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Wapato Lake Report
Chelan County, WA

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07/10/2010
Bottom Fishing From Boat
Crappie
Worms
Jig
Morning
07/14/2010
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Howdy fellow fishermen and fisherwomen.
Went up to Wapato lake Sat. morning early with my stepdad Jim and boy the Crappie were crazy. We launched at about 6:00am with partly cloudy skies but we figured they would burn off after the sun came out a little later, and they did. We headed up the same side of the lake we launched on trolling with beetle spins. Jim had on a chartruese jig tipped with Crappie nibbles and I had on a clearish gray jig with black speckles tipped with nightcrawler hoping to locate a school of fish. We finally started getting bites a little ways up lake and we decided to anchor and take off the beetle spins and just use the jigs and bobber. As soon as we casted our bobbers started to go under and it was fish on after that for quite a while. We tried all kinds of different colors for jigs and it didn't seem to matter, they all produced. Shortly after 9:00am the bite just died. Maybe because it was getting pretty hot out. We pulled up anchor and fished our way back to the launch and decided to call it a day.We had 24 nice sized crappie, the two biggest being 11"-12",just right for a family fish fry that night. Yum!!! Of course the friendly fishing competition between Jim and I make for a lot of laughs and and some special time spent together (he won this time by the way**#*!!). I'll get him next adventure! Love ya Big Dog!!


Comments

blufin loui
7/14/2010 10:34:00 PM
Thanks Toddy18 for the report. Wapato crappie are beautiful fish. Wish you had pics to post. It sure is enjoyable to watch the bobber takedown of a crappie. Sure gets the competetive spirit going. Congrats on a successful fishing trip with making for the fry. Stay well and safe.
Toddy18
7/15/2010 5:18:00 AM
Thanks Loui! I didn"t get pics sadly this time, but going again Fri. afternoon and will get pics this time. Stay well and safe yourself.
MotoBoat
7/15/2010 10:18:00 AM
Thanks for the report Toddy18. Never targeted anything but trout in Wapato. Mostly due to the cooler water around opening day. Also was not aware of the variety of fish available in the lake. Between you and the Lewis Party, I now know of another fish to target when in that neck of the woods. Good sized ones too. Thanks!
Toddy18
7/17/2010 5:15:00 PM
No prob, moto!
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