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By: Big Smooth
Posted: 5/21/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/19/2018
Hot Spots: 0
It was a long drive for the few fish we caught. Launched at the state park and fished out in front of Manson in the morning, only sticking two fish in the boat. Moved over to the yacht club area and ...
By: JoshH
Posted: 7/16/2018
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/15/2018
Hot Spots: 1
Left the Hobie at home and headed east to Fish with Jeff Witkowski of Darrell and Dad's for my 5th time. This time I took my son with me. Just a quick word on fishing with Jeff. I keep going back simp...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 8/12/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/11/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Mike Carey and I have been trying to get together all summer for a fishing trip and it never seemed to quite work out. Mike was going to film a future TV episode with Lance and Christy of Washington ...
By: WashingtonGS
Posted: 12/10/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/4/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We finally got back on the water again after spending a lot of time in the woods chasing animals. Lake Chelan has been slow this fall for the most part. The last week has changed a little with more fi...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 3/9/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/2/2019
Hot Spots: 0
This report covers our adventures for the spring kokanee derby at Lake Chelan. I purchased a new (to me) StarCraft Fish Master last fall and have proceeded to set it up the way I wanted for fishing. ...
By: DjButler
Posted: 6/3/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/1/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Well here it is,
My annual Lake Chelan spring fishing trip. This time I left the toon at home and joined my buddy Sam on his boat off of Wapato Point.
Friday we both got in later in the day. W...
By: Widgeonmangh
Posted: 8/17/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/14/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Church had a family campout at 25 Mile Creek State Park so we decided to not only fish during the campout but also stay a few days on the other side and focus in on the fishing. We had a great time. ...
By: Yakhusker
Posted: 5/6/2021
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/6/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Watched the weather closely and saw this was our opportunity to get low some low wind speeds so we made the call to try. I had been up there the previous weekend for my wife’s bday and we took the La...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 5/10/2021
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/10/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Day 1 of our littel getaway for mothers day and our 44th wedding anniversary trip:
Really missed making the trip over the mountains last year to fish one of my favorite lakes so after arriving late...
By: Yakhusker
Posted: 4/6/2022
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/6/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Two day trip as the week before we limited up by Mitchell creek but decided to fish the lower section by Chelan. On the 6th it was a very slow day but we managed 14 kokes, but fished 8 hours. Wind h...
By: Yakhusker
Posted: 3/28/2022
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/28/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Fished two days on March 27th and 28th! Went up above yacht club and found the kokes 50’-70’ down. Pink and orange squids with Gulp maggots or orange corn did best on this trip. A few on our standar...
By: Yakhusker
Posted: 4/23/2022
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/23/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Went with my brother-in-law and his brother for a quick trip. We’ve all been working too hard lately. Nice to relax for once. Started fishing in front of Red Roofs but fish were more congregated betw...
By: JoshH
Posted: 6/30/2022
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/25/2022
Hot Spots: 1
Annual trip to Chelan to fish with Jeff Witkowski. A lot of action this morning, I think 26 hook-ups. Landed 14, let 1 small Mack go, and as a bonus got a Chelan King.
We fished in a completely dif...
Posted: 9/15/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The Hay's were nice enough to come out and fish with us for their 29th wedding anniversery. It was a warm day, but cooler weather is on the way. Mack Bar was slow so Jeff moved up to the Yacht Club ...
Posted: 9/12/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Today the bite was a little better at the Foot of the Trench...The Ace Hi-Fly was the Ticket today. We caught fish from 120 to 180ft today. We kept our trolling speed at 1.3mph today to get the Laketr...
Posted: 9/15/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/14/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Chelan remains outstanding fishing for Laketrout in the Lower Basin. The Ace Hi-Fly continues to work well in the Trench, Minneapolis Beach, Mack Bar and Sunnybank!
Keep your presentation right ...
Posted: 8/28/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Finally got our webmaster, Noella up to fish. We pounded away at the Bar and then moved up to the Narrows. Both locations worked pretty good. Depths of 125 to 170 produced all our fish. Worden Lur...
Posted: 8/30/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/29/2011
Hot Spots: 0
August 29th, 2011
Today we started off Rocky Point trolling down lake towards Chelan Shores to get the skunk out of the boat. We cut across Lake to the South shore and saw plenty of Fish there but ...
Posted: 9/2/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/30/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The MacPherson's had a great morning out with us. Jeff and Brian worked around the edges of the Bar with a combination of Ace Hi's and Flatfish. Glow color Ace Hi's baited with a piece of Pikeminnow...
Posted: 9/2/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/2/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The Baldwing gang came across the lake and hopped on board for a morning fishing trip. It was another gorgeous morning on Chelan. We fished T4 Purple Glow flatfish off the downriggers and Green Spla...
Posted: 9/5/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Thanks to the Fochesato men for coming out with me again. We lit it up early and had a flurry late with the odd fish inbetween. Fished on and around the Bar. We had good fortune with Silver Horde A...
Posted: 9/8/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The Quarnstrom gang came out with us and fished. Jeff pounded the outside edges of the Bar with a combination of T4 Purple Glow Flatfish on the outriggers and Glow in the dark Ace Hi Flies on the dow...
Posted: 9/8/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/8/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Today we fished the Trench and Minneapolis Beach to find a decent number in the 4 hours we were out!!! The Ace again out-produced the Flatfish 8 fish to 1. We ended today with 9 laketrout but wasn't e...
Posted: 8/25/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/25/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well, the Baza's from Oak Harbor made my day today. They were terrific to fish with. First timers here, they were interested, energized and full of curiosity about our fishery.
Oh, ya, they cau...
Posted: 8/26/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
It was tougher this AM than last few days. We ended up fine. The first fish was an 8 pounder, just barely into the day, then I couldn't get on the Bar. We moved to the South Shore and picked up a f...