Pictured: 3/3/10 Andy Byrd of Manson with a limit of Roses Trout. There are 3 Tigers and a couple of Rainbows in the mix. 3/5/10 Jeff Witkowski of Big Dog and Chelan with a 2 pound tagged Rufus Triploid. 3/6/10 Mike Hodge of East Wenatchee with a nice upper Columbia metalhead. 3/7/10 Steve and Valerie Mapua of Kent with James Murray and Jeffrey Tropianilo of Covington with their Lake Chelan Macks.
A week of fishing with our guide Andy Byrd -- Pictured: 2/11/10 The LaCroix's from Kirkland, 2/12/10 The Bunch crew from Western Washington, 2/13/10 the Delyanis Crew from University Place, 2/14/10 PM the Yunin crew from Spokane, 2/15/10 The Nelson's from North Bend,
2/16/10 Nathan Miller from Ft. Lewis with their fish.
2-18-10 Jane Talerico-Brown of Seattle with a 15 pound 8 ounce deepwater Lake Chelan Mackinaw.
2-21-10 Timothy Hennessey of Spanaway with Patrick Hennessey and Patrick Jr. (15) of Lake Bay with their catch of Lakers.
Here is Anton's week. It was quite the dream.
2-2-10 The Park's from Kennewick are the first 3. Maxine only wanted a half day so we took an hour off to drop her and return to the fishing area. It was quite a half day with a 13.5 and a 14.6. After the picture, Dennis caught 3 more.
2-3-10 LCSA Raffle winner Ron Clifford of Camano Island with brother Dave Clifford of Ahsahka, ID came out for a full day. They caught 2 twelve pound lakers among their 16 fish. 15 are in the group shot.
2-5&6-10 Rich Elliott (Kirkland)and Jay Bomgardner (Clyde Hill) are repeat customers. fishing buddies and members of the Puget Sound Anglers group. They brought friend and fishing buddy Eddie Jensen (Bothell) with them for 2 nights stay in the Hideaway. They fished a full day on the 5th catching 11 lakers including a 9lb 13oz/ a 15lb 9 ounce and a 17lb 5 ounce fish. On the 6th they spent a half day to catch 6. They included an 11lb 12oz fish, a 13lb 13oz fish and a 20lb 11 oz sea monster.
2-7-10 Kirk Stevens of Bothell and brother Mark Stevens of Yosemite N.P. came out for a half day on Super Bowl Sunday. They caught 6 lakers including a 10lb 3 oz. fish.
Pictured: 2/6/10 - Jay Bomgardner of Clyde Hill with long time buddy and fellow Puget Sound Angler member Rich Elliott of Kirkland with the big fish of the year so far. A twenty pound eleven ounce deepwater Laker. 2/6/10 - Jacqueline SwinDell of Wenatchee with two hatchery steelhead from the Upper Columbia. 2/3/10 - Lake Chelan Sportsman's Association Dream Fisherman Raffle winner Ron Clifford of Camano Island with brother Dave of Ahsahka, Id and deckhand for the day, guide Jeff Witkowski of Chelan with 15 of their 16 Lakers that include two twelve pounders.
Pictured: 1/25/10 Jim Lee of Sedro Wooley with a typical Lake Chelan Mackinaw. 1/30/10 Kevin Stennes of Pateros with a Jig and Bobber Steelhead from below Wells Dam on the Columbia River.
Pictured: 1-23-10 McKinley Widman (8) of Wenatchee demonstrating best driving techniques to her grandfather...1-25-10 Dave "The Fishing Magician" Graybill with deckhand for the day, Mark Stennes of Pateros with most Dave and Eileen Graybill's catch of Lake Chelan Mackinaw.
On 1/2/10, David Child, his father and son went fishing with Anton. While they were fishing, David took some video and has uploaded it to YouTube. Check this out:
As Anton has been at the Tri-Cities Sportsman's Shows, we are showing a couple of his favorites from the Late Winter deepwater trophy Lakers from past trips. We will have fresh photos in next week's report. Pictured: 3/12/07 Dad (Anton) himself with a 23 pound deepwater Mackinaw. 1/21/08 Jeanette Byrd of Spokane with another 20 pound deepwater Laker from up there above the Yacht Club.
Pictured: 1-3-10 - Chris Andersen of Seattle, Travis Deggeller (12); Wade Deggeller (16) and Marty Deggeller all from Conconully with their haul of Lake Chelan Mackinaw. There are a good handful of 8 and 9 pound fish in this batch! 1/11/10 - Dwight and Tim from Bellevue with one of the 15 Steelhead they got into with Guide Jerrod Riggins on the upper Columbia.
We started the new year of 2010 in a BIG way!! How about a couple BIG Lake Trout or a nice string of fish? Either way, it is a fantastic way to start the year. Pictured: 1-2-10: Ardean Child of Texas with son and Yakima River guide David Child and grandson Dean Child (8) of Yakima with their catch of Lake Chelan lower basin Mack's.
1-2-10: Our guide Andy Byrd of Manson with a pair of 16 pounders caught above the Narrows.
And if you would like to look at previous years' photo galleries, click on one of the links below.
