It had been over a year since I had the chance to fish with my good friend Shane Magnuson. He fished in Alaska last year and we missed our usual opening day trip to Chelan Falls, which had become a tradition. When he called and invited me on his boat I was thrilled and yesterday I met he and his other fishing buddies Kevin and Tom, and we tried our luck for kings off the mouth of the Chelan River. We had some luck, too. Kevin had to leave early to go to work, but he took a nice king with him. Tom and I added to the total, landing two more kings each. Shane was running lead balls instead of downriggers and he had a variety of Super Baits on our rods. The Super Baits were stuffed with Graybill’s Guide Formula and he mixed Sand Shrimp and his new Bloody Tuna flavors together to make them irresistible to the kings. The action wasn’t fast and furious, but we had four fish weighing from about 12 to 18 pounds in the boat by a little after 10 a.m. Thanks Shane, I will look for you on the water soon!
Here I am with my good friend Shane Magnuson with a nice Chelan Falls king.