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Posted: 6/15/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/13/2012
Hot Spots: 0
New fishing buddies Jim MacMillan and Walt Bretano fished the lower basin with Jeff for some big Mackinaw. They pounded lower basin humps for about 3 hours to get their fish. The 2 "bigs" were 13lb ...
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By: mwdehaan
Posted: 6/14/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for 6/9, 6/10 and 6/11. Family had their annual camping trip, this time at Chelan State Park. Friday(8th) we unpacked our gear and tried to make an attempt at the lake in the ...
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Posted: 6/14/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
The Finck's came out and fished with us again. They wanted to try out the Lake Chelan Kokanee Fishing. Jeff worked the lower basin from Rocky Point to Chelan Shores at depths of mostly 80 to 100 fee...
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Posted: 6/13/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Chelan is pumping out the fish! Today most of our time was spent in the lower basin chasing the Kokanee, but we did a little Laker fishing too. We first dropped lines at the top of Mack Bar hoping to ...
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Posted: 6/11/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/11/2012
Hot Spots: 0
What a Gorgeous Day it was on Lake Chelan this morning, and the Big Fish Are biting!!!! We started up by the Yacht Club with Dragging my Ace Hi-Flies next to the bottom at speeds between 1.2 and 1.4 m...
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Posted: 6/10/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Mark and Barbara Santos-Johnson and friend Lynn Boes came over to fish Chelan. We decided to see about the red hot Kokanee fishing. There seems to be 3 size classes of fish. 12", 14" and 15.5 (almo...
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Posted: 6/9/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Had the Pleasure of fishing with Brian Byrd again today..He brought friends Phil Watson and Leonard Cook out for a 4 hour Fishing Adventure. We targeted some big fish today and 9lbs. was the big fish ...
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Posted: 6/8/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Today we started targeting laketrout at the Yacht Club...We got into a good bite right away and managed to boat 12 Laketrout...The big fish was just under 12 lbs. The Ace Hi-Fly was the Bait again!!! ...
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Posted: 6/8/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Chris and Terry Fitzgerald came out and fished in a strong downlake wind with me for an evening kokanee trip. We found the right depth for our 'riggers at 80 feet down and had nice consistent action....
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Posted: 6/7/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
We had a soggy day today on Lake Chelan, but the fishing was excellent! We decided that first thing in the morning we would target Kokanee and then move on to the Lakers later in the day. We started o...
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Posted: 6/4/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
It was a Wet One on Lake Chelan this morning! Didn't effect the Laketrout Bite at all.. We boated 9 Laketrout and 1 Rainbow in 4 hours. 6 out of the 9 laketrout were over 6lbs. The Ace Hi-Fly was the...
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Posted: 6/4/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
New fishing partners, Rich Upson and Craig Berry had a great day out with Jeff. He pounded Lower Lake humps and ledges. First fish of the day was the big fish of the year, a 24lb 9oz behemoth. The ...
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Posted: 6/3/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/3/2012
Hot Spots: 2
Chelan is still producing good numbers of Lakers for us! Today I had the pleasure of fishing with Devin Coonan and Jason Ludeman, some hometown friends of mine. We started our trip this moring up at t...
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By: Lundegard
Posted: 6/3/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished our club tournament. Two other clubs were on the day before so it was tough to find big fish. I caught 14 bass but nothing over 2.5 lbs. bedding fish would not bite if they saw you. Caught a...
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Posted: 6/3/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Ed and Sharon Bleitz brought out grandson, Detric Hernandez (9) for a mornings fishing. The kid latched onto the 2 biggest fish of the trip, a 10 and an 8. Grandma and Papa caught the little fish. ...
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Posted: 6/3/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Colin Leingang brought his brother Chris out for a birthday fishing trip with their wives. We worked deepwater in a variety of locations throughout the lower basin and consistently got bit until the ...
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Posted: 6/2/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/31/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I had the Pleasure of Fishing with some of my Hometown Friends...I had the Edwards Family out with me on a Great Laketrout Fishing Adventure...Look at the size of some of their Fish...We caught 3 Lak...
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Posted: 5/31/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/29/2012
Hot Spots: 0
We decided to go get some Kokanee after the Memorial Day weekend smack a Mack party. We trolled a combination of Mack's Lures wedding rings and mini Cha Cha Squidders. Mack's FlashLites and Silver H...
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Posted: 5/30/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Today was another very productive day on Lake Chelan! We were only fishing a half day so we hit the piles of fish that have been stacking up on Minneapolis Beach to put a few in the cooler. Fishing ha...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/30/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Took some of my family bass fishing to see if they could catch a few. All of us did so, catching at least a couple apiece. We started out pretty early, and the bite seemed like it wouldn't develop. ...
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Posted: 5/30/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Derek Gill brought his buddies out and fished with Jeff. They worked the area below Wapato Pt with squid rigs to catch their fish. Depths of 150 to 185 worked best. Speeds of 1.2 to 1.6 triggered t...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/29/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
My first bass trip to Chelan this year, attempting to see what the situation is. I covered lots of ground... some old spots and some new spots. I found 9 bass, some on cranks and some drop-shotting....
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Posted: 5/29/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/29/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Today I had hometown friends out for some Laketrout Catching...Started at the Yacht Club and Mother nature started to get a little Grumpy on us with a stiff down lake breeze with rollers so we headed ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/29/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Brothers, John and Martin Myers came out to fish with me. We had a lovely day to play whack a pile. We hit piles of fish in the lower basin and along the face of Manson Bay. Mack's Lures Cha Cha Sq...
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Posted: 5/28/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/28/2012
Hot Spots: 2
We found another great bite on Lake Chelan today! It took a half hour for us to get all the lines down this morning because as soon as they hit bottom we were hooking up! We only fished 3 rods today d...
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