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Chelan Fishing Reports

Posted: 9/5/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/31/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing a combination of lures is proving to be productive for morning laker fishing on Chelan as summer winds down and early unsettled fall weather sets in. We are still opening on the Bar, but I ca...
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Posted: 9/4/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/4/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Launched today at 6:30 am and was fishing by 7:00am..Started today smack dead center in the Trench out from Rocky point where I found fish but They did not like me. I could not get even a nibble off t...
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Posted: 8/29/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/29/2010
Hot Spots: 0
August 29th 2010 First pass over Mack bar we hooked up but the fish pulled off at the boat then it went dead on the Bar.. Moved into the Lower Trench off Rocky Point to just nail the Laketrout targe...
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Posted: 8/28/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/26/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Little F7 Flatfish in either Luminous Chartreuse or Purple Glow were best that morning. Ed and Evie Martin from Grants Pass, OR came up to sample our Chelan Mack fishing. Even with having a number o...
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Posted: 8/22/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Today it started off a little crowded on Mack Bar with more boats fishing there than I have ever seen, but it didn't seem to affect the Laketrout bite at all..I trolled the T-4 Flatfish in the Purple ...
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Posted: 8/22/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Andy pounded the Bar early, then Minneapolis and finished in the trench to end with 8. It was another spectacular morning. Also, they had a weird one happen. They hooked a fish on the Bar and had th...
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Posted: 8/22/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
This was a run and gun kind of morning. We popped 3 fish early on the Bar. Then we made the short move to the Sunnybank contour and picked up a couple of more. Then we picked up to work the center ...
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Posted: 8/22/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/21/2010
Hot Spots: 0
It was a tougher bite on the Bar with just one fish to show for our efforts with a couple more pulling off. Then I broke it down to Manson Bay to get Patrick Tenaglia's little girl Alex some fish. T...
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Posted: 8/22/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/20/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Kevin and Lisa Wilson were nice enough to bring their kids Kelli and Travis out with Andy for a perfect morning of fishing on Lake Chelan. Andy got them to bite on the Bar early then around Minneapol...
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Posted: 8/22/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/20/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Black and White Kingfisher Lite spoons got bit early on the Bar. Then to try and keep the bite going I moved to the face of Manson Bay to get numbers. A dry pass scared me but they turned on perfect...
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Posted: 8/22/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/19/2010
Hot Spots: 0
The Steiners were nice enough to join us for another perfect day on Chelan. The Bar bite was hot early then died about 7. It was tough to get 'em to go after that until 9. He got 3 more in the boat...
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Posted: 8/22/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/19/2010
Hot Spots: 0
The Lefelman / Kaplan group were nice enough to come out with us and fish. It was another perfect morning on Chelan. We got a nice bite going on the Bar, then it just died until about 9. Then I gue...
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Posted: 8/22/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
The Richland gang braved the afternoon winds on Lake Chelan with Andy. It was a blow out in the trench so he searched for water calm enough to fish. He found it off the face of Manson Bay. The fish...
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Posted: 8/22/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Andy went out with the Bebell boys. Getting them up was tough, but they were fishing machines. Once again the Bar was hot early, then the Minneapolis area rounded out the morning. Another beautiful...
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Posted: 8/22/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/17/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Andy pounded the bar early with T4 purple glow flatfish. The bite was crazy good early then petered out around 7:00. Then hammering away at the deepwater in the trench rounded out the bag for the da...
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Posted: 8/22/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/17/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I had the Wright / Devine group out. The Bar was hot early. Fishing was tough between 7 and 8:30. Then those deepwater fish in the trench started to bite. I stayed with Kingfisher Lite spoons on t...
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Posted: 8/21/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/21/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I fished Mack Bar again today...Laketrout bite was slow but The Lucky Girls on the boat today kept the fish inticed, and me entertained. We trolled the Purple Glow Flatfish and Ace Hi-Fly to be succe...
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Posted: 8/19/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/19/2010
Hot Spots: 0
August 19th, 2010 Mack Bar is still holding good Quality Laketrout on Lake Chelan. Troll those Ace Hi-Flies in Spatterback Green color and the T-4 Prple Glow Flatfish to be most successful. Varying y...
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Posted: 8/16/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
T4 purple glow flatfish continued to be productive for Andy both on the Bar and off the tip of Wapato Point. The Erickson's got to spend some time cranking on fish instead of playing on electronic ga...
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By: Lundegard
Posted: 8/15/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Took a nephew, who had never caught any bass of any significance, up to Chelan. Also took along some folks from the west side who only saltwater fish. We worked for a few hours to find the pattern o...
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Posted: 8/14/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Once again the little F7 flatfish in purple glow was very productive off the outriggers. 4 quality fish in 3 passes over the Bar and then finished with 7 more little fish along the face of Manson Bay...
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Posted: 8/13/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/13/2010
Hot Spots: 0
While the early morning runs on the Bar only yielded some light bites and no fish, those T4 purple glow flatfish put some fish in the boat for the Babineaux crew from New Mexico. They named the fish....
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Posted: 8/12/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/12/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well, it was a bit tougher on the Bar with 2 fish in 2 passes. Only picked up one working the area in front of Minneapolis then made 3 quick passes in front of Manson Bay for 6 fish. Ended with 9. ...
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Posted: 8/12/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Andy had a great morning with the Pelant crew. He got fish early on the Bar and later in the AM off of Minneapolis Beach. Those flatfish in luminous chartreuse were productive. Anton Jones - Darr...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/12/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Silver Horde's Kingfisher Lite spoons in UV Black and White produced some great numbers for us this morning, but again the biggest fish came off the little F7 purple glow flatfish. Go figure? Mack B...
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