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Posted: 5/17/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/17/2014
Hot Spots: 0
John McKinnon brought out the whole clan to do some Mack fishing with us. We fished Colyar ledge and had our best success from 270 to 295 feet deep. Worden Lures/ Yakima Bait Co. T4 Flatfish in GPLF...
By: ncwflounderer
Posted: 5/15/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/15/2014
Hot Spots: 0
early riser, fishing at 5am, started out slow, then i started getting bites fairly conistently, i ended up going 6 for 14, with 3 fish getting lost at the net (grr), and another got 10' from the boat....
Posted: 5/15/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/14/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took Mr. Schrader and Mr. Swanson up to Colyar Ledge to troll Squid rigs and flatfish for Lake Trout. They did good... Jeff worked the Ledge shallower than typical. Got bites from 185 to 215 f...
Posted: 5/14/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/14/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Joe and Kelly Williams of the Phoenix, Az area brought their baby out for a morning of Mack fishing and sight seeing on a beautiful morning on Lake Chelan. We worked Colyar Ledge from 235 to 310 feet...
Posted: 5/13/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/13/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Jerry and Cheri Wilkins took an uplake fishing trip with Jeff. They got to see some of the most spectacular scenery in the Northwest, catch a pile of Lakers and rainbow trout as well as to enjoy just...
By: rseas
Posted: 5/13/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/3/2014
Hot Spots: 3
Sorry for the late report, between work, my kid’s SAT testing and prom; life has been a bit crazy. After very long dry spell we finally got to go fishing. This report summarizes our entire Chelan trip...
Posted: 5/12/2014
Species: Squawfish
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/12/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took Andy Kawafune out to assist him on his quest to catch 50 species of fish in Washington 2014. He got 3 today. Mackinaw, Northern Pikeminnow and Smallmouth Bass. He also caught Rainbow Trou...
Posted: 5/12/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/10/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Dave Laskowski brought his fishing friends out to do some Mack fishing. Jeff pounded Colyar ledge for them in depths of 190 to 290 feet trolling at 1.2 mph within 5 feet of the bottom. Silver Horde ...
Posted: 5/10/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/10/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Andy Kohl brought Amil Kohl with boys Dalton and Dylan for a mornings Mack fishing. We pounded Colyar ledge from 200 to 310 feet deep for a nice pile of Lakers. Trolling 1.1 to 1.3 mph within 5 feet...
Posted: 5/10/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/8/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I attached the wrong picture for the previously submitted report for 5/8/14. My apologies. The United Methodist Church of Chelan sponsored Vietnam Veterans Ray Cook and Guy Sharratt out fishing wit...
Posted: 5/9/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/8/2014
Hot Spots: 0
The Chelan United Methodist Church sponsored Ray Cook and Guy Sharrat of Wenatchee on a fishing trip with Jeff as part of the "Honorable Welcome Home, At Ease" program. They caught rainbow trout and...
By: ncwflounderer
Posted: 5/8/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/8/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Itching to get back on Lake Chelan after the windy day we had last Saturday, and wanting to use some of my new gear i fixed my schedule so i could fish this morning. I followed out the first boat fro...
Posted: 5/7/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Old fishing buddies Jim Wood and Billy Stump came out for a morning of Mack fishing. A bonus was rainbows before and after the trip from the Mill Bay docks. We braved the cool, breezy and debris lad...
Posted: 5/6/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/6/2014
Hot Spots: 0
It was hard to pull away from the dock with the hot rainbow bite. But, we tore ourselves away and went up to Colyar Ledge to troll for Mackinaw. The bite was hot and heavy early, but died out late. ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/6/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/4/2014
Hot Spots: 1
My body is telling me I’m still on the water but I am, alas, back home. Four days of fishing Lake Chelan and our Kokanee Get Together. What a great weekend it was!
JoAnn and I arrived Friday mornin...
By: kokanee_slayer
Posted: 5/6/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/3/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I would like to thank Mike Carey for organizing the Kokanee event at Lake Chelan this past weekend. It was my first trip to Chelan and I can sum up my experience with one word - "Epic". My fishing p...
By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 5/6/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/3/2014
Hot Spots: 3
What a great event, despite the tough conditions on Saturday!
Pulled into camp Friday evening and got to meet rseas right away as he helped move the picnic bench so we could park the boat in our st...
By: Fishman_Kuzan
Posted: 5/5/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/4/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Sunday was the flip side of the coin to Saturday. The day was breezy, but the water was flat and we could at least run the boat without any set backs. Got up and out on the water a little later than...
By: Fishman_Kuzan
Posted: 5/5/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/3/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Got out to Chelan for the get together. Saturday was defined by the wind with a pretty constant west wind at 10-15 mph with gusts 20 mph and up. Everyone who was there has tales of braving the elemen...
By: afk
Posted: 5/5/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/4/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I put in at the PUD launch behind the Dam at about 04:45. I was 1 of the first to start in at Minneapolis Beach. I tried various depths and colors to find 3 fish at 50 feet over 6 Hrs. time. It was go...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 5/5/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/3/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Drove up to the Mill Bay launch, what a nice facility. Paid the ten bucks to launch and park, boy was the wind blowing! Put the boat in and about got beat to death; be sure to put on the bumpers as ...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 5/5/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/2/2014
Hot Spots: 1
What a trip! Headed out Thursday PM for the Washington Lakes get together and camp out. Stayed in Wenatchee at the Walmart parking lot camp area; beautiful and lots of pavement to park on! Up early ...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 5/4/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/4/2014
Hot Spots: 0
DAY 2! What a difference a day can make! Woke up at 5am and was surprised not hear wind blowing and quickly got packed and out of hotel room by 5:30 and headed to the launch to see if I could get th...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 5/4/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/3/2014
Hot Spots: 2
So here we go!! I have been looking forward to this weekend for awhile but not so much as to learn a new fishery but to actually meet up with so many WA lake folks that have had the pleasure of shar...
By: emrobi
Posted: 5/2/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/2/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great time fishing lake Chelan this morning for kokanee. A wedding ring with smiley blade 8-10" behind a 4" dodger 45 - 60 feet down provided most of the hook-ups. The main action occurred betwe...