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By: Roosterpie
Posted: 5/9/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/9/2020
Hot Spots: 0
I probably should have given it a three star. Fishing was poor and the wind was up from the time we started at 5 till I finally gave up fighting the wind at 10:30. About four other boats out. Water is...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/2/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/31/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Day Two of my friend Robbie and mine fishing adventure. After pounding Cle Elum and missing a trophy laker we loaded up the boat and drove to Keechelus to target kokanee. The lake is dropping but ther...
By: chantaclair
Posted: 8/26/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
me and my girlfriend was just trying to get out and have some fun. I got out on the lake and realized that a 12' smoker craft alaskan is not a very worthy opponent for 30"-36" waves . after getting dr...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 7/30/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/30/2011
Hot Spots: 0
We went out to Keechelus lake today, I've always wanted to fish this lake since I saw it as a child whenever we would drive over the pass. Anyways, we accessed the lake at the dam (is that OK?) and to...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/12/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Three of us fished Keechelus near the dam off the shore. They caught 3 squawfish. I didn't catch anything. I ventured out in the float tube but the white caps were too much to fish long. The wind ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/19/2009
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/15/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to see if the Kokanee were up here yet, trolled pop gear from 8 to 2 with no success.
By: Bruce Nelson
Posted: 7/25/2008
Species: Other
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/25/2008
Hot Spots: 0
We went to Lake Keechelus and fished from 0900 to about 1300. All we managed to catch was one small cutthroat and one kokanee. Both fish were released. Some other fishermen had caught a few small koka...
By: BigBrown69
Posted: 6/18/2007
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/16/2007
Hot Spots: 0
We went out Saturday morning but just for a few hours cause there was a problem at work and I had to go. Started trolling wedding ring and jailbaithook trolled my kokanee "school of minnows jig". Had ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/18/2006
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/18/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Hi just an update from the editors note, I am confirming that I did fish lake Keechelus, not Kachess. Sorry for the upset, I wrote Laker, as in big giant rainbow trout. I'm not talking about Mackinaw ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/10/2006
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/10/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Hi folks! Just returned from my yearly trip to Keechelus lake. The past few years have been horrible but this year was awesome. I caught a few Kokes as usual, but to me they are to small, only averagi...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/16/2006
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/15/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Fished half a day picked up a few kokanee, lost a good fish shortly after hookup. Everyone seemed to have a few kokanee.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/8/2006
Species:
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/8/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Are there any Lake Trout in this lake? I see a lota sign on the bottom with my Lowrance. In fact I see alota fish all over or there could be debris in the water due to the higher amount of run off t...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/2/2006
Species:
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/1/2006
Hot Spots: 0
We fished from about 1430 to 1730 and could only manage one 8 inch kokanee. We were trolling 0000 dodgers and kokanee killers with corn. Weather and scenery were great.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/31/2005
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/28/2005
Hot Spots: 0
I fished the lake for Kokes. Did really well. Fished green or red bead wedding rings tipped with a red egg. Slow trolled 30' deep. We would get as fish everytime we trolled through the school. You nee...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/14/2003
Species:
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/14/2003
Hot Spots: 0
What can I say, This time of year is great for LOTS of Kokanee and if great lake if the wind isn't ripping to hard up there. Now this lake is known for its late afternoon winds so don't get too far d...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/18/2001
Species:
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/18/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Keechelus on 7-18-01 Wednesday and only I and one other boat on the water. No wonder, fishing sucks there. Two hours of solid trolling produced three micro-kokanee (7" or so). WOW! Never going...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/24/1999
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/24/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Caught just enough 11 1/2 inch Kokanee to fill the smoker.
We were using pop gear and corn baited wedding rings. We trolled between the island by the boat ramp and the creek that enters the lake on t...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/1/1999
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/1/1999
Hot Spots: 0
I fished for Kokanee for quite some time with no luck. It seems the kokanee have really gone down hill. My friend and I used to limit out so easy on this lake, but now I am lucky to see even one schoo...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/29/1998
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/29/1998
Hot Spots: 0
Fished late afternoon for about 3 hrs.Caught four fish.A 12" and a
16" silver and a 12" cutthroat.Hooked an 18" cutthroat but he went under the
boat when he saw us and got off the hook.Nice fish!Gre...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/6/1998
Species:
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/6/1998
Hot Spots: 0
I fished Keechelus on Saturday, June 6 and again on Thursday evening, June
11th. We trolled for kokanee just south of the main island off the boat ramp,
and came up with only one fish, a small one, ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/23/1996
Species:
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/23/1996
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I tried trolling for Kokanee from about 8am until 11:30 with no luck. We tried the areas that have worked for us before, around the "island" at the boat ramp and halfway down the lake off ...