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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/18/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/18/2002
Hot Spots: 0
I've fished this lake for 10 years and this was the best Lake Trout fishing I have ever seen. Fished from 7 am to 10 am everyday. Landed
a Laker every half hour. Used only one pole on the downrigge...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/19/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 7/19/2002
Hot Spots: 0
The family took our annual trip to Wapato Point this year just in time to catch the forest fire and miss the Lake WA sockeye season! Actually the flames never really threatened Wapato and the smoke w...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/6/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 11/6/2002
Hot Spots: 0
I spent a full day on Lake Chelan yesterday. The fish are mostly in the post spawn. I spent the first half of the day in the lower basin from Lakeside up to Wapato Point. I put 2 fish in the boat i...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/30/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 12/30/2002
Hot Spots: 0
The fishing for Mackinaw (aka: lake trout) has continued to be very good. The last time out, we caught 11 in a little under 3 hours of fishing. These all came out of the lower basin, just trolling a...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/12/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 2/12/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Fished today with a crew Chesaw. We were out from 7:30 to 3:30. Caught 18 fish between 2.25 pounds and 5.0 pounds. All were caught in the "trench" of the lower basin. The weather was gorgeous. We...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/16/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 2/16/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Went on 2/16/03 with a couple of guys. We worked very hard from 8AM to 5:30PM for 16 fish. We had a couple of 2 hour blocks where it was just dead. We caught fish on wide bodied spoons and U-20 fla...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 3/6/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/6/2003
Hot Spots: 0
I went over the mountains for some winter fishing on lake Chelan. We started fishing at O Dark Hundred. After fiddling with ling lines (pulled two lines and yielded one ling) we started to jig - but n...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/16/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/16/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Set out in mid-afternoon to troll for some lakers. Marked many fish for a couple of hours, without a bite. Most fish were within five feet of the bottom, regardless of water depth or near the 60' dept...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/17/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/17/2003
Hot Spots: 0
My dad and I had gone to Wapato Point for spring break. We were exhausted after the long journey from Mill Creek. On our first day at the lake we figured out that the motor was broken. On the second d...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/27/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/27/2003
Hot Spots: 0
We started fishing later in the day. The smallmouth were tailing crankbaits but were not hitting them. We caught 3 smallies averaging 1 pound. The squaw fish were feeding heavy on crankbaits, we caugh...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/7/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/7/2003
Hot Spots: 0
This is prime time in the Lake Chelan area. The Mackinaw bite has been excellent over the last week in spite of a mixed bag of weather. We had 17 lakers on Saturday (5/3/03) in a full day, 8 lakers ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/10/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/10/2003
Hot Spots: 0
During a duck hunting trip in November, I witnessed numerous fish rising in the bay we were hunting. I filed that experience away for a future date and this weekend provided the chance to check out t...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/14/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/14/2003
Hot Spots: 0
(summary of recent fishing trips)
Fishing has been good! We have been catching lots of fish with big fish mixed in. Friday, our clients got 15 lakers with a big fish of 11.7 pounds. Saturday we...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/5/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/5/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Had a banner day on the big lake. Between the three of us we landed a 5Lb Mac,3Lb rainbow and about 20 koke's in about 5 hours. We also lost about another 10 Koke's. The weather was extremely hot. Th...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/30/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/30/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Had a banner day on the big lake. Between the three of us we landed a 5Lb Mac,3Lb rainbow and about 20 koke's in about 5 hours. We also lost about another 10 Koke's. The weather was extremely hot. Th...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/15/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/15/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Lake Chelan for trout on consecutive days in mid-July. Powerbait did the trick, producing limits both days on 13-15 inch Rainbow. I used eggs and worms on the hooks too, but simple orange pow...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/3/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 10/3/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Lake Chelan at Mill Bay off of the dock with 2 other friends. We spent about 2 hours each day. We all got good sized planters in the range of 12". One was at least 20" and must have been at lea...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/8/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 12/8/2003
Hot Spots: 0
We put 18 lakers in the boat between 8AM and 4PM. They ranged from 1.5 to 5 pounds. Most fish came from depths of 195' to 240'. They were all caught at or near the bottom on U-20 Luminous Chartreus...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/9/2004
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/9/2004
Hot Spots: 0
This is prime time for 3 to 5 pound lake trout. We are hitting from 2 to 4 fish per hour trolling U-20 flatfish in the lower basin of Lake Chelan. Additionally, for nice planter and holdover rainbows...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/15/2004
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/15/2004
Hot Spots: 0
This continues to be prime time to catch 3 to 6 pound Lake Chelan Mackinaw trolling near the bottom in depths of 100' to 250'. Finally, Rufus Woods just keeps chugging along. Planted rainbows to 16",...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/19/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/19/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great day fishing with Anton Jones (and his assistant - Al Brooks) of Darrell and Dad's Guide Service at Lake Chelan. My wife and I caught four Lake Trout between 2 and 6 pounds during a short ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/1/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/1/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Get in line for your "Big Macks". Perform you civic duty by helping rid
Lake Chelan of Mackinaw or Lakers, as they are sometimes called. There
is no better way to do this than sign on with Darrel ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/25/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/25/2004
Hot Spots: 0
The Kokanee are in, the Kokanee are in... Small boat fishermen are after the kokanee now. They are fishing off of Lakeside Park and the drop off of Mill Bay for 7" to 13" kokanee. They are fishing spi...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/4/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/4/2004
Hot Spots: 0
5-4-04
I'd like to have a great explanation for my hit and miss fishing this last week. We have had great days and slow days. The kokanee are being caught in greater numbers at Lakeside. I've h...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/10/2004
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/10/2004
Hot Spots: 0
I have been hitting some bigger fish up in the Narrows in the vicinity of the Yacht Club. I have had some success sizing my flatfish up to M-2's. Also, I "salvaged" a 4 hour trip by switching to a bro...
