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Posted: 2/18/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/15/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Bobby from Macks Lure came out fishing with Jeff today! They went out around 11:00 AM and had a very successful 3 hours of fishing.
Posted: 11/18/2019
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/18/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Repeat customers, the Burgess family came out fishing with Jeff this morning on Lake Chelan. Big fish was 15.7 lbs! Also caught 3 Kokanee too! It was a great November morning to catch a big fish!
Posted: 10/19/2019
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/19/2019
Hot Spots: 0
It was a rainy Saturday in Chelan today. We had the pleasure of having the Draggoo family out for a full day trip. Despite the weather Guide Jeff helped them land 6 Mack’s, a Burbot, and a Cutthroat. ...
Posted: 10/18/2019
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/17/2019
Hot Spots: 0
On a cold October morning Jeff took out two customers for morning Mack’s on Lake Chelan. On the half day fishing trip they put 5 great looking Mack’s in the bucket. They even caught one King that was...
By: Widgeonmangh
Posted: 8/17/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/14/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Church had a family campout at 25 Mile Creek State Park so we decided to not only fish during the campout but also stay a few days on the other side and focus in on the fishing. We had a great time. ...
By: MsMasterBaiter
Posted: 6/28/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/22/2019
Hot Spots: 1
I went to stay in Chelan over 6/20 - 6/24 with my partner. The first half our trip was spent in Manson at Wapato Point Resort! The fishing wasn't too good this far up the lake - there were a bunch of ...
By: fisherman92
Posted: 6/25/2019
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/22/2019
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy his brother and myself took a quick trip to chelan to target smallies and Mack's. We tried smallies in the AM and got a few small ones but ran into lots of pikeminnow... they were slamming cr...
By: gloccker
Posted: 6/14/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/14/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Late evening fishing from a dock. Power bait with Mike's Garlic Oil.
Just looking to throw in for 30 minutes, HOPEFULLY catch a trout, as I just arrived from the West Side.
Now the fun part...
By: DjButler
Posted: 6/3/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/1/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Well here it is,
My annual Lake Chelan spring fishing trip. This time I left the toon at home and joined my buddy Sam on his boat off of Wapato Point.
Friday we both got in later in the day. W...
By: WashingtonGS
Posted: 5/31/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/24/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I’m not sure there are words that explain the Kokanee fishing on Lake Chelan right now but I will try. Outstanding, awesome, lights out are just a few words that come to mind. When you can start fishi...
Posted: 5/13/2019
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/12/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Warren gave Susan a Valentine's Day gift of fishing with me on Mothers Day. The early bite was hot in deepwater. We worked depths from 250 to 400 feet! Jeff drifts baited with Pikeminnow worked bes...
By: dharris
Posted: 5/8/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/8/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Another very good morning out on Lake Chelan. We cut the morning short so we could spend some time with the wives today (that way we didn't have to call it a fishing vacation) so we didn't get as many...
By: dharris
Posted: 5/7/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/7/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Great time this morning out on flat water with lots of action. I gave the day a five even though we didn’t get our 30 fish limit because it certainly wasn’t for lack of effort by the Kokes. We did man...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/6/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/4/2019
Hot Spots: 1
I got the good fortune of fishing with Lance and Kristy Effrig of Washington Guide Services this weekend - and even beter was the destination - Stehekin! If you've never been to the very end of Lake C...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 4/14/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/13/2019
Hot Spots: 0
So once again headed over this week to Lake Chelan to participate in the annual something catchy derby with hopes to have better luck than last year when my power head went out on big motor and knocke...
By: WashingtonGS
Posted: 4/9/2019
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/1/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Chelan is heating up. With the Kokanee moving down lake the Mackinaw are following. I am starting to see fish in small schools on the bottom. I have been fishing plugs and Superfly Flies with a ...
By: tbonebeanchelan
Posted: 4/6/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/27/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Chelan: Went out early morning for Kokanee; big surprise; caught a king at 50 deep in front of the Yacht Club. The fish hit a pink squid baited with corn soaked in bloody tuna sauce. Was fishing ...
By: WashingtonGS
Posted: 3/18/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/17/2019
Hot Spots: 0
We started out fishing for Mackinaw in the early morning. We landed a 13.7lb Lake Trout. We decided to catch a few Kokanee for dinner. We headed up lake to just above the yacht club. We set lines and...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 3/9/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/2/2019
Hot Spots: 0
This report covers our adventures for the spring kokanee derby at Lake Chelan. I purchased a new (to me) StarCraft Fish Master last fall and have proceeded to set it up the way I wanted for fishing. ...
By: WashingtonGS
Posted: 12/26/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/25/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Yes it was a 5 rating day on the lake. We ended with 45 Kokanee in the boat and lost about as may. We fished above Lake Chelan State Park between the 200’ and 300’ line. I set two downriggers at 80’ ...
By: WashingtonGS
Posted: 12/10/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/4/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We finally got back on the water again after spending a lot of time in the woods chasing animals. Lake Chelan has been slow this fall for the most part. The last week has changed a little with more fi...
By: rappuhd
Posted: 10/30/2018
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/21/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Well had a nice long report, but it went away so here is a condensed version. Fished both Sunday and Monday with poor results. All told one nice lake trout ,one chinook and a couple nice Cutts. Fished...
By: danyole
Posted: 8/16/2018
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/11/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Hey a great family trip to Lake Chelan. Didnt hook into any big ones, but was able to find some smallies! I didnt capture all of them on camera. I did record a bunch of footage of the fish I did manag...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 8/12/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/11/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Mike Carey and I have been trying to get together all summer for a fishing trip and it never seemed to quite work out. Mike was going to film a future TV episode with Lance and Christy of Washington ...
By: JoshH
Posted: 7/16/2018
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/15/2018
Hot Spots: 1
Left the Hobie at home and headed east to Fish with Jeff Witkowski of Darrell and Dad's for my 5th time. This time I took my son with me. Just a quick word on fishing with Jeff. I keep going back simp...
