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By: Rocketvet
Posted: 5/31/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/29/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Headed to Chelan for the holiday weekend and camped nearby at Alta Lake. Targeted Macks on the lower basin for the morning with little success. Hooked one decent cutthroat and no macks.
Headed ...
By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 6/4/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/29/2016
Hot Spots: 2
NWFR Spring Gathering - A Fish Princess Adventure
Mike and the whole NWFR team put on another first class event for those of us that made the trek to Chelan for the weekend! Thanks to the NWFR team...
By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 6/4/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/30/2016
Hot Spots: 3
NWFR Spring Gathering - A Fish Princess Adventure
We were up bright and early on Saturday morning at about 0430 with plans to fish the sunrise bite then come back in for breakfast. Well, the fish h...
By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 6/5/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/1/2016
Hot Spots: 2
NWFR Spring Gathering - A Fish Princess Adventure
We closed our Lake Chelan adventure for 2016 in style.
Knowing we would have to pack up and break camp by mid-day we got on the water about 0600...
By: Dr. T
Posted: 6/12/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/11/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Yesterday we took our new fishing boat out to organize, setup and learn the onboard systems. The type of down riggers, GPS/sounder, TR-1 are all new to me so I had a great time figuring them out. The...
By: senior dragon
Posted: 6/13/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/11/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I have never posted a report before, but have been a faithful member and love checking the site every day. I don't care about pictures of me but I took my oldest daughter and one of my grandsons out S...
By: DjButler
Posted: 6/17/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/17/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Made the decision to wake up at 3 am and hit the road to Chelan for the weekend. Packed up all the gear and I was off. Absolutely epic out there in terms of bites. Started at 40-50 ft in 140-160 fow. ...
By: DjButler
Posted: 6/18/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This morning was a late start as I slept through my alarm. My buddy Aaron's text with a picture of two fish he had already caught woke me up and got me pumped. Finally on the water around 5:30. Wire s...
By: alkalibee
Posted: 6/18/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Long time reader only my second post. Staying at the Worldmark in Chelan and Dad brought his boat. We have been enjoying the 3-4 lb Kokanee from Lake Roosevelt so even though we picked up 8 Kokanee ...
Posted: 6/20/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/19/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Aloha! This report will cover trips from June 18th and 19th.
Jeff has been pounding the Macks with a very respectable sprinkling of big fish. Working Colyar Ledge, the Narrows and the area around...
Posted: 6/20/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/20/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took the Korish's out for a day of Mackinaw fishing. He had to work to get them to bite, but eventually, it worked out. Jeff drifts off the Bar fringe worked best. As always , fish within 5 fe...
By: DjButler
Posted: 6/23/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/19/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Wow, what an epic fishing trip. Got the pleasure of staying at a family friends beach house on Wapato point. Just like the first two reports posted the feeding frenzy was unreal. Basically if you drop...
Posted: 7/7/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/5/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This report covers fishing from July1st to the 5th. Beautiful mornings with some wind followed by very windy afternoons was the story for the first 5 days of July. The Bar was our early morning loca...
Posted: 7/10/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/8/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This report covers July 6th through the 8th. We have continued to work the Bar early and the doughnut hole later to get our fish. Fishing Jeff Drifts with a piece of Pikeminnow on the downrigger rod...
Posted: 7/15/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/14/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Many time repeat customer Ralph Sorenson brought a friend and came out to fish with Jeff. They had an epic day on the pond with big pile of fish and 2 "bigs". The big for the day was 17.8#. They po...
Posted: 7/19/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This report covers fishing from 7/15 to 7/18. We are into the heart of the summer Bar bite on Lake Chelan. The Bar, the fringe of the Bar and Manson Bay have produced the majority of our fish during...
Posted: 8/10/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/10/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We are in prime time here on Chelan. With that being said, we have a boat open Saturday morning.
Jeff took the McCallister's out for 13 year old Jack's birthday present from his dad. By 6:15 he...
Posted: 8/23/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/23/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff & I have been going huckelty buck here in August. The Bar has produced early in the morning. Secondary locations have been touch and go, but lately the trench has emerged as a consistent produ...
Posted: 8/26/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/25/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff had us hold out an open date so he could take his cousin Darlene and Gail fishing. The 13.8 and the 12.1 were their biggest fish ever! They got a few others and suggested that a celebration at ...
Posted: 9/5/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/4/2016
Hot Spots: 0
No fires in the area this year are a blessing compared to last year this time... The Bar has continued to produce early AM and late PM big fish and the trench has filled out the bag nicely later in t...
Posted: 9/19/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The Laker fishing on Chelan has been the model of consistency as we have moved into the fall pattern in the Trench. Pulling Jeff Drifts made from Mack's Lures taper beads and Smile Blades as well as ...
Posted: 9/26/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/25/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff has been pounding the Barrens and the Trench with very good success. It has been a busy Indian Summer so far! Thanks to all that have fished with us. It allows us to do what we love. Work dep...
By: dgvinson
Posted: 10/20/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/20/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Quick trip with my friend on our days off. Hit it hard yesterday and struggled with only 4 lake trout. Was using green hoochie with glow smile blade tipped with pike minnow. The pike minnow was really...
Posted: 10/21/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/20/2016
Hot Spots: 0
It has been a wet and cooler week with some wind off and on. Jeff has been pounding the Barrens and the trench for his fish. Baited Jeff drifts being pulled at 1 mph within 5 feet of the bottom in d...
Posted: 11/7/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/5/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff went out on 11/4 by himself to prospect for Kokanee. Mack's mini squids and wedding rings behind their 0000 dodger baited with scented corn trolled at 1mph in the upper part of the lower basin g...
