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By: Rocketvet
Posted: 4/20/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Headed to Lake Chelan for the Something Catchy Kokanee derby. We did ok putting Kokanee in the boat early but the bite for us really dropped off after 10 am. Probably should have started earlier giv...
Posted: 4/23/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/22/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took the Robertson group from Seattle out for a mixed bag of Kokanee and Lake Trout. They worked Colyar ledge and the Barrens to get their fish. The Kokanee bite was good early then slowed. Th...
By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 4/24/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/16/2016
Hot Spots: 3
Combined report for 4-16 & 4-17. Fished the Something Catchy derby with DJ Butler.
Rolled into town on Friday evening just in time for a burger and brew in Manson on our way to the captains meetin...
Posted: 4/28/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/27/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for fishing on the 26th and 27th. This is a great time for fishing Chelan! We have had good success fishing Colyar Ledge early in the mornings and the Barrens for the Bankers bite. P...
By: Idstud
Posted: 5/2/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/30/2016
Hot Spots: 0
What an amazing day. For my first time ever to Chelan. What a beautiful place. I got on the water later than I wanted but with 2 little girls we did good at 745 ish. I was hoping for 6 but oh well. I...
Posted: 5/2/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/2/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The pictures with this report cover fishing from April 29 to May 2. We have trolled Colyar Ledge early in the morning (weather permitting), then moved downlake to hit the face of Manson Bay. The Col...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 5/2/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/29/2016
Hot Spots: 3
I will just do 1 report for the 3 days I spent participating in the NW fishing reports Chelan get together~ so after using my sales skills to convince my wife it was okay for me to fish on our 39th we...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 5/2/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/30/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Day 2 Saturday April 30th:
So got a hold of my brother in law Tim Yedinak in Wenatchee and asked if he would like to join me since the girls had plans to shop on our anniversary haha! He drove up ...
By: Aaron
Posted: 5/3/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/30/2016
Hot Spots: 3
Cassandra, Noah and I dropped lines about 7am just off the beach from the State Park. Headed east towards the Monument area. The action was not fast and furious. Picked up 10 Kokanee ranging from 11" ...
By: Hunter757
Posted: 5/3/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/29/2016
Hot Spots: 3
So this is a three day report from 4/29-5-1, we headed over for the NWFR get together and arrived in town Friday around noon and got camp set up at Chelan city park. We then ran over to the burger jo...
By: Mike10gs
Posted: 5/3/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/30/2016
Hot Spots: 0
So this is for the whole weekend at chelan.
My girlfriend(chantelle) and I went to lake chelan for the first time to camp and to be there for the get together. I'll try to make this quick..
Frid...
Posted: 5/4/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/3/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Roger and Roger Calvert were nice enough to come out and provide adult supervision for Jeff so he could do some Mack fishing. They worked Jeff Drift's along Colyar Ledge, in the Narrows and along Man...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/4/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/1/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This is a fishing report for the long weekend of the Chelan Get-together. I fished Friday afternoon solo, Saturday morning (until 9:30am) with my friend Rob and his daughters, and Sunday until early a...
By: atroutfisherman
Posted: 5/4/2016
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/30/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Although I did not fish and was too early for the Pot Luck Dinner, I had a great time visiting the NWFR rally at Lake Chelan State Park. I enjoyed the fast and furious ride on the LifeProof Boat. A ...
Posted: 5/7/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/7/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Both Jeff & I had great mornings on Lake Chelan catching Lakers for our customers. We trolled Jeff Drifts, made from Mack's Lure components baited with a piece of Northern Pikeminnow at 1mph within 5...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 5/8/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/1/2016
Hot Spots: 2
Many thanks to Mike, Aaron, Randy and and all of the NWFR crew for another great Chelan camp out and get together. Many thanks to the sponsors for their support and goodie bags of tackle and other st...
By: Jose Diaz
Posted: 5/8/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/8/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Great morning at Lake Chelan. Launched out of the State Park, then drove around until I saw fish on the finder. Threw marks down and once I noted a cluster of way points in 170' of water, I went back...
Posted: 5/11/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/10/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Cousin Robert Schlief of Boise was nice enough to come out and help me thin out the lower basin Mackinaw on Lake Chelan for a couple of hours. Working tight to the bottom at 1mph with Jeff drifts in ...
Posted: 5/13/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/11/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff wanted to find a more consistent PM Kokanee pattern so he convinced "Blueberry" Kari and the intrepid Pepe' Hernandez to come out for a few afternoon hours. He found them in the 30's deep over 6...
Posted: 5/17/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/15/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This report covers May 14th and 15th. Our many time repeat customers, Dick Thaden with Dave & Josh Tripp came out with us on a beautiful Saturday morning. We pounded Colyar Ledge then finished along...
Posted: 5/19/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/19/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The Finck's came out to fish with Jeff again. They wanted to target Kokanee. They even let Jeff get his fish! Then they moved in closer and got some Cutts. Mack's Lures Kokanee Pro Wedding Rings o...
Posted: 5/22/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/21/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This report covers trips from 5/19 to 5/21. Colyar Ledge and the Slide to the slide have produced for us in the early mornings. Later in the morning, the face of Manson Bay and the Doughnut Hole has...
Posted: 5/28/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/27/2016
Hot Spots: 3
We hit Lake Chelan Yesterday. Fishing was amazing. We started down lake and worked our way up lake. Got the first rod in at 30 feet. Before I get get the second rod down. The first had a nice kokanee ...
By: DjButler
Posted: 5/29/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/1/2016
Hot Spots: 3
Today is the start of my memorial weekend! My original plan was to fish CLE Elum lake but those plans changed quick when my sister and her boyfriend invited me to stay at their cabin off of Wapato Poi...
By: DjButler
Posted: 5/30/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/30/2016
Hot Spots: 3
Well, this morning was much more successful than yesterday. Taking notes from my last outing I headed back out to the point and found my first marks in 90 fow. Fish were suspended between 25-50ft dow...
