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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/17/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/17/2004
Hot Spots: 0
We have had consistent success during the past week for Lake Trout from 2 to 6 pounds. We have pummeled the lower basin with flatfish from 175' to 245' deep. One day the bite was early and the others ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/23/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/23/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Well... some days you get the bear and some days the bear gets you. Fishing has been spotty since the weather fronts have started blasting through. Don't change every 15 minutes, but if you don't get ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/26/2004
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/26/2004
Hot Spots: 0
One day of High Pressure and the fish turned on! Jim and Rebecca R. of Everett with their boys, Brent - 6, Luke - 5, and Matt - 3 caught 15 lakers in about 5.5 hours. They were all caught on U-20 Lum...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/31/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/31/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing has ranged from OK to great. I have been successful in targeting Lake Trout from 2 to 7 pounds in both the lower basin and the basin that is just up lake of the Yacht Club. I have been connect...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/31/2004
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/31/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Kokanee fishing has been quite productive around Lakeside. We have consistently been limiting out. We are using chartreuse and silver Flash Lites followed by a pink snubber and then a Wedding Ring t...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/5/2004
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/5/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fished along the shoreline just across from the Yacht Club in 100-150 ft depth, caught these two Lake Trout on Sunday morning-not bad for quick mornings worth of fishing ! Used U20 flatfish trolled a...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/5/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/5/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing the large basin above the Yacht Club has been very productive the last week. The fish have averaged a bit bigger with fewer fish under 3 pounds. Most of our fish have come at depths of 210 to ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/21/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/21/2004
Hot Spots: 0
All the usual areas have been producing well. The size of the fish that we have been catching has improved. We seem to getting at least a fish or two over 8 pounds on most full days.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/28/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/28/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Mac Bar just down lake of Wapato Point has been producing lots of fish with a nice sprinkling of big fish. In addition to U-20 flatfish at 1.2 knots, we have produced fish with J-13 firetiger Rapalas ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/5/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/5/2004
Hot Spots: 0
The Lower basin and Mac Bar have been producing loads of fish. Depths from 135 to 220 have been best. Fishing in an uplake direction in the first couple hours of light seems to be most productive.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/12/2004
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Rating: 4
Fished: 7/12/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Spent a glorious week at Wapato Point as usual! The temperatures weren't as scorching as in past years so I enjoyed it more. I ran into Anton Jones on the dock the first day and he gave me a lot of ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/14/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/14/2004
Hot Spots: 0
The weather and the fishing are getting hot. We are running 6 to 8 minutes from the marina before starting to troll. The first hour of light is incredible. The lower basin from 135' to 252' has produc...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/29/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/29/2004
Hot Spots: 0
The big fish are as available as they'll get. Fish in the deep water near the stocking locations. This fish as well as several other large fish were caught on the Mill Bay side of Mac Bar. We continue...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/2/2004
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/2/2004
Hot Spots: 0
The fishing on Lake Chelan in the week has ranged from good to excellent. We have ranged from about 1.5 fish per hour to 3 fish per hour. The area right off Mill Bay has been great. Pull your fa...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/16/2004
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/16/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Location patterns have shifted twice in the last week, but the week has finished strong. Mac Bar had dried up for us following the surge of low pressure. A move to the lower rim of the Wapato Basin pr...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/24/2004
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/24/2004
Hot Spots: 0
We have been coming out of a number of weather transitions, but we have been able to find productive lake trout locations by moving. Part of the week, Mac Bar (just downlake of Wapato Point) was very ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/26/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 8/26/2004
Hot Spots: 0
My brother and I launched at twenty five mile park, and headed uplake about 3 miles to Box Canyon to top water for rainbows close to the cliffs. We used flash lite string blades, 2 feet of leader and...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/31/2004
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/31/2004
Hot Spots: 0
We have been catching fish pretty consistently at the bottom "rim" of the lower basin and on "Mac Bar". Depths of 120' to 180' have been most productive. Joe Heinlen put his client on this fish Thur...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/11/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/11/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Manson for my oldest niece's wedding and took the boat along figuring I might get in some time on the lake. Blew a tire on the trailer going over Stevens Pass Friday and learned that the jack...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/11/2004
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/11/2004
Hot Spots: 0
We had a club bass tournament at Chelan this last weekend and what a great time. Saturday was a little windy...okay it was really windy, but that is something you have to deal with when fishing Chelan...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/5/2004
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Rating: 4
Fished: 11/5/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Mill Bay dock for 3 days. The weather was a little chilly but once we started catching fish no one cared. There were 3 of us. On Friday we limited out in 20 minutes. I could not believe how fas...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/8/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 11/8/2004
Hot Spots: 0
The lower basin and the state park area have produced fish pretty consistently over the last week. Depths of 130' to 150' have been best. The fish have been biting U-20 luminous chartreuse flatfish ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/22/2004
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Rating: 4
Fished: 11/22/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Trout fishing in Lake Chelan continues to improve. We are hooking approximately 2 fish per hour in the lower basin. Most fish are 2 to 4 pounds with some 6 and 7 pound fish in the mix. We are ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/8/2004
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Rating: 4
Fished: 12/8/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Well, with Christmas shopping, other family commitments as well as up and down weather this is the first time this year that I have not been on the water for an entire week. I will be hitting the lak...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/20/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 12/20/2004
Hot Spots: 0
We are having great early winter fishing on both Lake Chelan and Rufus Woods.
Lake Chelan continues to pump out 2 to 6 pound lakers with some bigger fish on Mack Bar and in the lower basin. Pul...
