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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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Posted: 3/23/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/23/2015
Hot Spots: 2
Laketrout bite remains very good in the lower basin of Lake Chelan. Rocky Point is holding fish along with Mack bar and the Yacht Club. The Ace-hifly is your best bet. Keep the Ace next to the bottom ...
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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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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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Posted: 3/29/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/29/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Started off as a gorgeous morning on Chelan today, then the wind kicked up. Made for a tougher day but we finally got it done. Best lures for us today was the pink and the purple Liminators tipped wit...
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Posted: 3/31/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/28/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Hit Chelan Saturday and was greeted by the wind. Rough ride out to deep water, started fishing just down lake from the yacht club. Trolled for about an hour with no luck so tried to run up the lake a ...
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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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Posted: 4/5/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/4/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Drove to the launch watching the "blood moon". Fished out across from rocky point. the bite turned on once the sun hit the water, lost the first small fish at the boat then went 1, 2, 3 fish on the s...
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Posted: 4/6/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/6/2015
Hot Spots: 1
JoAnn and I got to fish Chelan for a long Easter weekend, our first fishing/camping trip of the year. New for us this year is the addition of our dog, Diesel. Diesel is a “puggle” that JoAnn got at th...
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Posted: 4/8/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/8/2015
Hot Spots: 0
If I could give today a 6 I would! Fished with a buddy of mine and we picked up our 2 limits (20 Kokanee) in short order. Caught most of our fish in the 60 to 100 foot range, trolling at 1.4 mph. Pink...
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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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By: goodtyms3
Posted: 4/9/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/6/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Made our first trip ever to Chelan for kokanee fishing and other than the weather it didn't disappoint. Everyone here is great providing good information to help out on on our first time at Chelan. ...
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Posted: 4/10/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Another awesome day of fishing on Chelan with friend and fellow guide Brad. The wind really messed with us as we were trying to test some new stuff in new areas. Finally we were blown off the the lake...
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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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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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By: hookset'n
Posted: 4/22/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/18/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the derby with BassPlayer17 and had a consistently productive day. We started down low but after an hour moved up lake and found the fish. We caught fish (and each other) all day, ending our ...
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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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Posted: 4/26/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/26/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Another beautiful day on Lake Chelan where I had the pleasure of fishing with a great grouP. Ended the day with 25 Kokanee and 1 bonus Cutthroat. Probably lost just as many Kokanee as we landed. Best ...
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Posted: 4/29/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/29/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake today with an absolutely great bunch of guys! Let's just say if there was a score of 10 today would have been it! 40 Kokanee in the boat and over 25 other loses and misses. Tons of action...
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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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By: hewesbob
Posted: 4/30/2015
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/30/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Not a bad morning, 10 mins. into the trip this nice King 30 inch about 10 pounds. One more strong hit then switched to kokenee gear, trolled for 9 hours tried every thing in the boat but could not get...
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Posted: 5/1/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/1/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Another Beautiful Day on Lake Chelan! Started off really fast but ended up the day with 25 nice Kokanee in the box. Probably lost 30+!! Tough getting them in the boat! Hit the lower basin early to get...
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By: Lingking
Posted: 5/1/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/1/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Got out mid day. Not the best time od day to fish but managed to catxh one nice buck at 140' on a pink uv hoochie with a pink smile blade. Dicknite dodger and fire corn dipped in super dipping sauce...
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Posted: 5/2/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/2/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Slower day on the lake today but we still managed to hit the magic 20 mark. More boats today made the fish spooky. 6" Sling Blades with 15" leader to Liminators in Pink and Orange tipped with Fire Cor...
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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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