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Posted: 2/18/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/18/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Matt Farnum of Everett and Yuri Ruban of the Ukraine came out to fish for Kokanee with Jeff today. They worked the lower part of the Lucerne Basin and limited out in about 3 hours. Seeing Bighorn Sh...
By: nichalos82
Posted: 5/20/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/16/2009
Hot Spots: 0
We were out at Lake Chelan just a couple of miles from the State Park off the rocks from the shore. I was using a silver shallow rapala w/ a black head. I seen a few smallmouths (youngens) swimming ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/4/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
The great thing about getting a deckhand trained is it frees you up to do research. While Jaime preps the boat in the morning I get to throw a spinner around the docks at Mill Bay to see who is lurki...
Posted: 7/22/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
It's really nice having your eldest grandson deckhand for you. He preps the boat and I get to fish. It frees me up for 5 to 15 minutes before customers show up. Today was pretty cool. I got 7 or...
By: Carp20
Posted: 8/25/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/15/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Always a nice day fishing when your at Lake Chelan.
By: bcustom1
Posted: 9/1/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/30/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Alright. The girlfriend, a couple of friends and I took a camping trip down to the state park for a couple of days. Brought my fishing rod "just in case" and took it out as soon as we got to the water...
Posted: 4/15/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/15/2013
Hot Spots: 0
It has been kooky over here. The Kokanee have been hot and cold. Fish for these guys with ultra-light tackle for a real treat. They are very acrobatic, achieving long line releases a good percentag...
By: BigFishy13
Posted: 12/8/2020
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/7/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Me and my little brothers went out to do a little fishing. We had heard that the WDFW had stocked some cutthroat in the lake, so we went down to see what was there. We got there and my youngest brot...
By: BigFishy13
Posted: 12/9/2020
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/8/2020
Hot Spots: 0
After a fantastic day fishing for cutthroat the day before, I went back out with a friend to see what we could get. When we rolled up to the spot, it was about 32 degrees outside and cloudy. Little ...
By: y2says
Posted: 8/3/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/1/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Som and I went to Chelan for the first time for smallies. The morning bite was going fine with a number of blow-ups. I managed to a number of fish. Most were small, but my best five went anywhere f...
By: stryker17
Posted: 4/28/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/25/2013
Hot Spots: 3
The wife and I hit the water at 6;45 AM, went 3 hrs with no hits, threw everything we had at them, than one hit, nice koke, but broke the leader ( note to self, do not use 6lb leader from last year ag...
By: Lord Of The Fly
Posted: 8/26/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/21/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Two buddies and I went on an epic 49 mile, 5 day hike/fishing trip in the Lake Chelan Sawtooth Wilderness. Actually caught only one small cutthroat trout in Lake Chelan itself on the the morning of Au...
By: WashingtonGS
Posted: 3/3/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/3/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I started my day running to Stehekin to do some prospecting. Let’s just say the fishing wasn’t real good. We picked up a couple Kokanee and had one take down on the Chinook rod that did not stick. The...
By: MsMasterBaiter
Posted: 6/28/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/22/2019
Hot Spots: 1
I went to stay in Chelan over 6/20 - 6/24 with my partner. The first half our trip was spent in Manson at Wapato Point Resort! The fishing wasn't too good this far up the lake - there were a bunch of ...
By: TomD
Posted: 7/13/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/4/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Here's the report from my our yearly trip to Chelan. We were there 7/3 to 7/10 and I fished for a couple of hours 4 of the mornings. There were a couple of really windy days during the trip.
Koka...
By: TomD
Posted: 7/16/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/15/2010
Hot Spots: 0
So our relatives who are local wanted some fresh fish, and I suddenly had a good reason to target the lake trout! Yippee!
I started the day by myself at Mack Bar. Set up on a fish and dropped dow...
By: dovidan
Posted: 7/29/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/25/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I was staying in Chelan overnight & thought I would give it a try knowing that SMB are present. About 8:15 PM I parked in the ferry parking lot, snapped on a 3/8th oz green Gitzit, & casually flipped ...
Posted: 9/16/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
September 14th, 2010
Changed things up a bit on this report with doing a little evening adventure with a good friend and his boys out on Beautiful Lake Chelan..
We started fishing at the downlake ...
Posted: 2/20/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/20/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Today My Adventure was a Little different on Lake Chelan because of the Crew I had on board..I had the Pleasure to take My Uncle John, Ron, Steve, and Alan Cryderman Fishing today..
We started in the...
Posted: 8/11/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/11/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Today was a change for me with starting our Adventure at 12:00pm.I decided to target the fish in the deep water in the Trench since this is the usual pattern of Laketrout to go deep when the sun is hi...
By: MadBassBaits
Posted: 9/15/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/14/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Took a friend out on a guide trip. He had a bass club event upcoming. He didn't know the lake well and asked if I would guide for him. First spot we used top water poppers. Has been a good spot and wa...
Posted: 3/23/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
The Laketrout bit on Lake Chelan today was scattered but we did bang a few Good Quality Laketrout. The Big Fish tipped the scales today at 16lb. 1 oz. 12 yr. old Carlos Vargas did a great Job battling...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/29/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great day on Lake Chelan. Competed with a buddy who used his own boat and I mine..
When I say great,I don't mean in big numbers but quality and consistency.
Most fish were found from Abbotts p...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/11/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Got the chance to get one more day on Lake Chelan for smallmouth.
It was a tough one this time out. The conditions were surprisingly good. Over cast, not to cold and water temps are holding @ 54 degr...
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 ...