Search

Chelan Fishing Reports

Change View:
Posted: 7/1/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/1/2011
Hot Spots: 0
July 1st, 2011 Today I started again on Mack Bar to find a good bite early and as the Morning Progressed the Fish slowed down for me..The Mid Day Bite was ok off Minneapolis Beach and continued goo...
Full Report »
Posted: 7/2/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/2/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Once again, the morning bite on "the Bar" was great. We pounded T4 purple Glow flatfish off the outriggers and Northern Pikeminnow baited Cha Cha Squidders off the downriggers to score. We did have ...
Full Report »
By: danm
Posted: 7/2/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/2/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Excelent day on the lake, 11 fish total between 3 and 9 lb each. Tight lines.
Full Report »
Posted: 7/3/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/3/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Same presentation worked today. Cha Cha from Mack's and an Ace Hi from Silver Horde on the downriggers and T4 purple glow flatfish on the outriggers. Three generations of Binders got a nice pile of ...
Full Report »
Posted: 7/3/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/3/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I have been So Busy these last few days doing Morning, Mid-Day and Evening trips so I have been slacking on the report section. Today I fished off Minneapolis Beach to have a Great Morning Bite!!!...
Full Report »
Posted: 7/4/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/4/2011
Hot Spots: 0
T4 Purple Glow flatfish on the Bar early was the ticket to success. Second fish being a 17 pounder kind of made the day. The 3 generations of Heckel's and Misti's dad, Dwayne Davison came out and fi...
Full Report »
Posted: 7/6/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Mark Sebastian of Federal Way and his buddy Brandon Huelman came out to fish with me. The Bar was a lot slower than it had been. After a few passes and three fish we moved over to Minneapolis and ch...
Full Report »
Posted: 7/6/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
We fished purple glow flatfish all around. T4's on the downriggers and F7's off the outriggers. Andrew Lumpe came out by himself. I started a new deckhand, Ray Rhoads of Spangle. We pounded away a...
Full Report »
Posted: 7/6/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Cha Cha Squidder produced mid day on the Bar for Jeff. The bite is a bit tougher and there is more "wake action" from recreational boaters, but it is still pretty good fishing. The Bryan gang came o...
Full Report »
Posted: 5/1/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/1/2011
Hot Spots: 0
We fished the Lower Trench again today...It was a tough bite but we managed to bang a few..I have been Fishing lake Chelan for over 15 yrs now and I cannot remember a Single Year that I have seen sooo...
Full Report »
Posted: 5/1/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/1/2011
Hot Spots: 0
With such a good morning shaping up I decided to go out for a shot at the Lake Chelan Kokanee. After dropping Cindy off at work, I had to go it solo today, I rigged up the boat and headed down to the ...
Full Report »
Posted: 5/2/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/2/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Today I started at the Foot of the Narrows fishing Depths from 240 to 350 ft deep...We found the the first fish on the Down lake Ledge before we dropped into the Abyss..We caught 3 in this Location an...
Full Report »
By: Yakivegas
Posted: 5/2/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/1/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Started the day in a couple of coves just up from Wapato point.Only a couple of mediocre fish here in about 200 ft of water.Later in the day we moved down lake closer to manson and fished on a couple ...
Full Report »
Posted: 5/3/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/3/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Gary Gerhardt came out with me to see if we could get those kokanee to bite. He limited and got a few lakers to boot. We mostly fished off the drop out of Chelan Shores. The best combo for us was a...
Full Report »
Posted: 5/6/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Chelan remains very Productive for Laketrout in the Lower Basin of Lake Chelan..I am finding the fish on the Ledges of the Trench and a Few nice fish are showing up in the catch on Mack Bar..The ...
Full Report »
Posted: 5/7/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/7/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Garin Fifer was nice enough to bring his friends Jack Austin and Garrett Oberfelder out fishing with me this morning. It was his 13th birthday party. Oh yeah, his dad, Robert Fifer came out to. The...
Full Report »
Posted: 5/7/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/7/2011
Hot Spots: 0
May 7th, 2011 Today the weather was great with no wind Flat calm Waters and the Sunshine.. Now on the other hand, the laketrout bite was really tough until the sun went behind the clouds and a Lit...
Full Report »
By: Lundegard
Posted: 5/7/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Wanted to see what the lake levels looked like at Chelan, in prep for an upcoming bass tournament. So we decided to hit it for some lakers. Got there plenty early, around 615 or so, and we were the ...
Full Report »
Posted: 5/8/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/7/2011
Hot Spots: 0
My friend Joey won a guided trip on Lake Chelan with Joe Heinlen of Lake Chelan Adventures and was nice enough to invite me along. There's only one word to describe this trip . . WOW! If you're lik...
Full Report »
Posted: 5/11/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/11/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Frank Hunt and Bob Mieger of Camano Island were nice enough to come fish with us this morning. Jeff did a nice job out there. They caught a nice pile of lakers, a kokanee and got a grand tour of the...
Full Report »
Posted: 5/12/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
May 12th, 2011 Today I hammered away in the Trench to find a few biters...We had a really strong wind last night with a huge Pressure change which I believe is the Culprit for the Laketrout not bei...
Full Report »
Posted: 5/12/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
After I finished up a honey-do painting project, I changed out the plugs on the kicker, and did a bit of tweeking on the lil guy after a few trips of less than ideal performance from it. It was gettin...
Full Report »
Posted: 5/13/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
After Cindy got off work today, She mentioned she'd like to try for some silvers. SO, I grabbed a couple subways for dinner and away we went. Had the wedding rings in the water by around 5:30 or so. ...
Full Report »
Posted: 5/14/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The kokanee are in full bloom now. Jeff fished for a limit. Lakeside or over by Chelan Shores works pretty good. The fish are 10 to 25 feet down over bottoms from 25 to 45. Mack's Lures Kokanee Pr...
Full Report »
Posted: 5/14/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/14/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Worden Lures U20 Luminous Chatreuse Flatfish worked best. We pulled a few fish from the Bar / Potholes, but had our best success along the face of Manson Bay. Dick Thaden was nice enough to bring hi...
Full Report »