Antilon

Method: Trolling
Species: Brown Trout
Color: Copper
Conditions: Sunny
Tackle: Spoons
Time: Afternoon
Rating: 5
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I know everyone is getting excited about the Northwest Fishing Reports meetup this weekend. Unfortunately Danny and I will miss this years Chelan meet up. But we happened to be in Chelan last week dropping off a cougar that I mounted for a friend. We decided to camp at Chelan state park and fish one of our all time favorite lakes. We did catch a couple of cutthroat for breakfast tossing tasmanian devils from the dock in front of our campsite. Be aware and cook them thoroughly as our fish had tapeworms crawling our of the meat as they were cooking. We ended up fishing Antilon both Saturday evening and Sunday morning. Water is clear and no weed growth. The lake is a no combustible motor lake, and the lake does have a few underwater trees that rise out of the depths to just a few inches under the surface. We trolled both days our favorite trout lures, Tasmanian devils. These awesome little lures, technically a "spoon." have the perfect amount of weight to cast or troll. The great thing about these guys is they perform perfectly at fast or slow speeds. This lake seems to have an abundance of brown trout. Action was consistent the second we left the launch. And with a good pair of polarized glasses you will see groups of browns cruising the shallows. Majority of the browns we caught were in the 16-18inch range. All trout had fat bellies and showed no sign of over population, (slim bodies big heads.) I targeted panfish as well and caught very average sized black crappie and pumpkin seeds. This would be a fantastic lake for kids as the fish are plenty and hard fighting. We did troll small simon spoons and spinners but the tasmanian devils out performed everything else by a long shot. There are some real lunkers in there that we never got to the boat. And having a double on wasnt unusual. I highly suggest taking the time to visit this lake while at the chelan meetup!


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