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Chelan Fishing Reports

Posted: 6/20/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/19/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took Ray Dearie out with his angling fanatics. His kids Hayden (8); Coulter (6); and friends Colin Acerbi (8) and Catherine Acerbi (6). What a crew! Jeff produced bites all morning on M2 Chub ...
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Posted: 6/20/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
The Izatt's came over the hill from Aberdeen for the older boys football camp. They brought 13 year old Tyler out to fish. We pounded the Bar early for a big fish (14lb 8oz) then faded into the tren...
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Posted: 6/19/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
What a great Father's Day! Jeff had the Cooley's out and I had the Madden's out. Both father and son combos on Fathers Day. We hit the Bar early. Jeff stayed there. I had trouble sustaining the b...
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Posted: 6/18/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff had a great day of fishing with the Kotwis family (early) and Stern family (late). He pounded flatfish and squid rigs off of Mill Bay in the morning and evening. In the middle of the day he wen...
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Posted: 6/17/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
We started this morning on Mack Bar and it wasn't long before we hooked up on another Big Toad Laketrout! The Ace Hi-Fly and Flatfish worked today!!! Hooked most fish in depths from 140 to 180ft. toda...
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Posted: 6/17/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
We fished both Saturday and Sunday this weekend. Both days we went after Lake Trout on Mack Bar in the morning and then switched over to Kokanee in the afternoon. The Laker fishing has been great! Mos...
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Posted: 6/17/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
This Report is a combination of my last 4 Adventures on Lake Chelan.. I have been concentrating my morning outings on Mack bar and Yacht Club area. The Ace Hi-fly has been my Staple bait over these la...
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Posted: 6/15/2012
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/13/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Ok...I was just about to give up all together on our King Salmon in Lake Chelan THEN Bam! We boated a real nice 12 lber..If you look at the Adipose Fin on this Salmon it is Not a Hatchery Triploid Sal...
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Posted: 6/15/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/13/2012
Hot Spots: 0
New fishing buddies Jim MacMillan and Walt Bretano fished the lower basin with Jeff for some big Mackinaw. They pounded lower basin humps for about 3 hours to get their fish. The 2 "bigs" were 13lb ...
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By: mwdehaan
Posted: 6/14/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for 6/9, 6/10 and 6/11. Family had their annual camping trip, this time at Chelan State Park. Friday(8th) we unpacked our gear and tried to make an attempt at the lake in the ...
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Posted: 6/14/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
The Finck's came out and fished with us again. They wanted to try out the Lake Chelan Kokanee Fishing. Jeff worked the lower basin from Rocky Point to Chelan Shores at depths of mostly 80 to 100 fee...
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Posted: 6/13/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Chelan is pumping out the fish! Today most of our time was spent in the lower basin chasing the Kokanee, but we did a little Laker fishing too. We first dropped lines at the top of Mack Bar hoping to ...
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Posted: 6/11/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/11/2012
Hot Spots: 0
What a Gorgeous Day it was on Lake Chelan this morning, and the Big Fish Are biting!!!! We started up by the Yacht Club with Dragging my Ace Hi-Flies next to the bottom at speeds between 1.2 and 1.4 m...
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Posted: 6/10/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Mark and Barbara Santos-Johnson and friend Lynn Boes came over to fish Chelan. We decided to see about the red hot Kokanee fishing. There seems to be 3 size classes of fish. 12", 14" and 15.5 (almo...
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Posted: 6/9/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Had the Pleasure of fishing with Brian Byrd again today..He brought friends Phil Watson and Leonard Cook out for a 4 hour Fishing Adventure. We targeted some big fish today and 9lbs. was the big fish ...
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Posted: 6/8/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Today we started targeting laketrout at the Yacht Club...We got into a good bite right away and managed to boat 12 Laketrout...The big fish was just under 12 lbs. The Ace Hi-Fly was the Bait again!!! ...
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Posted: 6/8/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Chris and Terry Fitzgerald came out and fished in a strong downlake wind with me for an evening kokanee trip. We found the right depth for our 'riggers at 80 feet down and had nice consistent action....
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Posted: 6/7/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
We had a soggy day today on Lake Chelan, but the fishing was excellent! We decided that first thing in the morning we would target Kokanee and then move on to the Lakers later in the day. We started o...
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Posted: 6/4/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
It was a Wet One on Lake Chelan this morning! Didn't effect the Laketrout Bite at all.. We boated 9 Laketrout and 1 Rainbow in 4 hours. 6 out of the 9 laketrout were over 6lbs. The Ace Hi-Fly was the...
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Posted: 6/4/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
New fishing partners, Rich Upson and Craig Berry had a great day out with Jeff. He pounded Lower Lake humps and ledges. First fish of the day was the big fish of the year, a 24lb 9oz behemoth. The ...
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Posted: 6/3/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/3/2012
Hot Spots: 2
Chelan is still producing good numbers of Lakers for us! Today I had the pleasure of fishing with Devin Coonan and Jason Ludeman, some hometown friends of mine. We started our trip this moring up at t...
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By: Lundegard
Posted: 6/3/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished our club tournament. Two other clubs were on the day before so it was tough to find big fish. I caught 14 bass but nothing over 2.5 lbs. bedding fish would not bite if they saw you. Caught a...
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Posted: 6/3/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Ed and Sharon Bleitz brought out grandson, Detric Hernandez (9) for a mornings fishing. The kid latched onto the 2 biggest fish of the trip, a 10 and an 8. Grandma and Papa caught the little fish. ...
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Posted: 6/3/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Colin Leingang brought his brother Chris out for a birthday fishing trip with their wives. We worked deepwater in a variety of locations throughout the lower basin and consistently got bit until the ...
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Posted: 6/2/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/31/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I had the Pleasure of Fishing with some of my Hometown Friends...I had the Edwards Family out with me on a Great Laketrout Fishing Adventure...Look at the size of some of their Fish...We caught 3 Lak...
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