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Chelan Lake Report
Chelan County, WA

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08/02/2009
Trolling
None
Green
Other
Afternoon
08/04/2009
4
1130

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 and didn't have a depthfinder/FF or a downrigger. Just had a diver that supposedly gets me to 200 feet. When I reached the far side of the lake I got about 200 yards off this point with a brown wood cabin (only cabin in the area) and got a 17" mackinaw. When I got him up he jumped off the hook and back into the water, so I reached in and threw him in my kayak.

Method was trolling with a Double Deep Six diver #002 (200+ depth) with about 400 foot of line out. I had a green Ace Hi fly lure with the glowing beads in it and a string of flashers. No additional bait, but I did spray it with Gulp Alive shrimp scent.

I'm sure I would have had more luck with a proper fishfinder and downrigger. Didn't get to fish Monday because it was too windy and my GF wanted to go look for a smaller lake with less chop to fish in. We ended up at Cooper lake and you can check there for that report.


Comments

The Quadfather
8/4/2009 10:27:00 AM
nice report Bionic Man. Glad to hear that you made the kayak/fishing experience work for you. There is a good chance I will be getting one soon. I am looking forward to exploring the options for fishing from a kayak.
bionic_one
8/4/2009 11:06:00 AM
Definitely do some research on northwestkayakanglers.com. There is a load of information there and probably lots of stuff that will keep you from losing/breaking stuff, getting hurt, or worse! Aside from just being cheaper and less of a headache than a powerboat, fishing from a kayak is very peaceful and relaxing.
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