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By: Geoffrey Ring
Posted: 12/26/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/26/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Just for kicks I thought I'd give the public dock by Cambell's a shot, since it had been good to me in the summer. Looking down from the upper part I got a good view of a massive school of 'bows. Star...
Posted: 6/24/2011
Species: Squawfish
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/23/2011
Hot Spots: 0
After their trip Jeff had Jaime catch a bunch of Northern Pikeminnow to us as bait. Just baited a hook with Laker entrails. Then he got to fillet them so we have fresh bait for our Cha Cha's and Ace...
Posted: 7/18/2011
Species: Squawfish
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Our guide, Jeff "squaw daddy" Witkowski educated the deckhands on the bait procurement technique. Jaime and Ray got into it. Jaime got the granddaddy fish of the day there. We used laker entrails o...
Posted: 2/12/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
While cleaning our catch today at the Dock,a Dad,Mom and their 3yr old Boy came down on the Dock to do a little fishing...After fishing for sometime without any catching going on, I gave them some bai...
By: mstafford_33
Posted: 4/24/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/23/2014
Hot Spots: 3
Fishing 2 ft. off the bottom with powerbait
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: 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: Jesusi
Posted: 4/18/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/18/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Great day off from work. Good fishing at roses lake in manson caught 4 and lost 3 overall was a good fishing. I fished right off the dock. There was more people fishing everyone seem to be catching ta...
By: careylakes
Posted: 1/3/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/1/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Cold! It was a little difficult to find the fish but we found small groups between the state park and the blue roofs. Caught 6 lakers (3-10 lbs.) and 1 ling (3 lbs.). Fish seemed a little difficult...
By: Lundegard
Posted: 5/16/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Many smallmouth are on the beds, and many are feeding in preparation for the spawn. The bite is not hot, but steady. Water temp was 55 at Wapato Point and 59 farther down lake. All fish caught on p...
By: Jordan
Posted: 2/16/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went out on Chelan for a little while from about noon to 4 after not having much luck on roses and ended up catching 8 bows around 12". my buddy also hooked a bow that was in the 20" range and came of...
By: Lundegard
Posted: 5/30/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/29/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Took my brother-in-law and his son out for some smallmouth fishing. Over this past year, they both have begun getting real interested in fishing. Both were excited to have a crack at bass fishing, w...
By: stevoblue
Posted: 7/5/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/3/2009
Hot Spots: 0
This was actually a 3 day trip to Chelan. Only caught a couple of Kokes and a couple of Squaw fish. Pretty slow.
By: Lundegard
Posted: 4/11/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Roamed the lower basin looking for smallmouths. Water temp is 43, top to bottom out to 25 feet. Still too cold for the bass to be very active.
By: Mr. Magler
Posted: 8/14/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/3/2007
Hot Spots: 0
DrewP and I fished Chelan for smallies a few days last week for the first time with only some 1 lbers to show for it. Even small smallies are fun to pull in though. We mainly used drop-shotted plast...
By: danielt
Posted: 6/16/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/16/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I fished the first FLW qualifier at lake Chelan today and its a very nice lake. Caught some nice fish but not enough. All of the fish were caught before 11am and nothing but smaller ones after that. ...
By: TomD
Posted: 7/22/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/15/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Took our annual trip to Chelan last week. Stayed at Wapato Pt as usual. There was TONS of drift wood in the water this year.
Kokanee was a bit better this year than normal. Usually trolled for...
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: Lundegard
Posted: 7/7/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/2/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went after my usual 4th of July weekend, early morning topwater bite on Chelan. It wasn't to be....mechanical problems prevented me from getting any farther than Darnell's. I did catch 5 bass in an ...
By: Lundegard
Posted: 5/31/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Chelan by myself while the family slept in to start the holiday weekend. I wanted to explore some new areas and see what they looked like, to try to have some good knowledge for the summer. ...
By: Lundegard
Posted: 5/16/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/15/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished in the local bass club tournament. Caught two bass good enough for 6th place. Poured rain most of the day. Winds were moderate but tolerable. Water temps were 50-52. Did not see any beds. ...
By: Lundegard
Posted: 7/8/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Started at 5 a.m. on topwater, wasn't early enough. Caugh several fish on the flats just behind Wapato Point, where water temps were 64+/-. Weather hi 70's lo 80's, light winds, mostly sunny, and st...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/9/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My brother Larry from North Dakota joined my family in our annual weekly vacation at Lake Chelan for a week of bottom fishing for Lake Trout. The whole week was a great success catching from 45-50 Lak...
By: Lundegard
Posted: 7/11/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/10/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Took my daughter, nephew, and father-in-law to Chelan to try for Smallmouth. Senkos, Snipers, and grubs did the trick. Caught 18 altogether, and left at noon. Fished the lower end exclusively, hitt...
By: Lundegard
Posted: 8/15/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Took a nephew, who had never caught any bass of any significance, up to Chelan. Also took along some folks from the west side who only saltwater fish. We worked for a few hours to find the pattern o...
