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Posted: 12/26/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
The trench bite continues unabated. Try Ace Hi Flies, Macks Cha Cha Squidders or Silver Hordes Kingfisher Lite spoons within 5 feet of the bottom at about 1.2 mph. Depths of 195 to 240 are the most ...
Posted: 12/19/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Doug and Kirk Elsner came out for a morning trip with Jeff. They pounded the trench with mostly baited Ace Hi Flies and Kingfisher Lite spoons by Silver Horde. Trolling slow and tight to the bottom ...
Posted: 12/7/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Wow it's cold outside here in our Lake Chelan Valley! But the cold temps have not affected the Laketrout bite at all. Dragging the Ace Hi-Fly next to the bottom in the Trench has been real productive....
Posted: 11/27/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Laketrout catching on Lake Chelan continues to be Outstanding in the "Trench". Keep the Ace Hi-Fly right next to the bottom and your trolling speed between 1.2 and 1.4 mph. Thanks to my guys today for...
Posted: 11/24/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Chelan and Rufus Woods continue to produce good numbers for me. The Laketrout bite has been the outstanding in the deep water out from Rocky Point and up lake to Mack Bar. Rufus Woods continues t...
By: Mcfisherson13
Posted: 11/21/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/19/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I made it out to Chelan for a test run mostly. I haven't had the boat out since August, so I need to make sure it remembered how to float. After a few trials at the dock and Battery issues I shuved ...
Posted: 11/21/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/20/2013
Hot Spots: 0
This morning was a Cold Start on Lake Chelan but the Laketrout bite was Hot! This was day #2 with Paul and Dick. We targeted the arches off Rocky Point. The Ace Hi-Fly remains the flavor for the Laker...
Posted: 11/19/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/19/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Another Banner Day on Lake Chelan. We boated 24 Laketrout and 4 Rainbows! Over 30lbs. of fillets! Again the Ace Hi-Fly by Silverhorde was the Star Player. We kept our baits next to the bottom at all...
Posted: 11/18/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/18/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Chelan and Rufus Woods have been good to my customers over this reporting period! Trolling Flies and Casting spoons and spinners have both been very productive at Rufus! Lake Chelan has been incr...
Posted: 11/13/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/13/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Today I had one of the most outstanding Catching Trips on Lake Chelan with a High School Buddy, Ken Heath and his Father Glenn. The Laketrout bite was Unbelievable ! I do think we had over 50 bites to...
By: ncwflounderer
Posted: 11/12/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/12/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I have been out a few times for Rainbow on Lake Chelan recently. It has been hit and miss for me, but mostly good, a couple days were very slow. I have been using small dodger 50/50 trailed with w...
Posted: 11/11/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Laketrout fishing does not get any better than today. We boated 18 Laketrout and lost a bunch in 4 hours. Not sure the lbs. of fillets because the scale was pegged. The Ace Hi-Fly has been the Bait! T...
Posted: 11/9/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/8/2013
Hot Spots: 0
November 8th, 2013
My Lake Office was sure Pretty this morning! The Lake Chelan Laketrout bite was outstanding also. We boated 16 in 4 hours. the Ace Hi-Fly is what the fish want. Keep your Ace n...
Posted: 11/6/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff has been on quite a run. The pictures attached are from trips in the last week of October and the first week of November.
The trench and the bar have been the productive locations with depths...
Posted: 11/4/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Real good bite on Lake Chelan. Not bad for a 4 hour "Fall Special Fishing Adventure". The Ace Hi-Fly in Glow patterns is what the fish want. The Trench and the lower end of Mack Bar is loaded right no...
Posted: 11/3/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/1/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Brian Duce, son Matt(13) of Marysville and Doug Harrison of Lovell, Wy came out and fished with Jeff. They mainly worked the trench and the upper end of the Bar. Depths of 190 to 246 were most produ...
Posted: 11/2/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/1/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Laketrout, Rainbow and a Cutthroat on Lake Chelan. Worked the Trench and Lower end of Mack Bar. Pulled a a Joe Fly on the surface for the Rainbows and Cutthroat and the Ace Hi-Fly by Silverhorde on th...
Posted: 10/30/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/30/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Chelan Laketrout fishing has been good at the Yacht Club, State Park and the Top end of Mack Bar. The Ace Hi-Fly has been working well along with the Glow Colors of Flatfish by Warden lures. Keep...
By: ncwflounderer
Posted: 10/20/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/20/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Dave Graybill had mentioned Lake Chelan and potential for good rainbow fishing this week, so i felt it was finally time to get this lake off my to do list, and give it a shot. started targeting trout...
Posted: 10/13/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/13/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Chelan continues to be productive for Laketrout in the lower basin. Fish the Ace Hi-Fly by Silverhorde next to the bottom and this will put fish on your boat! The WDFW have stocked the rainbows i...
Posted: 10/9/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Chelan Laketrout fishing continues to be productive in the lower basin of lake Chelan. I am finding fish in the Trench, Mack Bar, Yacht Club and Minneapolis Beach. Troll the Ace Hi-Fly or Wardens...
Posted: 10/5/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
World (ok, regionally) famous writer and friend, Terry Rudnick brought his wife (Roberta) and friend Darell Midles out to fish with Jeff. They caught a nice pile of fish and got to tell loads of stor...
Posted: 9/27/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Mark Endresen of Winthrop came out with John Endresen of Kingston for a mornings fishing with Jeff. The weatherman lied unless Chelan can whitecap with wind under 5mph. Tough conditions, but the End...
Posted: 9/24/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Kevin Chappel and Craig Farley came out and fished with Jeff today after deciding that discretion was the better part of valor with yesterdays wind. Jeff got them into the fish by working the fringes...
Posted: 9/22/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/21/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Joe Dobyns of Renton and Cynthia Denny of Seattle came out and fished with Jeff. They hit the upper end of the trench from 180 to 210 feet deep. They caught the big one on a Worden Lures T4 Flatfish...