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By: ncwflounderer
Posted: 4/12/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/12/2015
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for Friday through Sunday morning. I camped with my family for my birthday at the state park.
Friday morning i fished from around 6-10am with only 2 bites and no fish to the boat. ...
By: Steelheadin360
Posted: 4/11/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Just got done with 3 days in Chelan and holy smokes was fishing hot! Wednesday was a bit of a struggle in the morning but we got them dialed in towards the afternoon. Then Thursday and Friday was a wi...
Posted: 4/10/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Another awesome day of fishing on Chelan with friend and fellow guide Brad. The wind really messed with us as we were trying to test some new stuff in new areas. Finally we were blown off the the lake...
By: goodtyms3
Posted: 4/9/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/6/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Made our first trip ever to Chelan for kokanee fishing and other than the weather it didn't disappoint. Everyone here is great providing good information to help out on on our first time at Chelan. ...
Posted: 4/8/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/8/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Thanks to the Autrey party on the 7th and the Deuholme family on the 8th for coming out to fish Mack's with Jeff. He needs the supervision... The trench bite may be softening just a bit, but it stil...
Posted: 4/8/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/8/2015
Hot Spots: 0
If I could give today a 6 I would! Fished with a buddy of mine and we picked up our 2 limits (20 Kokanee) in short order. Caught most of our fish in the 60 to 100 foot range, trolling at 1.4 mph. Pink...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/6/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/6/2015
Hot Spots: 1
JoAnn and I got to fish Chelan for a long Easter weekend, our first fishing/camping trip of the year. New for us this year is the addition of our dog, Diesel. Diesel is a “puggle” that JoAnn got at th...
By: ncwflounderer
Posted: 4/5/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/4/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Drove to the launch watching the "blood moon". Fished out across from rocky point. the bite turned on once the sun hit the water, lost the first small fish at the boat then went 1, 2, 3 fish on the s...
Posted: 3/31/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/29/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took Yakima writer Rob Phillips and Nick Laughlin out for some Kokanee fishing. They generated a bunch of fish on but the fish were lucky and only seven ended up in the box. Mack's Lure's mini-...
By: eat-sleep-fish
Posted: 3/31/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/28/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Hit Chelan Saturday and was greeted by the wind. Rough ride out to deep water, started fishing just down lake from the yacht club. Trolled for about an hour with no luck so tried to run up the lake a ...
Posted: 3/29/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/29/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Started off as a gorgeous morning on Chelan today, then the wind kicked up. Made for a tougher day but we finally got it done. Best lures for us today was the pink and the purple Liminators tipped wit...
Posted: 3/26/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/24/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Three generations of the Munds family were kind enough to come out and fish with Anton. The day started out with a cold driving rain, but ended in mild sunshine. They got fish in the trench from 220...
Posted: 3/26/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/24/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff got to run uplake for mostly sightseeing. He did get gear down for about 30 minutes. Running Mack's Lure's mini squids behind a Mack's Double D Dodger baited with Pautzke's Fire Corn worked. J...
Posted: 3/23/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/23/2015
Hot Spots: 2
Laketrout bite remains very good in the lower basin of Lake Chelan. Rocky Point is holding fish along with Mack bar and the Yacht Club. The Ace-hifly is your best bet. Keep the Ace next to the bottom ...
By: Steelheadin360
Posted: 3/23/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/22/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I had the pleasure of spending 5 days in Chelan with some awesome clients! Every day we found more and more fish moving down the lake and fishing was INSANE! Keeping four rods in the water is impossib...
Posted: 3/21/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took Roger Sorenson and Pepe' out for some Kokanee and Mack fishing. They worked above the Narrows with some lures that Jeff designed from Mack's Lure's components. The trolled slow, working th...
By: Thacken
Posted: 3/20/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/19/2015
Hot Spots: 2
I have been having a hard time catching kokanee on Lake Chelan the last couple of years, but that ended on Thursday. Went fishing with a friend who invited his neighbor to come along. This guy had not...
By: Steelheadin360
Posted: 3/16/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/14/2015
Hot Spots: 1
The Kokanee bite continues to be red hot in Chelan, and the fish keep getting bigger! Saturday I had the Groendyk family in the boat. We worked over the upper basin for a few hours and put 26 FAT Koka...
Posted: 3/13/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/13/2015
Hot Spots: 3
What a great bite on Lake Chelan today. Doubled up on a 16 lber and a 12lber. Ended the day with 20 laketrout and 50lbs. of Fillets. The Ace Hi-fly was the bait again today. Thanks so much to my crew ...
Posted: 3/13/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/13/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Auntie Jeanie and Kim Person of CleElum came out and fished with Jeff. They picked up a couple Kokanee and a pile of Lakers in the trench. Needlefish with a Mack's Lure's Smile Blade in front really...
By: Steelheadin360
Posted: 3/13/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/12/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Holy smokes is Chelan kicking out some fish! This report will cover two days.
On Wednesday the 11th I woke up to a 2:30 am alarm and hit the road for the east side. Much to my surprise I couldn't...
Posted: 3/12/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/11/2015
Hot Spots: 0
18 in 4 hours.. Don't get much better than that! The Trench and Rocky Point are holding good numbers right now. The Ace Hi-Fly was the bait. Trolling speed maintained between 1.2 and 1.4 mph. Now is ...
Posted: 3/6/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/6/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Justin Wolff of Angler's West TV; Bobby Loomis of Mack's Lures and Eddie Jensen, the developer of adaptive gear for handicapped anglers came out to do a bit of Kokane and Mack fishing with Jeff on 3/5...
Posted: 3/5/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Pepe' took Jeff out to see if he could still find the "silvers". They did. Mini Cha Cha's behind Double D Dodgers working right over deeply suspended Kokanee was the ticket. The big one was an amaz...
Posted: 3/3/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/28/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff had a great time with Mike Shay and Pat Stacey, then again with Dean Williams and his crew, Casey McAfee, Randy Hooper and Parker Williams. They worked the lower basin. Mike and Pat wanted to ge...