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By: bionic_one
Posted: 9/28/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Camped and fished out of 25 mile creek from Friday through Sunday. Friday afternoon was beautiful, got my kayak out on the water around 2:30 and trolled for about 2 hours with the downrigger. Lot o...
Posted: 9/27/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing in the lower Basin of Lake Chelan remains Productive for Laketrout. I have found that the Laketrout are now moving very quickly into the spawning mode..3 females caught on my last outing had ...
Posted: 9/14/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/14/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing here on Lake Chelan remains very good for Laketrout and once in a while you get lucky and get one of our "Gems" of the Lake, a Summer Chinook.
I have been Fishing mainly in the Lower Basin ...
Posted: 9/5/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/5/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing here on Lake Chelan remains very good even now that Mother nature is playing her games with wind and rain..Doesn't seem to affect the Laketrout bite though..
Minneapolis Beach area has been...
Posted: 8/31/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/31/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Chelan has remained good Laketrout fishing over the last 2 weeks but I was beginning to wonder what had happened to the Chinook and then all of a sudden they start showing up again in my catch..
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Posted: 8/16/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/16/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing remains very good in the Lower lake..Mack bar has Produced some nice fish in the evenings and off Rocky point has been very Productive in the mornings for me over this reporting period..
To...
Posted: 8/10/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
August 10th, 2009…The fishing in Lake Chelan remains very Productive for Laketrout in the Lower Basin of the Lake ..The Chinook are still still hitting but this last week I only boated 3 kings and los...
Posted: 8/4/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/4/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well another great 4 days on Lake Chelan..
Laketrout fishing still remains outstanding but the Chinook Bite has slowed somewhat for me over these last 4 days..I did manage to hook up but nothing went...
By: bionic_one
Posted: 8/4/2009
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/2/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Finally got out to Lake Chelan. Only got to fish for about 2 hours though. I put in around 1pm at Twenty Five Mile Creek State Park and headed straight across the lake. I was trolling from my kayak...
Posted: 7/31/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/31/2009
Hot Spots: 0
If you have a chance you should head to Lake Chelan and try for these Laketrout..The smoke from our recent fire didn't seem to affect the Laketrout Bite at all..
The fishing here has been the best I ...
Posted: 7/31/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
If you are planning a trip here on Lake Chelan don't let the fire discourage you..They have it under control and the Laketrout don't seem to mind a little smoke in the valley..It has been a "Red Hot "...
Posted: 7/25/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
July has been the best month that I have had in Years here on Lake Chelan for numbers of Laketrout and Chinook..Mornings have been the best bite but evenings have been productive also.
Lower Basin of...
By: Yakivegas
Posted: 7/21/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/19/2009
Hot Spots: 0
We bounced downrigger balls off bottom of the narrows for Mackinaw.It took awhile to locate the fish (130-250 ft.)but it was pretty steady action after that.We stopped at 4 fish ranging from 6-11 lbs ...
Posted: 7/17/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I am starting this weeks report off a little different than reports of the past because, well this week has been an odd week. I have taken groups from all over the world this week and to top off the w...
By: TomD
Posted: 7/13/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/4/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Here's the report from my our yearly trip to Chelan. We were there 7/3 to 7/10 and I fished for a couple of hours 4 of the mornings. There were a couple of really windy days during the trip.
Koka...
Posted: 7/12/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/12/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well all I can say is that the Laketrout Fishing is on fire here on Lake Chelan..I have been averaging in the morning trips way above my normal average and also I am still mixing in a Chinook here and...
By: stevoblue
Posted: 7/5/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/3/2009
Hot Spots: 0
This was actually a 3 day trip to Chelan. Only caught a couple of Kokes and a couple of Squaw fish. Pretty slow.
Posted: 7/5/2009
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/5/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Another Great week of fishing here on Lake Chelan..The Chinook are still on the bite the first 2 hours of the mornings along with a strong Laketrout bite..Fish those Ace Hi-fly by Silverhorde next to ...
Posted: 6/28/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/28/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Wow!!!! What a week...Started the week off with a great bite happening at first light for the Chinook here on Lake Chelan..Trolling the Ace Hi-Fly was proven to be the best bait with a strip of North...
Posted: 6/11/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/11/2009
Hot Spots: 0
If you are looking to fill the freezer with fresh fish you better head to Lake Chelan..
I started the day fishing off Mack Bar finding alot of fish in 120 to 145 ft in depth..First hour I had a real ...
Posted: 6/7/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/7/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I have got to say that June in Chelan is one of the most beautiful places that you can ever see. Green Hillsides with calm mornings and Great Fishing..
The first part of the week was tough to get the...
Posted: 6/5/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/3/2009
Hot Spots: 0
The fishing sure has been consistent. Working the flat below the Bar continues to produce great numbers of Lakers with the occasional nice landlocked Chinook to really make things interesting. F-7 p...
Posted: 6/3/2009
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/3/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Just a quick note on Chinook Fishing here on Lake Chelan...My last report I wrote that it was tough but not today..I hooked up on 3 Chinook and boated 2.
The bait today was the Ace Hi- fly By Silv...
Posted: 6/1/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Chelan remains very Productive for the elusive Laketrout..Targeting these fish off Mack Bar and in the trench out from Pat and Mikes.. Best bait has been the Ace Hi-fly by Silverhorde tipped with...
Posted: 6/1/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
The only thing hotter than the weather is the fishing. We are fishing between the Bar and Rocky Point in the morning. Depths of 170 to 220 are most productive. Most times pulling F-7 purple glow fl...