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Posted: 2/23/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
February 23rd, 2012 Again the Catching on Lake Chelan was outstanding. We boated 15 laketrout in 4 hours today and most of the Laketrout were in that 5 lb range. Ace Hi-Fly by Silverhorde was again...
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Posted: 2/25/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
February 25th, 2012 We hit the Lower Basin of Lake Chelan this morning at 8:00 am and got into a decent bite within a 1/2 hour. We boated 10 Laketrout in 4 hours today..we had numerous other bites ...
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Posted: 5/30/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Today was another very productive day on Lake Chelan! We were only fishing a half day so we hit the piles of fish that have been stacking up on Minneapolis Beach to put a few in the cooler. Fishing ha...
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Posted: 5/31/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/29/2012
Hot Spots: 0
We decided to go get some Kokanee after the Memorial Day weekend smack a Mack party. We trolled a combination of Mack's Lures wedding rings and mini Cha Cha Squidders. Mack's FlashLites and Silver H...
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Posted: 6/2/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/31/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I had the Pleasure of Fishing with some of my Hometown Friends...I had the Edwards Family out with me on a Great Laketrout Fishing Adventure...Look at the size of some of their Fish...We caught 3 Lak...
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Posted: 6/3/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Colin Leingang brought his brother Chris out for a birthday fishing trip with their wives. We worked deepwater in a variety of locations throughout the lower basin and consistently got bit until the ...
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Posted: 6/3/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Ed and Sharon Bleitz brought out grandson, Detric Hernandez (9) for a mornings fishing. The kid latched onto the 2 biggest fish of the trip, a 10 and an 8. Grandma and Papa caught the little fish. ...
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Posted: 7/11/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/11/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Chelan remains great Laketrout fishing in the lower basin. Morning and evenings have been the best bite...The Ace Hi-Fly and Joe's Bait Rig has been what the fish want. I have been finding fish i...
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Posted: 7/12/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
We hit the Yacht Club area bright and Early this morning and Hooked the Biggest laketrout to come out of Chelan this Year it tipped the Scales at 26lbs. 12 oz. What a Toad!!! Joe's Bait Rig worked aga...
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Posted: 7/12/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff scored big fishing below Wapato Pt. with Mr. Peterson and his party. They got that 19lb and 11 pound on a double. It was a circus. Another 11 in the box to boot! T4 purple glow flatfish on th...
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Posted: 7/13/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/13/2012
Hot Spots: 0
We got into the Laketrout again today...We targeted Mack bar this morning and found good numbers holding in that 130ft deep..2 today we doubled up and then as we were passing the other guide boat we g...
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Posted: 7/14/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went prospecting in the lower basin with Jaime to id some locations. We thought we had that 1st in a career event when I saw a small fish bite on the outside rod and then a huge pull back. I thought...
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Posted: 7/15/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Wow what a Morning!!!! Ok to start the day, we motored out from the dock to Mack Bar and when I shut my main motor down, I noticed steam coming from the motor housing...Opened up the cover and yep Dip...
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Posted: 7/16/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Another great day on Lake Chelan..We targeted the Yacht Club first this morning and caught a few with 1 fish weighing in at over 8lbs. then we motored to Mack Bar and got into a good bite with the big...
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Posted: 7/16/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
The fishing Sunday morning on Lake Chelan was great! We started on Mack Bar and immediatly got into fish! We had 2 or 3 in the cooler before we even got all the gear out! Found all of our fish in betw...
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Posted: 7/18/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Mack Bar was good to us this morning on Lake Chelan...We boated another Toad laketrout that weighed 14lbs. 5 oz. Joe's Bait Rig Banged the big fish again today..The Ace Hi-Fly worked also! Thanks to t...
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Posted: 7/19/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Iraq vet, Michael Bates came out and fished with me. His wife's present to him. We told stories and became friends. What a great fishing trip. Oh, yeah, we caught fish too. He some good quality f...
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Posted: 7/19/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
What a beautiful sunrise on an early morning of unsettled weather! Grandpa Loidhamer brought out grandson Mason (9) and Nick for Mason to get some fish. Mason was a cool enough angler to let Nick ge...
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Posted: 7/19/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/19/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Steve and Ronda Wilinson of Bellingham brought Alfonso Bamso and Alfredo Passanha (both 16) of Portugal to fish with me. We hit the humps below Wapato Pt early and the trench later in the morning to ...
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Posted: 7/20/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/20/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Geologist, Dan Smith brought son Jeff and grandson Tony (10) out to fish with us. What a terrific morning. The weather was real nice with the wind and thunderstorms holding off until we were done an...
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Posted: 6/3/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/3/2012
Hot Spots: 2
Chelan is still producing good numbers of Lakers for us! Today I had the pleasure of fishing with Devin Coonan and Jason Ludeman, some hometown friends of mine. We started our trip this moring up at t...
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Posted: 6/4/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
New fishing partners, Rich Upson and Craig Berry had a great day out with Jeff. He pounded Lower Lake humps and ledges. First fish of the day was the big fish of the year, a 24lb 9oz behemoth. The ...
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Posted: 6/4/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
It was a Wet One on Lake Chelan this morning! Didn't effect the Laketrout Bite at all.. We boated 9 Laketrout and 1 Rainbow in 4 hours. 6 out of the 9 laketrout were over 6lbs. The Ace Hi-Fly was the...
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Posted: 6/7/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
We had a soggy day today on Lake Chelan, but the fishing was excellent! We decided that first thing in the morning we would target Kokanee and then move on to the Lakers later in the day. We started o...
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Posted: 6/8/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Chris and Terry Fitzgerald came out and fished in a strong downlake wind with me for an evening kokanee trip. We found the right depth for our 'riggers at 80 feet down and had nice consistent action....
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