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Chelan Fishing Reports

Chelan
By: Rocketvet
Posted: 2/15/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/14/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Melissa and I just returned from 3 great days on Lake Chelan. Although we didn't "limit out" I rated the trip a 4/5 as we caught enough to keep us excited and the weather cooperated nicely. The haul...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 2/1/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/31/2018
Hot Spots: 0
After wowing the crowds at the Western Washington Sportsman Show, Jeff took Pepe out on the 30th to make sure the Kokanee were still there, then took fishing legends Mike Hall and Bobby Loomis out to ...
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Chelan
By: afk
Posted: 1/17/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/15/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I put the MT-2 in at the State park around 10:00. As you can see in the picture there is not a lot of dock. I fished above the narrows. Caught fish from 90-150' on the wire. I was using home tied flie...
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Chelan
By: Silver Bullet
Posted: 1/14/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/13/2018
Hot Spots: 0
First time post Had a great trip on Lake Chelan with Jeff at Darrell and Dads. Jeff was at the ramp to meet us at 7:30 after a short safety talk we were on our way. A short run up lake and we put ...
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Chelan
By: Sideburns
Posted: 1/10/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/7/2018
Hot Spots: 3
For many of my off seasons (winter), I've been drooling over the Darrel and Dad's reports from lake chelan. Finally, this year I convinced my family to take a trip over there in the winter. My dad a...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 12/20/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/19/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took Pepe' out for another of their Kokanee forays. He checked out areas from Mill Bay to 25 Mile Creek. Working just above schools that were marked mostly 50 to 150 feet deep over deeper botto...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 11/24/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/21/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took the regionally famous Pepe' Hernandez of Blueberry Hills fame along with Gilbert (the owner of East Wenatchee's El Porton) out to prospect for early winter Kokanee. It was a rainy day, but ...
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Chelan
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 11/18/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/16/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I had not fished Lake Chelan since this past spring. My goal was to go for a multispecies day but primarily focus on bringing home a limit of Kokanee. I launched from the kayak and jigged up a few sma...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 8/24/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/23/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Pepe' convinced Jeff to take Blueberry Kari and her Mom, Linda and another friend to our upper Lake for an all day tour for a wedding present to Kari. See the lake, fish some in the upper lake and se...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 8/24/2017
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/23/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Had the Wiun party out of the Edmonton area for an evening trip. I had been trying to find a consistent producing pattern with Manson Bay being OK, but not quite good enough. Took our good luck char...
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Chelan
By: JoshH
Posted: 7/16/2017
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/16/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Lake Chelan to fish for my 4th time with Jeff Witkowski of Darrell and Dad's Family Guide Service. While this was my 4 trip with Jeff, it will not be my last. I can't recommend fishing with Je...
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Chelan
By: TomD
Posted: 7/10/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/9/2017
Hot Spots: 0
In Chelan for the week. Did some prospecting Sunday morning for a couple of hours. Had heard at Hooked on Toys that the kokes were up towards Wapato Point. I did hit my first two up there, but wasn...
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Chelan
By: afk
Posted: 6/18/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/18/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fathers Day fishing trip for the memory bank. Great time on Chelan with my 2 youngest. We put in at the State park around 06:30. Ran down to the red roofs. When we first put in I didn't even get the s...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 6/15/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/14/2017
Hot Spots: 0
The Harris clan of Snoqualmie came out with Jeff for an epic day of Kokanee fishing. Running a cheater rod produced some Rainbow and Cutthroat trout too! Working Mack's Double D Dodgers in front of ...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 6/12/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/12/2017
Hot Spots: 0
The Baird party the morning of the 11th and the Plouf party the morning of the 12th fished with Jeff. He is still pounding the lower basin for Kokanee working Mack's Double D dodgers with either wedd...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 6/11/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/10/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff had the Baines party on 6/9 and the "legend in his own mind"... Bobby Loomis on 6/10. The lower end of the fishery is still producing terrific numbers of Kokanee with shallower bonus Cutt. Reme...
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Chelan
By: Yakivegas
Posted: 6/6/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/5/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fished out about 300 yards from blue roof condo.bite was on and off. Shoe peg corn was ticket at times, gulp white maggots the other. Squid baits, apex, spinner harness.tandem hooks with bait on 1st h...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 6/2/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/31/2017
Hot Spots: 0
The Koehn's were kind enough to share their 12th anniversary with Jeff. He picked Dad up early and they headed down to the Blue Roof condos to catch some Kokanee. They fished from 35 to 85 feet deep...
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Chelan
By: DjButler
Posted: 5/27/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/27/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Woke up at 5:15am right on Wapato Point. I had my toon set up on the beach and ready to go last night. Started my troll in 100ft of water from the point heading towards Chelan, wire set to 65 and 55. ...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 5/22/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/22/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff had the Vyborny's yesterday and the Pitt's today for Kokanee. Anton had Mike Thorpe and Kurt Rasmussen out for Mackinaw yesterday. It is beautiful weather in the Northwest... Jeff hit areas fr...
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Chelan
By: afk
Posted: 5/21/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/21/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Chelan continues to produce limits of Kokes! My middle son and I fished Manson Bay. The best fishing was between 7 and 9 AM. We caught fish from 90' up to 20'. Watermelon dodger by Kokabow and home ti...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 5/20/2017
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/20/2017
Hot Spots: 0
The Mukilteo Russian Baptist Church sent some the guys out with us. We pounded the area around Lake Chelan State Park and Colyar ledge for these Mackinaw and Kokanee. Jeff Drifts worked great as wel...
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Chelan
By: Chewbauka2017
Posted: 5/19/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/18/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Started fish Manson Bay, along with 20 ofr more boats. After an hour of nothing we moved down lake. Around the Red Roofed Condo we found fish got 5 in short order then thing stopped. About 1215 acti...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 5/17/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/17/2017
Hot Spots: 0
The Finck's came out today for their Day 2 adventure with Jeff. They limited again today using the same technique as on the 15th. See that report for technique. The 9# Mack was a real challenge on ...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 5/16/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/16/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Well, Jeff is dialed in. The Finck's on the 15th with Jeff and our Pepe' of Blueberry Hills and Gilberto from El Porton in East Wenatchee with a friend the morning of the 16th. Mack's Double D's to ...
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