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Chelan Fishing Reports

By: Jose Diaz
Posted: 5/8/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/8/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Great morning at Lake Chelan. Launched out of the State Park, then drove around until I saw fish on the finder. Threw marks down and once I noted a cluster of way points in 170' of water, I went back...
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Posted: 5/8/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/1/2016
Hot Spots: 2
Many thanks to Mike, Aaron, Randy and and all of the NWFR crew for another great Chelan camp out and get together. Many thanks to the sponsors for their support and goodie bags of tackle and other st...
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Posted: 5/7/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/7/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Both Jeff & I had great mornings on Lake Chelan catching Lakers for our customers. We trolled Jeff Drifts, made from Mack's Lure components baited with a piece of Northern Pikeminnow at 1mph within 5...
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Posted: 5/4/2016
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/30/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Although I did not fish and was too early for the Pot Luck Dinner, I had a great time visiting the NWFR rally at Lake Chelan State Park. I enjoyed the fast and furious ride on the LifeProof Boat. A ...
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Posted: 5/4/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/1/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This is a fishing report for the long weekend of the Chelan Get-together. I fished Friday afternoon solo, Saturday morning (until 9:30am) with my friend Rob and his daughters, and Sunday until early a...
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Posted: 5/4/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/3/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Roger and Roger Calvert were nice enough to come out and provide adult supervision for Jeff so he could do some Mack fishing. They worked Jeff Drift's along Colyar Ledge, in the Narrows and along Man...
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By: Mike10gs
Posted: 5/3/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/30/2016
Hot Spots: 0
So this is for the whole weekend at chelan. My girlfriend(chantelle) and I went to lake chelan for the first time to camp and to be there for the get together. I'll try to make this quick.. Frid...
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By: Hunter757
Posted: 5/3/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/29/2016
Hot Spots: 3
So this is a three day report from 4/29-5-1, we headed over for the NWFR get together and arrived in town Friday around noon and got camp set up at Chelan city park. We then ran over to the burger jo...
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By: Aaron
Posted: 5/3/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/30/2016
Hot Spots: 3
Cassandra, Noah and I dropped lines about 7am just off the beach from the State Park. Headed east towards the Monument area. The action was not fast and furious. Picked up 10 Kokanee ranging from 11" ...
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Posted: 5/2/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/30/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Day 2 Saturday April 30th: So got a hold of my brother in law Tim Yedinak in Wenatchee and asked if he would like to join me since the girls had plans to shop on our anniversary haha! He drove up ...
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Posted: 5/2/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/29/2016
Hot Spots: 3
I will just do 1 report for the 3 days I spent participating in the NW fishing reports Chelan get together~ so after using my sales skills to convince my wife it was okay for me to fish on our 39th we...
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Posted: 5/2/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/2/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The pictures with this report cover fishing from April 29 to May 2. We have trolled Colyar Ledge early in the morning (weather permitting), then moved downlake to hit the face of Manson Bay. The Col...
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By: Idstud
Posted: 5/2/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/30/2016
Hot Spots: 0
What an amazing day. For my first time ever to Chelan. What a beautiful place. I got on the water later than I wanted but with 2 little girls we did good at 745 ish. I was hoping for 6 but oh well. I...
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Posted: 4/28/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/27/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for fishing on the 26th and 27th. This is a great time for fishing Chelan! We have had good success fishing Colyar Ledge early in the mornings and the Barrens for the Bankers bite. P...
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By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 4/24/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/16/2016
Hot Spots: 3
Combined report for 4-16 & 4-17. Fished the Something Catchy derby with DJ Butler. Rolled into town on Friday evening just in time for a burger and brew in Manson on our way to the captains meetin...
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Posted: 4/23/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/22/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took the Robertson group from Seattle out for a mixed bag of Kokanee and Lake Trout. They worked Colyar ledge and the Barrens to get their fish. The Kokanee bite was good early then slowed. Th...
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By: Rocketvet
Posted: 4/20/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Headed to Lake Chelan for the Something Catchy Kokanee derby. We did ok putting Kokanee in the boat early but the bite for us really dropped off after 10 am. Probably should have started earlier giv...
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Posted: 4/19/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This early burst of almost summer weather has been heavenly. Thanks to all the great people for coming out and fishing with us. The Lake Trout have been biting Jeff Drift's made with Mack's Lures sm...
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By: DjButler
Posted: 4/18/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/16/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Had the pleasure to finally fish Chelan for some kokanne. This was my first time ever. FISH DAWG gave me a buzz and was generous enough to have me fish along side him in the "Something Catchy" Derby. ...
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Posted: 3/28/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/28/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We were fortunate enough to have folks come out and fish with Jeff on Friday, Saturday and Monday. The Kokanee continue to be a hot & cold proposition. You need to find schools and run an attractive...
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By: afk
Posted: 3/27/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/26/2016
Hot Spots: 0
First time out this year for the old "Mustard Tub". I put in at the state park at 06:45. A few boats were fishing right out in front of the launch. More boats joined soon after. It was fairly chilly a...
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Posted: 3/22/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/22/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Thanks to Ken McElmeel and John Mataka of the Seattle Poggie Club for coming out and providing adult supervision for Jeff on a typical spring day on Lake Chelan. The morning was calm and productive. ...
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Posted: 3/22/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/21/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Pepe' took Jeff out Kokanee fishing as the larder was getting bare. They got their Kokanee limits and the bonus fin-clipped cutthroat trout. Look at the March 18th report for the particulars. Same ...
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Posted: 3/19/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/19/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Jerry and Ron came up to fish with Jeff for some Kokanee after seeing the Angler's West episode that highlighted him. Thank you Justin! They pounded the Kokanee and again wanted to check Mackinaw of...
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Posted: 3/19/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took Jordan and Danika out to get their Kokanee. They limited and wanted to get Mackinaw to check off their bucket list. It was a great day with hot fishing! The Kokanee again were caught by...
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