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Chelan Fishing Reports

Posted: 5/7/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/7/2011
Hot Spots: 0
May 7th, 2011 Today the weather was great with no wind Flat calm Waters and the Sunshine.. Now on the other hand, the laketrout bite was really tough until the sun went behind the clouds and a Lit...
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Posted: 5/7/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/7/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Garin Fifer was nice enough to bring his friends Jack Austin and Garrett Oberfelder out fishing with me this morning. It was his 13th birthday party. Oh yeah, his dad, Robert Fifer came out to. The...
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Posted: 5/6/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Chelan remains very Productive for Laketrout in the Lower Basin of Lake Chelan..I am finding the fish on the Ledges of the Trench and a Few nice fish are showing up in the catch on Mack Bar..The ...
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Posted: 5/3/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/3/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Gary Gerhardt came out with me to see if we could get those kokanee to bite. He limited and got a few lakers to boot. We mostly fished off the drop out of Chelan Shores. The best combo for us was a...
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By: Yakivegas
Posted: 5/2/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/1/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Started the day in a couple of coves just up from Wapato point.Only a couple of mediocre fish here in about 200 ft of water.Later in the day we moved down lake closer to manson and fished on a couple ...
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Posted: 5/2/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/2/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Today I started at the Foot of the Narrows fishing Depths from 240 to 350 ft deep...We found the the first fish on the Down lake Ledge before we dropped into the Abyss..We caught 3 in this Location an...
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Posted: 5/1/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/1/2011
Hot Spots: 0
With such a good morning shaping up I decided to go out for a shot at the Lake Chelan Kokanee. After dropping Cindy off at work, I had to go it solo today, I rigged up the boat and headed down to the ...
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Posted: 5/1/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/1/2011
Hot Spots: 0
We fished the Lower Trench again today...It was a tough bite but we managed to bang a few..I have been Fishing lake Chelan for over 15 yrs now and I cannot remember a Single Year that I have seen sooo...
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Posted: 4/29/2011
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/29/2011
Hot Spots: 0
We hammered away at the Big Arches out from Pat and Mikes to start the day with the First Laketrout. As the morning progressed we dropped deep in the Heart of the Trench to find a Few Biters..Trolled ...
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Posted: 4/29/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/29/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Got to fish with Andy and Jeff. We were running some experiments. The leading edge of the Bar has been good in the early mornings. That's where the 9 pounder pictured below came from. The flat bel...
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Posted: 4/28/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Mack's Lures Cha Cha Squidders worked in conjunction with U20 purple glow Flatfish from Worden Lures to produce a nice pile of fish for the Yarbrough's from McNeil Canyon. Son Brad won the trip in a ...
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Posted: 4/28/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/27/2011
Hot Spots: 0
We battled today to get the Laketrout to bite..Must have been My Turn in the Barrel!!!! We trolled the Trench and were over Fish after Fish but they were real tough to get to bite...I changed Lures 4...
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Posted: 4/27/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Pounded the Bar early, then the flat. Fish are sitting in the dips out there. Although the majority of the flat is 180 to 190 feet deep, the fish are concentrated in the dips that are 203 to 213. M...
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Posted: 4/26/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
April 26th, 2011 Lake Chelan was good to us again today with warm sun and flat calm waters..I trolled the edge of the Lower Section of the Trench to start the day with a Nice laketrout and as the d...
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Posted: 4/26/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Tish and Bill came out and fished the afternoon. They had to brave some of that spring PM wind, but they caught some fish. We focused on Mack's cha cha squidders with big blades and small squids tip...
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Posted: 4/25/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/25/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Again today I fished the Trench in the Lower basin of Lake Chelan to have a real good 4hrs. of fishing for Laketrout..Trolled the Ace Hi-Fly By Silverhorde with a Glow Smile Blade in front..The Laketr...
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Posted: 4/23/2011
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/23/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Today we fished the Lower Trench and got lucky and boated a nice 10lb. Chinook. The fish hit at 208 ft deep on the Ace Hi-Fly by Silverhorde. Jaden Anthony (7) did a great Job Battling this Gem of Lak...
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Posted: 4/23/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
We had Bobby Loomis and Dustin Countryman out for a trip on Chelan. We wanted to work a few locations for Lakers and pound away for Kokanee. The Laker fishing was great using a variety of Mack's Lur...
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Posted: 4/22/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/18/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Purple Glow U20 flatfish produced some nice quality fish for Sam Arnott for his 11th Birthday trip with his dad, John. Then to beat his previous years record, we moved to the monument, switched to F7...
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Posted: 4/22/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished for Macks and Silvers for a few hours Thursday Morn. Hadn't been out in a while and felt kinda rusty. Wind was blowing fairly strong with whitecaps and gusts. Trolled for Macks in lower lake wi...
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Posted: 4/21/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Back Fishing on Lake Chelan Today... Trolled Mack Bar to start the day and boated a Nice 8 lb Laketrout then continued trolling down lake in the Heart of the Trench to have a Banner Day. The Bait of...
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Posted: 4/19/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/17/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Dipped through the flat between Mack Bar and the point at Minneapolis to get Brian Whitney some Sunday morning Macks. Pretty much used U20 purple glow flatfish. A Macks Cha Cha Squidder in glow bait...
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Posted: 4/19/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff had Mark Bergstresser with his buddies Randy Smith and Bill Covey out on a Chelan fishing primer day. They pounded the trench. A variety of presentations got bit including Purple Glow Flatfish,...
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Posted: 4/19/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Had Gwinn out with his gang for a day of Mack fishing. It started out promising with a quality fish on the Bar. Then a fish on the flat. Then I couldn't get bit. Hammered away in the trench and at...
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Posted: 4/17/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/17/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I had the Pleasure of Taking Melinda (Steele) Hansen and Husband Jeff out fishing today here on Beautiful Lake Chelan..First Fish hooked up Melinda did a great Job battling it to the Net. Tipped the S...
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