kcc
2/4/2010 7:39:00 AMThat is one nice fish. Do you have success catching those around the end of May? I always head east to Alta lake for Memorial Day and would consider a trip with you if they are still biting.
SsendaM
2/4/2010 11:41:00 AMNice fish, does the fishing ever slow down there? If they are biting so well there, maybe I should be hitting priest lake right now in Idaho?
bionic_one
2/4/2010 2:53:00 PMThere is no minimum size or daily limit on the Lake Trout at Chelan, and if you look through reports, the guides always catch a lot of them seemingly year round. I even caught one out of my touring kayak without depthfinder or downrigger. Follow the advice in the reports, and you'll land fish there.
Anonymous
2/4/2010 4:07:00 PMwow nice fish, i am not familiar with mackinaw. what exactly is thaqt species
stephanp
2/4/2010 4:42:00 PMthey are also known as a lake trout, they can grow to upwards of 30 - 50 lbs. bigger mackinaw have been caught i am sure in other places , i know that a big one on chelan is 30 pounder but for mackinaw to survive they need deep deep water and they need shallow also and a big supply of food(i think their main food supply in chelan is kokanee smolt :) ) which there is alot to be had in this body of water. awsome fishery going next week. good luck
Aaron
2/5/2010 12:08:00 AMAll of the mackinaw that I've seen gutted from Chelan are full of shrimp.
Anonymous
2/5/2010 1:35:00 PMI've caught Makinaw in Preist Lake Id before. Good eating, but not much of a fight. Could'nt you run some lighter rods off of those downriggers to get a little more wiggle out of those fish. Maybe the Chelan Fish are different. How do they fight?
poacherpatrol
2/6/2010 1:16:00 PMThe Chelan Lakers are like all the others-not much fight unless you get into a slab.
stephanp
2/7/2010 3:55:00 PMyes they eat shrimp....hmmm they must think those salmon wobblers / cut plug look alike are shrimp buddy