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Chelan Fishing Reports

Posted: 7/24/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/24/2010
Hot Spots: 0
July 24th, 2010 Today was alot tougher fishing than Yesterday..Trolled over alot of fish but they were light striking everything I passed by them. Wasn't that the fish were not hungry I think that it...
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Posted: 7/23/2010
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/23/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Today started with the wind just ripping out of the Narrows. Wasn't sure I was going to be successful but when finally made it to Mack Bar the wind had slowed enough to fish.. Trolled the Ace Hi-Fly ...
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Posted: 7/23/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/23/2010
Hot Spots: 0
The Bar produced it's standard 3 fish on the first 3 passes of the morning. Then we faded into the indeterminate flat fighting wind that varied from 10 to 25 mph. We plucked a fish here and a fish t...
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Posted: 7/22/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Our little F7 purple glow flatfish on the outrigger rod saved the day. It got 3 of the 5 fish that we put in the boat including the 2 biggest ones. We started on the Bar (no surprise there). We got...
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Posted: 7/22/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
It's really nice having your eldest grandson deckhand for you. He preps the boat and I get to fish. It frees me up for 5 to 15 minutes before customers show up. Today was pretty cool. I got 7 or...
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Posted: 7/21/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/21/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Had an evening to spend with Family so we went out swimming and fishing on Lake Chelan..Trolled uplake over Mack Bar and saw lots of fish but no biters..Marked the fish on the GPS and let the Auto tro...
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Posted: 7/20/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/20/2010
Hot Spots: 0
After getting back from a leisurely trip to Wapato to get some suspended Rainbows my 8 year old granddaughter said it was time for me to take her fishing. I decided the nursery fish need a bit of thi...
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Posted: 7/19/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/19/2010
Hot Spots: 0
After a nice start on the Bar and 0500, the bite slowed for Andy as the morning wind uncharacteristically picked up. He finally pulled up and ran to the Yacht Club and cleaned house for the Clinton N...
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Posted: 7/18/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Plucked a fish off the Bar and one from the flat before the wind made things really difficult. That UV / Glow Kingfisher Lite by Silver Horde scored both fish. I picked up and spent the last hour at...
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Posted: 7/17/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/17/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Those little F7 Flatfish on the outrigger rods really produced today. We pulled 3 off the Bar in 4 passes for the first 2 hours. We also lost 2 to, to the learning curve. Stop and go is the way to ...
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Posted: 7/16/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Luminous Chartreuse and Purple Glow Flatfish in T4 and U20 scored for Andy today. He pounded fish early on the Bar then finished off Sunnybank for a very nice morning. The Ford gang had a great time...
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By: TomD
Posted: 7/16/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/15/2010
Hot Spots: 0
So our relatives who are local wanted some fresh fish, and I suddenly had a good reason to target the lake trout! Yippee! I started the day by myself at Mack Bar. Set up on a fish and dropped dow...
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Posted: 7/16/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Little F7 Purple Glow Flatfish on the outrigger rod produced a couple of 10 pounders. The Shannon family of Chelan caught 5 other fish on a glorious Chelan summer morning. We also caught fish on T4 ...
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Posted: 7/14/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Andy worked hard for his fish today. He picked up fish on the Bar, in the Flat, up at the Yacht Club and in the trench. But it was tough sledding. The "day maker" was a 19 pounder taken just off of...
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Posted: 7/14/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well, Mack Bar let me down today, but the indeterminate flat between the Bar and the trench was very productive. Depths of 180 to 225 produced best. A couple of fish came out of the trench. While s...
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By: TomD
Posted: 7/14/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/13/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Monday was super windy... I didn't even try to go out... hardly any boats on the lake. Tuesday started out pretty calm. Leaving Wapato Pt, I headed past Anton fishing on the Bar and started tryi...
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By: TomD
Posted: 7/14/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Got out Sunday morning for some fishing time before the family got busy for the day. I am trying to focus on kokanee this year and maybe some of the smaller lakes. Wanting to head uplake, I started ...
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Posted: 7/13/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/13/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Luminous Chartreuse and Purple Glow Flatfish in T4 and F7 were the ticket today. We started a bit later than usual (at 6:30 instead of 5:30), but it didn't matter. We got 3 fish on the first pass on...
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Posted: 7/12/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/12/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well my day job made me take today off, so I got to go Fishing!!!!! Started today in the Lower end of the Trench out from Rocky Point to get the "skunk fish" out of the boat. We boated 2 here .Moth...
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Posted: 7/12/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/12/2010
Hot Spots: 0
It was a wind blown morn'. Lost a couple on the Bar and picked up one nice fish. Retreated to the nursery to get blown in 3 separate directions in the space of 20 minutes. Picked up 5 little nurser...
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By: Lundegard
Posted: 7/11/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/10/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Took my daughter, nephew, and father-in-law to Chelan to try for Smallmouth. Senkos, Snipers, and grubs did the trick. Caught 18 altogether, and left at noon. Fished the lower end exclusively, hitt...
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Posted: 7/10/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/10/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Laketrout fishing on Mack bar today was tough goin..Lots of fish showing on the Sonar but would not commit to hammering my Wardens Lure T-4 Flatfish and well anything that I dropped to them in that m...
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Posted: 7/10/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/9/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Those Purple Glow T4 Flatfish were very effective early on the Bar. All six fish came early including a very nice 13 pounder, then it shut off while we tried Sunnybank and off the tip of Wapato Point...
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By: Lundegard
Posted: 7/8/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Started at 5 a.m. on topwater, wasn't early enough. Caugh several fish on the flats just behind Wapato Point, where water temps were 64+/-. Weather hi 70's lo 80's, light winds, mostly sunny, and st...
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Posted: 7/7/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/7/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing F7 Flatfish on the outriggers and T4 Flatfish on the downriggers produced nicely this morning. Four fish in the first 45 minutes then grunting them out one at a time. The Bar worked well for...
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