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Chelan Fishing Reports

Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 5/28/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/27/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Tim and Fred came over from the Spokane area to fish with us. We fought the wind early up at Colyar ledge. It prevented us from doing the NASCAR. Had to go with the wind until it settled down. The...
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Chelan
By: Lake Chelan Adventures
Posted: 5/26/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/26/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I am sorry for not posting lately but when you are busy things seem to slip a little. A lot of things have happened since the last report with breakdowns ( New Motor, Fuel pump, Sending unit, Fuel wat...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 5/26/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/24/2014
Hot Spots: 0
The Jackson clan booked both our boats for a morning of Mack fishing. We did NASCAR (look out, left turn coming) at Colyar ledge early then moved downlake when the bite cooled. It was a beautiful mo...
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Chelan
By: ncwflounderer
Posted: 5/24/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/24/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Nice quiet morning on the lake, i think most fishermen stayed away in anticipation of the holiday traffic. I gambled hoping for a nice morning on the lake. I was right. Very light traffic until 103...
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Chelan
By: OGFboat
Posted: 5/20/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/19/2014
Hot Spots: 3
The plan WAS to fish Sunday evening, then spend the night on the boat, and hit it again in the morning. Got stuck at work AGAIN, so it became a Monday only program. Left Moses lake in the middle of th...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 5/20/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/19/2014
Hot Spots: 0
The McKinnon clan came back out for a deja vu all over again trip. We ran up to Colyar and battled some early wind, but the bite was on. We caught fish from 245 to 335 feet deep. Worden Lures T4 Pu...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 5/19/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/17/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took Lucy Olwell up to Colyar Ledge for a mornings Mack fishing. He caught fish on squid rigs and flatfish working depths of 175 to 225 feet. Tight to the bottom and speeds of 1.2 to 1.4 mph we...
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Chelan
By: ncwflounderer
Posted: 5/18/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/17/2014
Hot Spots: 1
I woke up early, after listening to the wind howl all night, dreading the idea of arriving to the lake all blown out like we saw on May 3rd. I checked NOAA and the wind report had been downgraded fro...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 5/17/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/17/2014
Hot Spots: 0
John McKinnon brought out the whole clan to do some Mack fishing with us. We fished Colyar ledge and had our best success from 270 to 295 feet deep. Worden Lures/ Yakima Bait Co. T4 Flatfish in GPLF...
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Chelan
By: ncwflounderer
Posted: 5/15/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/15/2014
Hot Spots: 0
early riser, fishing at 5am, started out slow, then i started getting bites fairly conistently, i ended up going 6 for 14, with 3 fish getting lost at the net (grr), and another got 10' from the boat....
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 5/15/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/14/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took Mr. Schrader and Mr. Swanson up to Colyar Ledge to troll Squid rigs and flatfish for Lake Trout. They did good... Jeff worked the Ledge shallower than typical. Got bites from 185 to 215 f...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 5/14/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/14/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Joe and Kelly Williams of the Phoenix, Az area brought their baby out for a morning of Mack fishing and sight seeing on a beautiful morning on Lake Chelan. We worked Colyar Ledge from 235 to 310 feet...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 5/13/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/13/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Jerry and Cheri Wilkins took an uplake fishing trip with Jeff. They got to see some of the most spectacular scenery in the Northwest, catch a pile of Lakers and rainbow trout as well as to enjoy just...
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Chelan
By: rseas
Posted: 5/13/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/3/2014
Hot Spots: 3
Sorry for the late report, between work, my kid’s SAT testing and prom; life has been a bit crazy. After very long dry spell we finally got to go fishing. This report summarizes our entire Chelan trip...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 5/12/2014
Species: Squawfish
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/12/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took Andy Kawafune out to assist him on his quest to catch 50 species of fish in Washington 2014. He got 3 today. Mackinaw, Northern Pikeminnow and Smallmouth Bass. He also caught Rainbow Trou...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 5/12/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/10/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Dave Laskowski brought his fishing friends out to do some Mack fishing. Jeff pounded Colyar ledge for them in depths of 190 to 290 feet trolling at 1.2 mph within 5 feet of the bottom. Silver Horde ...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 5/10/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/10/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Andy Kohl brought Amil Kohl with boys Dalton and Dylan for a mornings Mack fishing. We pounded Colyar ledge from 200 to 310 feet deep for a nice pile of Lakers. Trolling 1.1 to 1.3 mph within 5 feet...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 5/10/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/8/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I attached the wrong picture for the previously submitted report for 5/8/14. My apologies. The United Methodist Church of Chelan sponsored Vietnam Veterans Ray Cook and Guy Sharratt out fishing wit...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 5/9/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/8/2014
Hot Spots: 0
The Chelan United Methodist Church sponsored Ray Cook and Guy Sharrat of Wenatchee on a fishing trip with Jeff as part of the "Honorable Welcome Home, At Ease" program. They caught rainbow trout and...
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Chelan
By: ncwflounderer
Posted: 5/8/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/8/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Itching to get back on Lake Chelan after the windy day we had last Saturday, and wanting to use some of my new gear i fixed my schedule so i could fish this morning. I followed out the first boat fro...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 5/7/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Old fishing buddies Jim Wood and Billy Stump came out for a morning of Mack fishing. A bonus was rainbows before and after the trip from the Mill Bay docks. We braved the cool, breezy and debris lad...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 5/6/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/6/2014
Hot Spots: 0
It was hard to pull away from the dock with the hot rainbow bite. But, we tore ourselves away and went up to Colyar Ledge to troll for Mackinaw. The bite was hot and heavy early, but died out late. ...
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Chelan
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/6/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/4/2014
Hot Spots: 1
My body is telling me I’m still on the water but I am, alas, back home. Four days of fishing Lake Chelan and our Kokanee Get Together. What a great weekend it was! JoAnn and I arrived Friday mornin...
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Chelan
By: kokanee_slayer
Posted: 5/6/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/3/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I would like to thank Mike Carey for organizing the Kokanee event at Lake Chelan this past weekend. It was my first trip to Chelan and I can sum up my experience with one word - "Epic". My fishing p...
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Chelan
By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 5/6/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/3/2014
Hot Spots: 3
What a great event, despite the tough conditions on Saturday! Pulled into camp Friday evening and got to meet rseas right away as he helped move the picnic bench so we could park the boat in our st...
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