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Cle Elum Fishing Reports

Cle Elum
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/11/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/5/2012
Hot Spots: 3
We went to Cle Elum for the first time. What a beautiful lake. Started trolling at about 150'. Half hour later, BAM...then it came off. I was using a flatfish in frog pattern. Swam the rest of the day...
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Cle Elum
By: Ezlivn89
Posted: 6/16/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/14/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Didnt see anything or catch anything. We were trying everything in my tackle box and couldnt get a bite. Cool place though, extremely windy.
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Cle Elum
By: Bo
Posted: 6/5/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/19/2012
Hot Spots: 3
The star rating system is hard to decide on. Went with 3 stars. Caught some fish, but had a REALLY good time. Love fishing in lake Cle Elum! U20 down on the bottom worked for us. Fish hard!
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Cle Elum
By: The Quadfather
Posted: 5/21/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/19/2012
Hot Spots: 1
This is a report for my fishing experience in the 3rd Annual Mackinaw tourney on lake Cle Elum recently. This was a very fun day for us. The check in the am was at 0700. They told me "Blast off" wa...
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Cle Elum
By: G-Man
Posted: 6/3/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/3/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Slimy Slab and I made the trek to Lake Cle Elum this morning. We found the Lake is pretty much at full pool and launching from the beach went off without a hitch, lines were in the water by 8:30am. ...
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Cle Elum
By: sickbayer
Posted: 10/3/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/2/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Wow great day out on the lake launching requires a 4x4 and it is shallow so watch your props. Lots of kokes spotted but we fished for mac's. Limited within 2hours, 6 fish between 6 and 9 pounds.
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Cle Elum
By: Roaddog
Posted: 8/27/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/24/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great time fishing on Lake Cle Elum the past few days. A Bachlor party with friends, beer, and lots of fish being caught. The fish were hitting at all times of the day. We ended up bagging 14 La...
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Cle Elum
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/18/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished several morning at Cle Elum this week. Lots of fish 60-120 feet on ledges between big point and Morgan Creek. Averaged 8 fish a morning 6-13 lbs on ZZingers.
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Cle Elum
By: Palmer
Posted: 5/22/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/15/2010
Hot Spots: 0
No wind beautiful day on the lake. We started around 8 and didn't catch any fish until around 10 am. I've found that when you catch a fish circle around and head through the same spot. We caught th...
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Cle Elum
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/2/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I decided to give this lake a try a little earlier than normal,and we had a great time.It was really windy when we got there,but managed to wait it out and got a short window of opportunity...
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Cle Elum
By: Enumclawdi
Posted: 8/24/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/22/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Drove to Cle Elum to get on the the lake. The Wishpoosh launch was closed due to low water. A "local" told us to try the launch on Mill Creek Road, it was closed too. Does anyone know of a way to g...
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Cle Elum
By: zelnorm
Posted: 8/1/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/29/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished several days during the week. Average 8-10 fish per day, 6-14 lbs. Jigging 75-125 feet. Thermocline 70'. Few boats fishing. Ramp almost out of the water.
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Cle Elum
By: Bodofish
Posted: 6/3/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/31/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Great day out on the lake! Beautiful sunshine, minimal wind, good eats, cold beer, just a nice day! Oh yeah we did catch one fish. It was a ten pound Mac. We talked with two other groups that had c...
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Cle Elum
By: ecarnes
Posted: 6/1/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/31/2009
Hot Spots: 1
We launced at Wish poosh early, and got fishing early on the West side of the lake across from the launch. We fished for a few hours, trolling back and forth everywhere from 100 - 140 ft deep but no l...
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Cle Elum
By: Palmer
Posted: 5/18/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My 7 year old son and I fished the south shore near the dam. We caught one near the clearcut at a depth of 150 feet. It was 7 or 8 lbs. He realed for about 5 minutes and handed the rod to me. The f...
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Cle Elum
By: Bodofish
Posted: 5/10/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/9/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Beautiful day on the water. Not much action. I think the water is still a bit cold. 44 in the shallows and 38 in the middle. Caught the one fish all day but we weren't going for the those little ko...
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Cle Elum
By: zelnorm
Posted: 8/6/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/28/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Cle Elum on 7-28-08 from 5 am to noon with 1.5 oz ZZingers in 90-120 feet and caught 13 lake trout between 8-15 lbs. Big fish around stumps and all fish were within 3 feet of the bottom. Onl...
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Cle Elum
By: FlyFishnFreak
Posted: 7/26/2008
Species:
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/26/2008
Hot Spots: 0
For whatever reason, you mention macks and they say "stay on bottom" and "ring the dinner bell". Well maybe that has worked for some but the key to this lake in my opinion is active suspending fish a...
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Cle Elum
By: yakimasucks
Posted: 6/15/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/14/2008
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy Keith Garret and I launched out of Wish Poosh around 10 am.Fished the dam end first.Plugs of choice were a U 20 Luminous chartreuse glow in the dark flatfish,and a silver K14 Kwikfish with c...
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Cle Elum
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/2/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/31/2008
Hot Spots: 0
We trolled near the dam targeting Mackinaw. I saw many elevated fish at above 50'. I also saw fish elevated at 100' - 120' in 130' - 160' of water. I hooked up on a 9#er at 145' by trolling about 5...
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Cle Elum
By: Bodofish
Posted: 8/5/2007
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/4/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Got on the water about 10:30. We were going after Mackinaw. Went out to "Mack Alley" and trolled one pass with some BIG plugs. The wind picked up and it got a bit unpleasant so we headed to the othe...
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Cle Elum
By: Hooked Up
Posted: 7/12/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/4/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I got out on the water for the early bite and got nothing. Messed around until the after noon when I went to check out the beach decided to troll pop gear with 2oz weight near the damn. I got my fir...
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Cle Elum
By: Palmer
Posted: 7/4/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/4/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Beautiful Day. On the water at 7:30. Saw 5 boats fishing. One boat caught an 8". Fish weren't biting. Full moon and clear skies all night so the fish may have been feeding all night. Off the lak...
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Cle Elum
By: Palmer
Posted: 5/20/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/19/2007
Hot Spots: 0
This lake is slow this year. We've brought three fish in the boat in 3 trips(2 mac's 5-8#ers) and a koke. I believe it is due to the long cold winter and spring. There aren't many macs stacked up o...
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Cle Elum
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/19/2007
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/7/2007
Hot Spots: 0
There is still some snow at the boat launch and the gate isn't open yet. There is access to launch a boat from the beach but two weeks ago I witnessed a boat having lots of trouble loading his boat. ...
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