Crappie are the most popular fish on Brownlee.  There should be a real good average size on the crappie caught this season.  While we may not see the big numbers of the last 3 seasons.  Older, bigger fish should be more common and we should still have plenty of action and fillets to take home.

Bluegill of a catchable size made a strong showing last  summer.  Lots of solid keepers with a few trophy size were caught.  They grow thick and round in Brownlee's food-rich environment .

Channel catfishing should be super.  We caught several different age classes last season which is a great sign for future fishing.  Most catches had plenty of 4-6 lb. fish, with enough up to 9.5 lbs. to keep things interesting.

Smallmouth Bass showed better last season than in 2009 but still not as good as previous years.  It will be interesting to see what this year brings.

Yellow Perch also showed up better last year.  We had some good flurries of action on some real nice sized perch.

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 We work hard to provide a quality experience for all our clients.  We believe in hard work, honesty and treating people as we would like to be treated while on a charter. We have been on charters from Mexico to Alaska, some great and some not good.  Learning from the good skippers as well as what not to do from the bad outfit helps us to better accomodate our clients.  It is a learning process and we learn plenty from our clients.  We have a high rate of returning clients.  We have been featured in many publications including Outdoor Life, In-Fisherman, Bend Weekly, Field and Stream.  The most recent is an article in Northwest Sportsman.

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