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Posted: 3/2/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/1/2015
Hot Spots: 3
We fished Lake Chelan yesterday and had very consistent fishing. We picked up 26 kokanee ranging 12 to 16 inches. This has ben some great growth from my trips 2 weeks ago when they were 11 to 14 inche...
Posted: 3/2/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/2/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Continues to be a great bite for Laketrout in the lower basin of Lake Chelan. The Ace Hi-Fly by Silverhorde is the bait to use. Keep your trolling speed between 1.2 and 1.5 mph to be successful. Than...
Posted: 2/25/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/24/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff wanted to mooch more pies off of Pepe', so he took him out to get back on the Kokanee after mostly working Mack's lately. Also took a trip uplake for the Boat Club to tow a dock. Pepe' loves to...
By: Steelheadin360
Posted: 2/23/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/22/2015
Hot Spots: 2
Having found bigger fish a little further up the lake on day one, on this day we went for a boat ride.
We passed the 10-15 boats fishing Hollywood beach and kept going for a few more miles up the l...
By: Steelheadin360
Posted: 2/23/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/21/2015
Hot Spots: 2
Day one of a two day Adventure.
With wind in the forecast I figured we only had till about noon to fish. On this day we concentrated our efforts around the "Yatch Club" Area of the lake. Working ab...
Posted: 2/23/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/22/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Chelan continues great Laketrout fishing in the lower basin. The morning bite has been the best. The Trench and Mack Bar have been the hot spots for me. Keep your trolling speed below 1.3 mph to ...
Posted: 2/19/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/19/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff pounded the trench with Silver Horde Needlefish (3.5") fronted with a Mack's Lures Smile Blade in the trench for Auburn anglers Jeff Watson and Tom Price. They were very handy anglers and boated...
Posted: 2/17/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Many time customer Jerry Hjelle brought Cliff Parker down from Tonasket to fish for Mackinaw with Jeff. They pulled Needlefish Squiddy's fronted with a Mack's Lure's Smile Blade tight to the bottom i...
Posted: 2/15/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/14/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Thanks to Jim Hankins and Galen Presler for fishing Kokanee with Jeff on 2/13 and the Lai family of Bellevue doing a 4 hour Mack trip with Jeff on the 14th.
The Kokanee were scattered and cloudly w...
Posted: 2/12/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/12/2015
Hot Spots: 0
It took Stan Johnson and John Strand of Chelan 38 shots to get their 20 fish with Jeff today on our Kokanee Special. Again, they pounded the mid-depths with Mack Lure's Mini-Cha Cha's mostly in orang...
Posted: 2/11/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/11/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Deanne and Steve Martens of Spokane came out to take advantage of our Kokanee Special. They pounded the mid-depths with Mack's Mini squid rigs baited with corn to get these fish. The fish were a bi...
Posted: 2/11/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/11/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great morning this morning on Lake Chelan. We targeted the Trench all morning! First fish to hit ended up being a Little Chinook! Ended the Half day with 20 fish. Caught 2 more while cleaning! T...
Posted: 2/10/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/8/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff McDonald of Laurel, Mt and friend Jason Hogue of Colorado Springs, Co came out for a morning of Mack fishing with Jeff on the 8th. Then the Blueberry Hills owners took an uplake scenic tour on t...
By: ncwflounderer
Posted: 2/9/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/8/2015
Hot Spots: 0
got out and explored some different areas, had decent luck, fish were scattered, depths 50-120' on the wire. had a few drive by's that didn't stick, ended 4 fish in the boat along with a handful of "...
Posted: 2/7/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/7/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Mark Wendt and Wayne Kangas came out and fished with Jeff for some Mackinaw. There are still a few left in Chelan. The bite was pretty fair, trolling Silver Horde Needlefish fronted with a Mack's Lu...
Posted: 2/4/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took Mike Reinhardt of Seattle out Kokanee fishing with Grandson's Gavin (8) and Grayson (5) on 2/2. Then Jeff took good buddy, Al Brooks of Manson up to Lucerne and fished for Kokanee on the wa...
Posted: 2/2/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/1/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Michael Vasques and Steve Lolos of Chelan came out and pounded the deepwater for some Chelan Kokanee. Mack's Lures mini cha cha squidders with a Mack's Double D dodger was the ticket for these deeply...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 1/27/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/27/2015
Hot Spots: 0
The word is getting out that kokanee fishing on Lake Chelan is a year round affair. Recent reports have been showing some nice catches. I hooked up with Jeff Witkowski of Darrell and Dad’s Family Guid...
Posted: 1/26/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/23/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Thanks to Paul Krutak for booking the boat on the 23rd. Jeff and he worked the Barrens over with a Mack's Smile Blade in front of a Silver Horde squid rig baited with Pikeminnow for these Mack's. Th...
By: ncwflounderer
Posted: 1/25/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/25/2015
Hot Spots: 0
got out to feed my kok addiction today. fished from 830-2 and ended going 6 for 10. my first 2 fish came unbuttoned, so i sharpened up my hooks, reset and proceeded to improve my catch ratio with on...
Posted: 1/23/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/22/2015
Hot Spots: 0
The Baumgartner gang provided Jeff with supervision on the mornings of the 21st and the 22nd. The 21st was windy and kind of kept us from precisely hitting the spots. The morning of the 22nd was an ...
Posted: 1/20/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/20/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Phil Johnson of Arlington, WA brought his gang out to fish the Trench for Mackinaw on a beautiful but breezy day. They banged the bottom with Silver Horde Needlefish fronted with a Mack's Lures Glow ...
Posted: 1/19/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/19/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Tyler and Norm Johnson of Index were nice enough to come and fish with Jeff for a day of Mack fishing. They pounded the bottom in the Barrens with Needlefish baited with Pikeminnow. It was a gloriou...
By: Steelheadin360
Posted: 1/18/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Well I seen some good reports and knew what had to be done. Head to Chelan for the Weekend!
Friday we fished the Pateros area on the Big C. Pounded water but came up with a skunk. Talked to the fi...
Posted: 1/17/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Rusty and Deb Stendera from Monroe were nice enough to come out and provide Jeff with some adult supervision while he tried to remember how to get back on those Chelan Mackinaw. He worked the Barrens...