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Posted: 6/12/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/12/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well, it was a nice early morning magical run on the Bar this morning. We hooked up a double and lost them both. At the downlake end we hooked a nice fish that turned into a big hook nosed 14.5 poun...
Posted: 6/12/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/12/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Baited Ace Hi Flies produced for Andy this evening pounding away at Minneapolis Beach. Depths of 140 to 180 produced these nice quality fish. Speeds of 1.3 to 1.7 mph were best. You have to pound t...
Posted: 6/13/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/13/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Pounding away with Flatfish in the T4 and F7 sizes in Luminous Chartreuse and Purple Glow produced nicely. We only plunked one fish off my 2 passes on the Bar. We picked up 2 more fish on a long loo...
Posted: 6/15/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well, it was another beautiful day in Paradise. We pounded the Bar early, then trolled over to Minneapolis then down and up the trench for a morning trip. Mike Strehlow was nice enough to bring his ...
Posted: 6/15/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Andy had a nice early run on the Bar before moving over to Minneapolis and a finishing pass up the Trench to get a nice pile of fish for fishing buddies Gary Morrison and Dennis Johnson. He pounded a...
Posted: 6/15/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/15/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Andy was really challenged by the wind today as a cold low pressure front moved through and really created a lockjaw situation. Hammering away with an assortment of flatfish and baited Ace Hi Flies n...
Posted: 6/5/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/3/2009
Hot Spots: 0
The fishing sure has been consistent. Working the flat below the Bar continues to produce great numbers of Lakers with the occasional nice landlocked Chinook to really make things interesting. F-7 p...
Posted: 6/7/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/7/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I have got to say that June in Chelan is one of the most beautiful places that you can ever see. Green Hillsides with calm mornings and Great Fishing..
The first part of the week was tough to get the...
Posted: 6/11/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/11/2009
Hot Spots: 0
If you are looking to fill the freezer with fresh fish you better head to Lake Chelan..
I started the day fishing off Mack Bar finding alot of fish in 120 to 145 ft in depth..First hour I had a real ...
Posted: 6/28/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/28/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Wow!!!! What a week...Started the week off with a great bite happening at first light for the Chinook here on Lake Chelan..Trolling the Ace Hi-Fly was proven to be the best bait with a strip of North...
Posted: 7/5/2009
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/5/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Another Great week of fishing here on Lake Chelan..The Chinook are still on the bite the first 2 hours of the mornings along with a strong Laketrout bite..Fish those Ace Hi-fly by Silverhorde next to ...
By: wenatcheefisher
Posted: 5/14/2009
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/13/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well we braved the wind and the rain and the cold May temps to fish on Lake Chelan last night. We started fishing around 5:30 and put the boat on the trailer in the dark around 9. Before the wind pick...
Posted: 5/18/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/17/2009
Hot Spots: 2
Wow! What a beautiful morning to fish. Calm, warm and sunny weather mixed with willing fish and wonderful children. This morning bite on the indeterminant flat just below the Bar continues unabated...
Posted: 5/18/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Just Wow!!! I can’t think of any other Lake in our State that you can consistently catch 3+ lb. trout on a daily basis and No limit on these fish…It has not been fishing on our Lake Chelan it has been...
By: wenatcheefisher
Posted: 5/21/2009
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/20/2009
Hot Spots: 0
We braved the wind again to get out on Lake Chelan to go after the Kokanee. The same spot that we maked all of the boated fish last week was still white hot out in front of Lakeside Park. We boated 8 ...
Posted: 5/24/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/24/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Laketrout fishing here on Lake Chelan has been real consistent with targeting these fish off of Pat and Mikes and at the Yacht Club..The Lure of the week has been the Ace Hi-fly in the Green Double ...
Posted: 5/26/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
The morning pattern of trolling for Lakers in that indeterminate flat between the Bar and Rocky Point continues to be consistently productive. From 6AM to 9AM or so troll those little F-7 flatfish...
Posted: 6/1/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
The only thing hotter than the weather is the fishing. We are fishing between the Bar and Rocky Point in the morning. Depths of 170 to 220 are most productive. Most times pulling F-7 purple glow fl...
Posted: 7/17/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I am starting this weeks report off a little different than reports of the past because, well this week has been an odd week. I have taken groups from all over the world this week and to top off the w...
By: Yakivegas
Posted: 7/21/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/19/2009
Hot Spots: 0
We bounced downrigger balls off bottom of the narrows for Mackinaw.It took awhile to locate the fish (130-250 ft.)but it was pretty steady action after that.We stopped at 4 fish ranging from 6-11 lbs ...
Posted: 7/25/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
July has been the best month that I have had in Years here on Lake Chelan for numbers of Laketrout and Chinook..Mornings have been the best bite but evenings have been productive also.
Lower Basin of...
Posted: 7/31/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
If you are planning a trip here on Lake Chelan don't let the fire discourage you..They have it under control and the Laketrout don't seem to mind a little smoke in the valley..It has been a "Red Hot "...
Posted: 7/31/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/31/2009
Hot Spots: 0
If you have a chance you should head to Lake Chelan and try for these Laketrout..The smoke from our recent fire didn't seem to affect the Laketrout Bite at all..
The fishing here has been the best I ...
By: bionic_one
Posted: 8/4/2009
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/2/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Finally got out to Lake Chelan. Only got to fish for about 2 hours though. I put in around 1pm at Twenty Five Mile Creek State Park and headed straight across the lake. I was trolling from my kayak...
Posted: 8/4/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/4/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well another great 4 days on Lake Chelan..
Laketrout fishing still remains outstanding but the Chinook Bite has slowed somewhat for me over these last 4 days..I did manage to hook up but nothing went...
