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.

Kokanee - I forgot to bring my white corn with smelly jelly, but tried using Fire Corn and Power maggots. Only trolled for maybe 3 hours total early in the mornings. Marked a lot of kokes in Mill Bay but didn't get a single bite. Tried from 20 to 65 feet down. Tried the usual wedding ring spinners in a variety of colors with 4/0 dodgers or Mac Flashlites.

Lake Trout - took my bro-in-law Tom out and got him his first laker on a jig. Nothing really big this year, only fish up to about 8 pounds. There were lots of single fish on Mac Bar, but we didn't get many bites there. The shelf on the uplake tip of Wapato Point was excellent for us this year. It always had a bunch of fish on it and we had lots of bites there. Heard one of the guides was going for smaller but more plentiful fish along the Monument. Tried over there for the first time and found a ton of 2-4 pound fish that were really aggressive. I sometimes saw them leave the bottom as the jig was falling and hit it on the initial drop (Lowrance depth sounder on 4x zoom). Very cool to watch! It was also hard to fish up by the Yacht Club this year due to the current and the wind, but the guides were trolling in that area.

Bluefin - I never got around to pulling the boat and trying Roses, but I did drive over and check it out - I see what you mean about the dropoff on the ramp. Thanks for the info. Maybe next year!

blufin loui

7/13/2009 8:06:00 PM

Sounds like a great trip for ya, lots of fish in Lake Chelan, and after reading your report on the smaller Lakers at the monument, I may have to try for a few of them for the smoker. Roses is still Hot for the Panfish, with lots of egg laden female bluegill. Seems like they are spawning longer this year even though the water has been warm for a while.
Thanks for a sharing great report, and wish ya luck in all your ventures.

dogman

7/14/2009 4:46:00 PM

I'm headed over there this weekend, but didn't want to bother with downriggers, etc. what kid of jigs work best for lake trout and how deep do you need to go? Is the bite just in the morning?

I fished Roses lake last year with my little kids. They had a blast with the blue gill. Heard there are catfish in the lake too....not sure about that though.

TomD

7/14/2009 9:46:00 PM

Dogman - the lakers usually sit right on or near the bottom - I try to work areas from 120 to about 180 in depth - I have seen a guide using lead heads with a soft body on them, but I have always used the salmon jigs I already have like buzz bombs, pt wilson darts and zzingers - they bite almost all day - some of the guides say that the mid-day is best when the forage (shrimp) have done their daily migration down to avoid the light - good luck!

dogman

7/15/2009 8:46:00 AM

thanks much! We'll give it a try!

dogman

7/15/2009 11:09:00 AM

thanks much! We'll give it a try!

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