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Chelan Fishing Reports

By: cobrar543
Posted: 5/15/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/13/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Hit up Manson Bay and started with pink Franks flies and a home made pink rubber bug thing that a friend made up. His made up lure caught double every thing else did. Used the new splatter UV flasher...
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Posted: 5/14/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/13/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff is still right on the Kokanee. Manson Bay is still producing limits early in the morning. Troll Mack's Double D Dodgers trailed by a 15" leader to Mack's Lures Mini Cha Cha Squidders in orange ...
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By: onyoursix
Posted: 5/14/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/13/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I will start off with this is my first ever fishing report anywhere, and I'm going to deviate from all the ones I have read over the past year of reading the ones on here with all the detail I wish I ...
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By: hewesbob
Posted: 5/9/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/8/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Another great day fishing the Wapato point area. The lake was like glass most of the day and the fish are still plentiful. The 1.8 inch Fluorescent Pink Oldgoat lure was a killer lure once again. We g...
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Posted: 5/6/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/6/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff worked the lower basin for Kokanee over the past few days. The Thompson's came out today. He has been working Mack's Lures Mini Cha Cha Squidders baited with corn soaked in Pro Cure Bloody Tuna...
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By: hewesbob
Posted: 5/2/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/30/2017
Hot Spots: 0
We fished Lake Chelan Friday, Saturday and Sunday as well as enjoyed a great potluck with the NWFR group, what a great bunch of people. I want to give a special thanks to Life Proof Boats for the infl...
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Posted: 5/2/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/29/2017
Hot Spots: 2
The fishing at Lake Chelan for kokanee is red hot! If you’re interested in getting some shiny 11-15” silver bullets now is the time to go. I arrived on Thursday evening and met up with site members Fi...
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Posted: 5/1/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/29/2017
Hot Spots: 1
We just finished up the annual Northwest Fishing Reports camp out at Lake Chelan. What a great time we all had including the Saturday night salmon fish tacos cooked again by Rseas (Randy) and all th...
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Posted: 5/1/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/29/2017
Hot Spots: 0
First time fishing Chelan. As a kayak angler this lake has always intimidated me which is probably why I've not prioritized it. Circumstances lined up with the NWFR BBQ and I decided to give it a shot...
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Posted: 4/29/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/29/2017
Hot Spots: 0
That was a great day. We hooked fish all morning on whatever we chose to throw at them. 30 fish by eleven am. We used brads Kokanee cut plugs, wiggle hoochies, and just plain squids behind Dick nite d...
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Posted: 4/27/2017
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/26/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Sammy Arnott brought his dad and grandpa out to fish with me. We trolled for Mack's on Colyar Ledge then worked downlake around the State Park. On the Ledge we fished T4 GPLF Flatfish at 1.2 mph in ...
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Posted: 4/26/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/14/2017
Hot Spots: 0
well its great to finally be posting... 2 weeks late... but i am getting to it now. i hope you enjoy. College has been keeping me busy! SHORT REPORT: hit the water with my good buddy petdawg at...
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By: Lunker16
Posted: 4/24/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/21/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Great couple days with my lil buddy. Flasher and pink hoochie tipped with Gulp maggot and Fire Corn did the trick. Most fish caught 22'-30' on rigger.
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By: cobrar543
Posted: 4/24/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/22/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Paul Richwine and I got her Friday at 10 am and after a quick camp up we were set to head out for a day of pre-fishing before the Something Catchy Kokonee fishing tournament. People came from so many...
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Posted: 4/24/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/23/2017
Hot Spots: 0
The Glen Rose party came out to fish with Jeff again. This time they targeted Kokanee along with the Derby gang that was on Chelan. Depths varied from 20' to 150' depending on what the sonar was tel...
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By: mackslure
Posted: 4/20/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/14/2017
Hot Spots: 3
As we awaken from our winter slumber, now is the time to start going fishing. As most lakes open at the end of this month, it’s time to get the boat, rods, tackle gear, and bait ready. Due to our exte...
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Posted: 4/14/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/13/2017
Hot Spots: 2
Fun day on the lake. Rained till about 9am, then sunny and calm, then wind picked up. We started at about 7:30 but that wasn't early enough as the boats on the water by 6 were limiting. Still, it w...
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By: Lingking
Posted: 4/11/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/9/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Made my first trip to Chelan of the year. Beautiful day great weather! The fish were a little on the picky side. Went 2 for 3 on a brads Kokanee bait. Custom silver in pink and orange. Lots of fish in...
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By: rojomojo
Posted: 4/6/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/4/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Report is for Tuesday thru Thursday. For exactly 60 hours, we didn't mark any schools of koks. We tried multiple depths, only one we caught was on a long lined surface pole fishing less than two fe...
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Posted: 2/27/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/27/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Many time repeat Jason Zembrycki came out with his posse to fish with Jeff on the 25th while Tevi sent Pepe' out with Jeff on the 27th to resupply with Kokanee. So they could keep their strength up, ...
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By: afk
Posted: 2/26/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/25/2017
Hot Spots: 0
We put in at Mill Bay around 08:30. (Water is getting shallow!) Headed up to Mitchell Crk. and dropped lines in. The fish were hungry. We trolled at 1-1.4. Ran our offerings from 50 to 120' on the wir...
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By: Rocketvet
Posted: 2/24/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/24/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Another stellar day with Jeff of Darrel and Dads Guide service on Chelan. Hot depth was around 100 ft. Multiple locations produced. Jeff has this fishery dialed in and is a great guy to fish with. ...
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Posted: 2/24/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/24/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Paul Chauvin and Melissa Miller came out and fished with Jeff for Kokanee again. Same pattern, same results. Yesterday we had another father and son combo come out and fish with Jeff for their limit...
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Posted: 2/21/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/21/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff is really on a roll. On the 20th he took out the regionally notorious Graybill brothers. Dave ("the Commish" AKA: The Fishing Magician) and his brother, Guide Emeritus on Chelan, Rick. I'm sur...
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Posted: 2/19/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/19/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Erik Walum brought his clan out to fish with Jeff for some Kokanee. Thought I'd post this. A 40 kokanee day is pretty special! Same pattern as yesterday worked. Remember, we are offering a sale fo...
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