Lake Chelan remains very consistent for laketrout and That occational Chinook Bite..I have been trolling Herring for the Chinook the first 1 to 2 hours at first light and the last 2 hours of light in the evening to be most productive on these "Gems" of our Lake Chelan.

Laketrout bites have been coming off the Ace Hi-Fly in Green spatterback by Silverhorde tipping the hook with a strip of either River Sucker or Pike minnow.

I have read a couple latest reports about the concern of Burbot in Lake Chelan..
With what I know is that this last Year the Local Biologist in the fall was at Stehiken where he set a net trap to capture Kokanee at and around the mouth of the Stehekin River for spawning purposes but the Kokanee seemed to out smart him but the Burbot did not..He said that all he could catch in the net was Burbot and the numbers that he was catching was exciting to him. So my theory on this is that Burbot have been in Lake Chelan for a long long time way before Laketrout and other species that were introduced, and now that the population of laketrout and Salmon and other species are doing well in the lower Lake the Burbot had to change there location to survive..I have caught good numbers of Burbot in the upper reaches of Lake Chelan. Hope this helps for those that want to Venture to the upper Lake Chelan..

Thanks to all that fished with me this last week.

Joe Heinlen - Lake Chelan Adventures & Rufus Woods Fishing Guide
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