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Chelan Lake Report
Chelan County, WA

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10/20/2013
Rainbow Trout
Noon
10/20/2013
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Dave Graybill had mentioned Lake Chelan and potential for good rainbow fishing this week, so i felt it was finally time to get this lake off my to do list, and give it a shot. started targeting trout around 1030 trolling gold blades trailed by homemade custom wedding ring tipped with nightcrawler. i meandered around exploring a large bay fishing 20-25 fow, caught 1 nice rainbow 21 1/2" i guess 5# after about an hour. I kept working at it digging around, exploring the lake, ended going back through the area i caught the 1st fish about 2 or so hours later, and hooked up with another at 18 1/2" around 3 1/2#(?) a little ways down from where i caught the first fish. I spotted other large fish swimming around, they seemed very spooky, the water is fairly clear, so i am sure that has something to do with it. I did have to work for these fish, but learned a lot for myself about this lake that i hope to bring back another day. These fish were great fighters, the meat from the larger fish was extra beatiful, and their size made for an overall good day on the water.


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salmonbarry
10/20/2013 7:26:00 PM
Nice fish! Were you using downriggers or long line for these?
ncwflounderer
10/20/2013 7:49:00 PM
couple ounces lead, 40' of line, 1.5 mph +/-. i wish i had some downriggers. it was a beautiful clear sunny day, light breeze, dead calm at times
MotoBoat
10/20/2013 10:45:00 PM
Were you seeing the large rainbows on the fish finder? Or free swimming near the surface? Could flies or lures have been tossed in the fishes direction or were they too far away for that? Super nice looking fish. Was there a recent plant of trout in Lake Chelan?
ncwflounderer
10/21/2013 7:27:00 AM
the fish I saw were swimming near the bottom, I could see them with my eyes in about 20 FOW. I actually was not marking many fish on my finder. Yes, I think they did recently plant. there were many shore fishers
MotoBoat
10/21/2013 11:06:00 AM
Many boats targeting the large trout? Shore fishermen on Lake Chelan......that is interesting!
ncwflounderer
10/21/2013 12:12:00 PM
in the area I was in, I was the only fishermen, although Lake Chelan is a very large lake. the "shore fishermen" we're actually fishing from docks, with a couple from shore. I didn't talk to everyone, but was told they were catching small ones by 1 group
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