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Chelan Fishing Reports

Chelan
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/3/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 10/3/2003
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Fished Lake Chelan at Mill Bay off of the dock with 2 other friends. We spent about 2 hours each day. We all got good sized planters in the range of 12". One was at least 20" and must have been at lea...
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Chelan
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/15/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/15/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Lake Chelan for trout on consecutive days in mid-July. Powerbait did the trick, producing limits both days on 13-15 inch Rainbow. I used eggs and worms on the hooks too, but simple orange pow...
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Chelan
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/30/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/30/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Had a banner day on the big lake. Between the three of us we landed a 5Lb Mac,3Lb rainbow and about 20 koke's in about 5 hours. We also lost about another 10 Koke's. The weather was extremely hot. Th...
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Chelan
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/5/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/5/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Had a banner day on the big lake. Between the three of us we landed a 5Lb Mac,3Lb rainbow and about 20 koke's in about 5 hours. We also lost about another 10 Koke's. The weather was extremely hot. Th...
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Chelan
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/14/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/14/2003
Hot Spots: 0
(summary of recent fishing trips) Fishing has been good! We have been catching lots of fish with big fish mixed in. Friday, our clients got 15 lakers with a big fish of 11.7 pounds. Saturday we...
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Chelan
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/10/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/10/2003
Hot Spots: 0
During a duck hunting trip in November, I witnessed numerous fish rising in the bay we were hunting. I filed that experience away for a future date and this weekend provided the chance to check out t...
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Chelan
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/7/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/7/2003
Hot Spots: 0
This is prime time in the Lake Chelan area. The Mackinaw bite has been excellent over the last week in spite of a mixed bag of weather. We had 17 lakers on Saturday (5/3/03) in a full day, 8 lakers ...
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Chelan
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/27/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/27/2003
Hot Spots: 0
We started fishing later in the day. The smallmouth were tailing crankbaits but were not hitting them. We caught 3 smallies averaging 1 pound. The squaw fish were feeding heavy on crankbaits, we caugh...
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Chelan
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/17/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/17/2003
Hot Spots: 0
My dad and I had gone to Wapato Point for spring break. We were exhausted after the long journey from Mill Creek. On our first day at the lake we figured out that the motor was broken. On the second d...
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Chelan
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/16/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/16/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Set out in mid-afternoon to troll for some lakers. Marked many fish for a couple of hours, without a bite. Most fish were within five feet of the bottom, regardless of water depth or near the 60' dept...
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Chelan
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 3/6/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/6/2003
Hot Spots: 0
I went over the mountains for some winter fishing on lake Chelan. We started fishing at O Dark Hundred. After fiddling with ling lines (pulled two lines and yielded one ling) we started to jig - but n...
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Chelan
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/16/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 2/16/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Went on 2/16/03 with a couple of guys. We worked very hard from 8AM to 5:30PM for 16 fish. We had a couple of 2 hour blocks where it was just dead. We caught fish on wide bodied spoons and U-20 fla...
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Chelan
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/12/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 2/12/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Fished today with a crew Chesaw. We were out from 7:30 to 3:30. Caught 18 fish between 2.25 pounds and 5.0 pounds. All were caught in the "trench" of the lower basin. The weather was gorgeous. We...
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Chelan
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/30/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 12/30/2002
Hot Spots: 0
The fishing for Mackinaw (aka: lake trout) has continued to be very good. The last time out, we caught 11 in a little under 3 hours of fishing. These all came out of the lower basin, just trolling a...
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Chelan
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/6/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 11/6/2002
Hot Spots: 0
I spent a full day on Lake Chelan yesterday. The fish are mostly in the post spawn. I spent the first half of the day in the lower basin from Lakeside up to Wapato Point. I put 2 fish in the boat i...
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Chelan
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/19/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 7/19/2002
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The family took our annual trip to Wapato Point this year just in time to catch the forest fire and miss the Lake WA sockeye season! Actually the flames never really threatened Wapato and the smoke w...
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Chelan
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/18/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/18/2002
Hot Spots: 0
I've fished this lake for 10 years and this was the best Lake Trout fishing I have ever seen. Fished from 7 am to 10 am everyday. Landed a Laker every half hour. Used only one pole on the downrigge...
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Chelan
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/6/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/6/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Am home today, rather than on the water due to high winds. The fishing has continued to be excellent for Lake Trout. We had a 13 fish day, the last day out with the big fish of the day being an ener...
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Chelan
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/2/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/2/2002
Hot Spots: 0
The Lake Trout fishing has been pretty hot through May. My early June dates weren't quite as good, but it was still consistent. I have been limiting the boat most times out on Lake Trout. The huge ...
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Chelan
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/1/2002
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Rating: 1
Fished: 6/1/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Lake Chelan to do some camping and brought along the trout poles for kicks. The water level was very low. The water crystal clear and very cold. I saw a couple a large trout jumping about, but...
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Chelan
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/17/2002
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Rating: 2
Fished: 5/17/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing about 5:30 am Friday morning, landed one 4 1/2 lb Lake Trout and missed another. That was it for the entire weekend. But I was luckier than a lot of other's. This Lake is huge and didn...
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Chelan
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/14/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 2/14/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Hey Mike! You missed the big one. Well, nice one anyhow. I put Don Hershman of Centralia on a 31.5" / 10#+ laker the next morning. Overall, the days fishing was a bit slower, but that fish made th...
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Chelan
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 2/13/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 2/13/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Lakers and fresh water ling. A nice combination on a great day to be on the water! Sunny skies and snow covered mountains. A good friend and a new friend. These are the days that make fishing the grea...
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Chelan
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/6/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 1/6/2002
Hot Spots: 0
I took out my kid and a couple of neighbors yesterday, trolling for lakers. We got 8 in 4.5 hours. All from 3# to 6#. Terry Allan of Mt. Dew had a client reset the state record on the 31st while ...
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Chelan
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/21/2001
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Rating: 4
Fished: 7/21/2001
Hot Spots: 0
I went to Chelan as part of a vacation with the rest of my family. Had no intention of doing any serious fishing, but I brought my pole and lures anyways. I saw many large fish swimming around under...
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