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Chelan Fishing Reports

By: Aaron
Posted: 5/6/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/4/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Rob Holman and I arrived on the water at 630am and headed straight for the Monument area again. We we fished at 1.2 to 1.4mph in 325 to 350 feet of water directly out form the monumnet with lures down...
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By: Aaron
Posted: 5/6/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/3/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Cassandra and I hit the lake again at 730am. Tried the same method as yesterday and picked up 3 more Kokanee. They were very healthy and fat in the 16-18" range. We trolled at 1.2 to 1.4mph, at 130-15...
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By: Aaron
Posted: 5/6/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/2/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Arrived in Chelan for the annual event on Friday but didn't have time to get on the water until Saturday morning. We launched at 6am from the Mill Bay facilities. After making a few calls to see how t...
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Posted: 5/5/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/5/2015
Hot Spots: 0
What an awesome morning on Lake Chelan! Had a couple great guys out to fish for Kokanee. Had their 2 limits by 8am! The wind then came up horribly so we headed to the dock at trolling speed and I was ...
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By: Hunter757
Posted: 5/5/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/2/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Well made it over with my son for the get together. We arrived on Friday around 8:40 pm took us 3 hrs 40 min but we did stop for dinner at BK along the way. We got tent set up just before the sun we...
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By: Mharri333
Posted: 5/4/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I had a great time at the Northwest Fishing Reports gathering at Lake Chelan this year! Thank you for the effort. Here is a breakdown of the fishing. Friday morning my fishing buddy and neighbor Na...
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Posted: 5/4/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/2/2015
Hot Spots: 3
So had to give this day a 4 due to the great time meeting and seeing everyone again at the potluck! Thanks again to Mike Carey and Aaron plus all the sponsors in helping putting this together as it w...
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Posted: 5/4/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/1/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Well here we go! The long awaited weekend was approaching and was looking forward to a fun time of fishing and fellowship with fellow 'koke addicts"! Didn't get started on a good note as I was drivin...
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Posted: 5/4/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/2/2015
Hot Spots: 1
We could not have asked for better weather for this weekend’s fishing Get Together. Sunny skies, mild winds, and perfect temps in the 70s. I got to fish on Friday late morning, Saturday, and Sunday...
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By: Lingking
Posted: 5/4/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/4/2015
Hot Spots: 1
A special thanks to Anton with Daryl and dad's For the clinic he gave at Wapoto resort last night. It helped me today to get a brute laker on the bar this morning. He took a Ace-hi fly with a smile ...
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By: hookset'n
Posted: 5/4/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
On our third and final day, knowing we needed to be off the water early to head home Bassplayer17 and I had a plan to hunt down quality over quantity....hunt them down we did putting 12 fish all over ...
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By: hookset'n
Posted: 5/4/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/2/2015
Hot Spots: 2
This is a two-day report for Friday 5/1 and Saturday 5/2... Fished with my good buddy Bassplayer17 and we are getting this lake dialed in.....First koke season for my 16' Almar sled & it's a fish k...
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Posted: 5/4/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/2/2015
Hot Spots: 2
Launched out of Mill Park near Manson at about 6am with a couple other NWFR members. Only my 2nd trip to Chelan so still don't have the names of the landmarks down but bombed down to the blue roof co...
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Posted: 5/3/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL day at Chelan! Took out a great mom and daughter team and ended up with our 20 Kokanee. Including a couple MONSTERS! One over 20"!! The Super Dipping Sauce did the trick again al...
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By: Lingking
Posted: 5/3/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/3/2015
Hot Spots: 2
Day 3 of my seven day vacation. With the terrible kokanee fishing I decided to try my hand at lakers. Pulled to fish off of mak bar early on a glow Ace-hi with a big glow smile blade in front. Both...
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Posted: 5/2/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/2/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Special thanks to the three generation group, of Dick Thaden, Dave Trip and Josh Tripp for continuing a family and Darrell & Dad's tradition. They have come over and spent some quality time catching ...
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Posted: 5/2/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/2/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Slower day on the lake today but we still managed to hit the magic 20 mark. More boats today made the fish spooky. 6" Sling Blades with 15" leader to Liminators in Pink and Orange tipped with Fire Cor...
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By: Lingking
Posted: 5/1/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/1/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Got out mid day. Not the best time od day to fish but managed to catxh one nice buck at 140' on a pink uv hoochie with a pink smile blade. Dicknite dodger and fire corn dipped in super dipping sauce...
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Posted: 5/1/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/1/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Another Beautiful Day on Lake Chelan! Started off really fast but ended up the day with 25 nice Kokanee in the box. Probably lost 30+!! Tough getting them in the boat! Hit the lower basin early to get...
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By: hewesbob
Posted: 4/30/2015
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/30/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Not a bad morning, 10 mins. into the trip this nice King 30 inch about 10 pounds. One more strong hit then switched to kokenee gear, trolled for 9 hours tried every thing in the boat but could not get...
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Posted: 4/30/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/28/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Many time customer Geoff Corso of Tacoma brought his folks up from Bradenton, Fl to fish with Jeff for some Colyar Ledge Mackinaw. They worked his baited Mack's blade and bead combo for some nice qua...
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Posted: 4/29/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/29/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake today with an absolutely great bunch of guys! Let's just say if there was a score of 10 today would have been it! 40 Kokanee in the boat and over 25 other loses and misses. Tons of action...
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Posted: 4/26/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/26/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Another beautiful day on Lake Chelan where I had the pleasure of fishing with a great grouP. Ended the day with 25 Kokanee and 1 bonus Cutthroat. Probably lost just as many Kokanee as we landed. Best ...
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Posted: 4/22/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/22/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Had the Hollidays come out and fish with us today. We pulled Jeff's Blade and Bead rigs made from Mack's Lure's components baited with a piece of Northern Pikeminnow at 1mph at depths of 175 to 265 f...
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By: hookset'n
Posted: 4/22/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/18/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the derby with BassPlayer17 and had a consistently productive day. We started down low but after an hour moved up lake and found the fish. We caught fish (and each other) all day, ending our ...
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