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Chelan Fishing Reports

Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 3/15/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/15/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Well, Jeff took Pepe', his son and his nephew out for some Kokanee fishing on Chelan. The bite is still on! Running your gear just above the schools you see on your sonar works the best. Depths bet...
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Chelan
By: Steelheadin360
Posted: 3/15/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/12/2016
Hot Spots: 3
This weekend I had Mark, Mike and Nick join me for two days of fishing on Lake Chelan. I arrived at the lake on friday morning to get a little "test fishing" in as I had a tough time locating good num...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 3/7/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/6/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The Nazarchuk's (Tony, Konstinten & Sergei) from Everett via the Ukraine came out with our guide, Jeff WitkowSKI to discuss the fate of the Warsaw Pact and to fish for Mackinaw. They were buffetted b...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 3/5/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/5/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Bobby Loomis of Mack's Lures came out with OLD buddy, Mark Lippencott of Chelan to fish for Kokanee with Jeff. They worked the Colyar Ledge and the South Shore for these Kokanee. The "go to" present...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 2/23/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/23/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Jerry Hjelle brought friend Bob Brown down to fish with Jeff for some Mackinaw. They pounded the Barrens with good success using mostly Jeff Drifts baited with aging chunks of Northern Pikeminnow. F...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 2/16/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/15/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The Kesterson's came out on the 14th and Ozzie Hernandez came out on the 15th with Jeff & Pepe' to get some Kokanee. These are mostly 11" to 15" fish. Colyar Ledge at 1 mph from 50 to 150 feet. Mac...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 2/13/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/13/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Josh Pain and Amy Linde were nice enough to come out and provide adult supervision for Jeff while he tried to get them on the Kokanee. He is continuing to beat up Colyar Ledge in depths of mostly 50 ...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 2/11/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/10/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I'll attach pictures from 2/9 & 2/10. Dave Graybill came out on the 9th for some Kokanee. Mike Chamberlain of Ted's Sporting Goods and friend Keith Yamaguchi came out on the 10th. Commissioner Gr...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 2/9/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/8/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff and Pepe' took out Ernie Guthrie of Chelan for his 92nd birthday. They worked Colyar Ledge with a hot bite for the first 2 hours then the fish turned off a while. When the bite came back on, it...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 2/7/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/7/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Paul Chauvin(not being a football fan) brought Melissa Miller of Lacey out to fish with Jeff on Chelan for some Mackinaw. This was one of those days that we were lucky they came for a full day. Jeff...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 2/3/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/2/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took Pepe' out to get some Kokanee. They worked Colyar ledge trolling through schools of Kokanee with a variety of gear. Mack's Kokanee Pro wedding rings with the glo burst Smile Blade was best...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/29/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/27/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Commissioner and Wenatchee fishing Wizard, the legendary Fishing Magician, Dave Graybill came out for a morning of Mack fishing with Jeff to get some fish, tell some stories and test some gear. They ...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/26/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/26/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Pepe' convinced Jeff to take him out and enjoy the improving weather and to get some more Kokanee for Tevi. The same winter pattern that has been so effective continued today. Pounding schools of su...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/25/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/25/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Adam and Paul came over from Lacey to fish with Jeff. They worked hard for their Kokanee at Colyar Ledge, then came down to the barrens to finish the day fighting the wind and getting a few Macks. ...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/24/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/24/2016
Hot Spots: 0
So , Repeat customer Joe Burke of West Allis, WI was nice enough to book us to surprise his son and daughter in law, Dave and Jordan Burke newly of Malaga for their housewarming gift. They had no ide...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/21/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/21/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Eastern Bloc incursion on Chelan today, the Warsaw Pact is alive and well. Here's Vic displaying our spoils. Final tally: Polland- 20, Kokanee- 14... The above is the report from our guide: Jeff W...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/19/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/19/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Jesse and Bill came out and trolled the barrens with Jeff for some Mackinaw. They dragged Jeff Drifts at 1.1mph within 5 feet of the bottom in depths of 165 to 220 feet. The bite was steady all day....
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/19/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Pepe and granddaughter Yarisbel came out to fish for Kokanee with Jeff. They worked those suspended schools above the Narrows. Skill does matter as it only took 32 bites to put 20 in the box with th...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/17/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/17/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Jason Brooks, outdoor writer was in the valley visiting his Dad, our guide emeritus Al Brooks. So they brought Jason's young son, Ryan out to fish with Jeff for our Kokanee for a few hours. They wor...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/16/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/16/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Ray Lingle of Chelan brought his son up from Yakima for some winter Kokanee fishing on Chelan with Jeff. They pounded schools of fish from 50 to 150 feet over much deeper bottoms up at Colyar Ledge ...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/13/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/12/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Hi Everyone: Jeff has been pounding away, prospecting for Kokanee and catching the Laker of a lifetime while I have been off the grid enjoying the best of Baja. This report covers from 1/7/to 1/...
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Chelan
By: Steelheadin360
Posted: 1/3/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/30/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Well its looking like its going to be another great year on chelan! We braved icy road and a very slick boat launch to try for some cold weather Kokanee. We ventured up lake and we hit fish right off ...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 12/28/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/26/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Guide Emeritus, Brian Whitney had his dad come out with Jeff to get some of those chunky Kokanee. Pepe' got his limit too... There was one lucky / unlucky kokanee. Look at the tooth spacing to gues...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 12/23/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/22/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Pepe' took Jeff and his son, Emilio out to confirm that the winter Kokanee bite is on. IT IS. They worked Colyar Ledge for a 2 guy limit, then had enough time to run uplake, go ashore and bag braces...
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Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 12/22/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/21/2015
Hot Spots: 0
The Kokanee are in. Jeff & Pepe' got on a nice kokanee bite and simultaneously fended off cabin fever. The weather was not for the faint of heart, but a nice collection of those Lake Chelan Kokanee,...
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