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By: buzzbob
Posted: 9/1/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/30/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Thermocliine @ 40'. Kokanee concentrated just below thermocline @ 45' and lake trout on the bottom @ 80' (see pic). Best bite early am before jet skis/boats hit the water/lake devoid of fisherman.
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/13/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/13/2013
Hot Spots: 2
JoAnn and I went on our finally overnight gunk holing adventure of the year to lake Cle Elum. When we arrived, we were shocked at just how low the water had been drawn down. The end of the concrete ra...
By: buzzbob
Posted: 7/9/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/7/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Lake trout stacked on bottom 95' deep on drop off near old river channel. Caught several fish 8-12 lbs. This 9lb 10oz hit jig @ 80' that was belly to bottom. Thermocline 65'. Best bite 5-8 am.
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/2/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/2/2013
Hot Spots: 2
And this report is Part Two of my wife JoAnn and my trip to lake Cle Elum. This report focuses on a under-utilized kokanee fishery on the lake.
I’ll start with a couple factoids:
Cle Elum has a ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/2/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/1/2013
Hot Spots: 2
Wow, wow, wow! (and that’s just for part 1 of my two day report)
JoAnn and I decided to drive up over to Cle Elum Sunday and moor the boat overnight for a two day fishing adventure. I had a revelat...
By: buzzbob
Posted: 6/26/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/20/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Mac Alley last week and caught several lake trout between 11-14 lbs. Few boats out fishing/ water level still high.
By: buzzbob
Posted: 6/18/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/15/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished several days with lots of fish in 80-100 feet in old river channel drop offs. 34" lake trout coming up with several large fish stacked just below. Water temp 50 F @ 60 feet.
By: The Quadfather
Posted: 5/5/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
doing this from dictaphone on a smartphone so not sure how it come out..fished the lake Cle Elum Mackinaw tourney on Saturday. blastoff was 8 o'clock.maybe 40 boats, Im not sure. My buddy and i fish...
By: buzzbob
Posted: 5/2/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/1/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Average Cle Elum lake trout (31"). Fish came from 95' to 82' to take jiggiing spoon.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/11/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/5/2012
Hot Spots: 3
We went to Cle Elum for the first time. What a beautiful lake. Started trolling at about 150'. Half hour later, BAM...then it came off. I was using a flatfish in frog pattern. Swam the rest of the day...
By: Ezlivn89
Posted: 6/16/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/14/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Didnt see anything or catch anything. We were trying everything in my tackle box and couldnt get a bite. Cool place though, extremely windy.
By: Bo
Posted: 6/5/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/19/2012
Hot Spots: 3
The star rating system is hard to decide on. Went with 3 stars. Caught some fish, but had a REALLY good time. Love fishing in lake Cle Elum! U20 down on the bottom worked for us. Fish hard!
By: The Quadfather
Posted: 5/21/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/19/2012
Hot Spots: 1
This is a report for my fishing experience in the 3rd Annual Mackinaw tourney on lake Cle Elum recently. This was a very fun day for us. The check in the am was at 0700. They told me "Blast off" wa...
By: G-Man
Posted: 6/3/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/3/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Slimy Slab and I made the trek to Lake Cle Elum this morning. We found the Lake is pretty much at full pool and launching from the beach went off without a hitch, lines were in the water by 8:30am. ...
By: sickbayer
Posted: 10/3/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/2/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Wow great day out on the lake launching requires a 4x4 and it is shallow so watch your props. Lots of kokes spotted but we fished for mac's. Limited within 2hours, 6 fish between 6 and 9 pounds.
By: Roaddog
Posted: 8/27/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/24/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great time fishing on Lake Cle Elum the past few days. A Bachlor party with friends, beer, and lots of fish being caught. The fish were hitting at all times of the day. We ended up bagging 14 La...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/18/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished several morning at Cle Elum this week. Lots of fish 60-120 feet on ledges between big point and Morgan Creek. Averaged 8 fish a morning 6-13 lbs on ZZingers.
By: Palmer
Posted: 5/22/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/15/2010
Hot Spots: 0
No wind beautiful day on the lake. We started around 8 and didn't catch any fish until around 10 am. I've found that when you catch a fish circle around and head through the same spot. We caught th...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/2/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I decided to give this lake a try a little earlier than normal,and we had a great time.It was really windy when we got there,but managed to wait it out and got a short window of opportunity...
By: Enumclawdi
Posted: 8/24/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/22/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Drove to Cle Elum to get on the the lake. The Wishpoosh launch was closed due to low water. A "local" told us to try the launch on Mill Creek Road, it was closed too. Does anyone know of a way to g...
By: zelnorm
Posted: 8/1/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/29/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished several days during the week. Average 8-10 fish per day, 6-14 lbs. Jigging 75-125 feet. Thermocline 70'. Few boats fishing. Ramp almost out of the water.
By: Bodofish
Posted: 6/3/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/31/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Great day out on the lake! Beautiful sunshine, minimal wind, good eats, cold beer, just a nice day!
Oh yeah we did catch one fish. It was a ten pound Mac. We talked with two other groups that had c...
By: ecarnes
Posted: 6/1/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/31/2009
Hot Spots: 1
We launced at Wish poosh early, and got fishing early on the West side of the lake across from the launch. We fished for a few hours, trolling back and forth everywhere from 100 - 140 ft deep but no l...
By: Palmer
Posted: 5/18/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My 7 year old son and I fished the south shore near the dam. We caught one near the clearcut at a depth of 150 feet. It was 7 or 8 lbs. He realed for about 5 minutes and handed the rod to me. The f...
By: Bodofish
Posted: 5/10/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/9/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Beautiful day on the water. Not much action. I think the water is still a bit cold. 44 in the shallows and 38 in the middle. Caught the one fish all day but we weren't going for the those little ko...