6, but size was just fine. Big fish was 9lb 4oz. Jeff just "snicked" that out on his side of the boat to outdo th...
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Posted: 2/12/2011
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Rating: 5
Fished: 2/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
February 12th, 2011 Lake Chelan is still smoking Hot for Laketrout in Big Numbers!!! I had the Pleasure to take Ken Heath and his Buddy Jay Johnson out for a morning of catching today..We trolled ...
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Posted: 2/12/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Ken Smiley of Edmonds and Don Starkweather of Seattle, the Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid of Lake Chelan were nice enough to come out with us and fish today. They had a beautiful weather day in spite...
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Posted: 2/12/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Due to conflicting work schedules We didn't get on the water until late after noon. We saw Lake Chelan Adventures--Joe--coming in as we were going out, and saw Andy from Darell & Dad's out on the lake...
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Posted: 2/13/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well since yesterday put skunk on the boat, Cindy kicked me awake at O dark 30 saying get up and lets go catch a fish. (jokin bout the kickin part) LOL. Anyway, a cup of coffee and pastry (I know, not...
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Posted: 2/13/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Randy Cole and Lori Kratzer of Yakima were nice enough to fish with us today. They thought Andy was great. They were grateful the sleepy fish woke up at about 9:30, just the way Andy predicted. Ran...
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Posted: 2/13/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Wow! This was a tough one. We fished flatfish, cha cha squidders, Kingfisher Lite spoons, Rushin' Salmon Wobblers and B2 squid rigs with a minimum of success. Started above the Yacht Club and got o...
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Posted: 2/16/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/14/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great day out on the lake. My buddy who fishes with me decided to make a run to Cabelas since I was the only one to catch a laker on Thursday. So I decided to hit it by my-self and my best pal G...
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Posted: 2/18/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/18/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Gordon Lueck of Lacey was nice enought to bring his grandson's Marcus (10) and Mikhail (8) Bussey out fishing with Jeff and Me today. With the cold front moving in, the morning had a bite to it. We ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/15/2009
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/14/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing early on Mack Bar and finishing a four hour trip in the trench produced a nice bag of Lakers with a very pretty Chinook. We have great fall fishing on Chelan. Anton Jones of Darrell & Da...
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Posted: 4/18/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Once again Lake Chelan has got me Whipped. Fished for about 5 hours and no fish to show. Marked several fish at various depths, and trolled to 250 ft, but no takers. Fished up to Rocky point and Back ...
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Posted: 7/16/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Luminous Chartreuse and Purple Glow Flatfish in T4 and U20 scored for Andy today. He pounded fish early on the Bar then finished off Sunnybank for a very nice morning. The Ford gang had a great time...
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Posted: 7/17/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/17/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Those little F7 Flatfish on the outrigger rods really produced today. We pulled 3 off the Bar in 4 passes for the first 2 hours. We also lost 2 to, to the learning curve. Stop and go is the way to ...
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Posted: 7/18/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Plucked a fish off the Bar and one from the flat before the wind made things really difficult. That UV / Glow Kingfisher Lite by Silver Horde scored both fish. I picked up and spent the last hour at...
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Posted: 7/19/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/19/2010
Hot Spots: 0
After a nice start on the Bar and 0500, the bite slowed for Andy as the morning wind uncharacteristically picked up. He finally pulled up and ran to the Yacht Club and cleaned house for the Clinton N...
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Posted: 7/20/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/20/2010
Hot Spots: 0
After getting back from a leisurely trip to Wapato to get some suspended Rainbows my 8 year old granddaughter said it was time for me to take her fishing. I decided the nursery fish need a bit of thi...
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Posted: 7/21/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/21/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Had an evening to spend with Family so we went out swimming and fishing on Lake Chelan..Trolled uplake over Mack Bar and saw lots of fish but no biters..Marked the fish on the GPS and let the Auto tro...
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Posted: 7/12/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/12/2010
Hot Spots: 0
It was a wind blown morn'. Lost a couple on the Bar and picked up one nice fish. Retreated to the nursery to get blown in 3 separate directions in the space of 20 minutes. Picked up 5 little nurser...
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Posted: 7/12/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/12/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well my day job made me take today off, so I got to go Fishing!!!!! Started today in the Lower end of the Trench out from Rocky Point to get the "skunk fish" out of the boat. We boated 2 here .Moth...
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Posted: 7/13/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/13/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Luminous Chartreuse and Purple Glow Flatfish in T4 and F7 were the ticket today. We started a bit later than usual (at 6:30 instead of 5:30), but it didn't matter. We got 3 fish on the first pass on...
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By: TomD
Posted: 7/14/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Got out Sunday morning for some fishing time before the family got busy for the day. I am trying to focus on kokanee this year and maybe some of the smaller lakes. Wanting to head uplake, I started ...
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