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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 5/14/2003
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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Lundegard
Posted: 4/18/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Scouted around from Manson down lake, looking for smallmouth on the move. Caught a few here and there, nothing to win a prize with. But it was good to mark a few spots on the GPS for higher water an...
By: Dustin07
Posted: 4/18/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/17/2010
Hot Spots: 0
we headed over Friday morning and fished all day Friday and Saturday. In all fairness to the lake, two things went wrong for us.
a. fish finder died when we arrived. (doh)
b. did not take down ri...
By: billdance
Posted: 8/23/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Lake Chelan earlier this month (8/5-8/9)... just got the camera back last weekend. Like most of my bass fishing this year it was a little slower than normal, but we still did okay. Most succe...
