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Posted: 5/21/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/21/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well, it was a worth waiting for. Our crew got "blown out" by the wind last evening, so they were back at it this morning. The pictured pile of fish were on the dock before 9:30. Trolling baited Ac...
Posted: 5/20/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/20/2010
Hot Spots: 0
The little F7 Luminous Chartreuse Flatfish outproduced everything else on Chelan this monring. We fought wind while working from just above Sunnybank to just below Minneapolis. Depths of 130 to 200 ...
Posted: 5/20/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/20/2010
Hot Spots: 0
The Lynch brothers were nice enough to share the twins birthday party with us. We worked the South Shore of the lower basin all the way from the Blue Roof Condos to just above Sunnybank. Depths of 1...
Posted: 5/19/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/19/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Today was a great day of catching on Lake Chelan for the Laketrout on Mack Bar..We started fishing at 7:00 am and I think it took 10 minutes and boated the first Laketrout.
Ended the day with 14 tota...
Posted: 5/18/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I got to pound that Minneapolis pattern with a combination of hootchies and B2 squids baited with strip baits. It worked very well. Most of the fish came between 140 and 180 feet deep, trolling from...
Posted: 5/18/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/17/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Once again the area between Minneapolis and the trench was productive for Andy and his crew for the day. Those B2's baited with a fillet of Pikeminnow was productive. The bite really picked up in th...
Posted: 5/18/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Andy pounded the lower basin leaning towards the Minneapolis side with Mack's Lures smile blade in front of a B2 Squid baited with a strip of Pikeminnow. It was a great morning to get a nice pile of ...
Posted: 5/18/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/15/2010
Hot Spots: 0
A run from the Bar down through the trench was productive pulling purple glow flatfish in the downrigger rods and Kingfisher Lite spoons on the outrigger rods. 1.3 to 1.5 mph was the speed. We worke...
Posted: 5/17/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/17/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Chelan continues to produce nice Lake trout in the lower Basin of Lake Chelan.I have been trolling the Ace Hi-fly by Silverhorde to be most productive. The kokanee have showed up but it is real d...
By: Lundegard
Posted: 5/16/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Many smallmouth are on the beds, and many are feeding in preparation for the spawn. The bite is not hot, but steady. Water temp was 55 at Wapato Point and 59 farther down lake. All fish caught on p...
Posted: 5/11/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Those T4 purple glow flatfish are deadly on the Bar late in the evening. We decided to skip the business part of the Darrell and Dad's business meeting and just fish for fun. We wacked a couple of b...
Posted: 5/11/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We really slammed the monster kokanee this afternoon. Flashlites, wedding rings and Fire Corn were the ticket. Lakeside is still the best producer.
(Actually the kokanee fishing is pretty tough an...
Posted: 5/11/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
T4 and U20 purple glow flatfish pounded the Mackinaw once the wind slowed down. We worked the trench with excellent results. Thanks to the Halls of Boca Grande, Fl for sharing their vacation with me...
Posted: 5/7/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/7/2010
Hot Spots: 2
We had a great day and lovely weather on Chelan today. The water temp is 51-52 F at the surface. We saw scads of small kokanee surface activity, but did not get them to bite. We got a nice pile of ...
Posted: 5/7/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/7/2010
Hot Spots: 0
The bite was real good last night on Lake Chelan..Started trolling at Pat and Mikes, and barely got the rods down and we tripled up on the ledge dropping into the trench...We ended the 4 hrs in the ev...
Posted: 5/6/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fooled around trying to catch Kokanee without success. Went to find lakers off the face of Manson Bay. That went OK. Look in water from 160 to 190 feet deep. It's a steep slope. It's nice to be b...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 5/2/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/2/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Spent a few hours on the Lake chasing Kokes, with not much to show for it. Talked with chelanlaketrout, and decided to try some tips he shared for the Macks. Trolled from Rocky point down to the lower...
Posted: 5/1/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Mother nature has been the bugger this week with the high winds here on Lake Chelan but I have managed to get out and continue fishing for the Laketrout
Today Mom nature was kind to me..Flat waters w...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 5/1/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/30/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Had a few hours free, so hooked up and put in at the public launch at the lower end of the lake. Motored up to the lakeside area, searched there and across the lake at the chelan shores resort. Nada, ...
Posted: 4/26/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/25/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Andy pounded away from Sunnybank into the lower basin to produce a nice bunch of lakers for the Herald gang. The little F7 purple glow flatfish was the best producer. Stay close to the bottom and sl...
Posted: 4/24/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/24/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Flatfish worked in locations up around the Yacht Club, off of Sunnybank and in the Trench. Greg Lyons brought some of the Stemelt gang out to fish with us. It blew early, but the wind laid down and ...
Posted: 4/24/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/20/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Pounding the lower end of Lake Chelan with the U20 luminous chartreuse flatfish was once again productive. Keep speeds between 1.4 and 1.6 mph and stay tight to the bottom. What a wonderfully consis...
Posted: 4/18/2010
Species:
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Today was different from yesterday..My Father had a saying that he used alot when we were out fishing..We would catch fish in one area one day and then go there the next and not get a bite he would sa...
By: Dustin07
Posted: 4/18/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/17/2010
Hot Spots: 0
we headed over Friday morning and fished all day Friday and Saturday. In all fairness to the lake, two things went wrong for us.
a. fish finder died when we arrived. (doh)
b. did not take down ri...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 4/18/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Once again Lake Chelan has got me Whipped. Fished for about 5 hours and no fish to show. Marked several fish at various depths, and trolled to 250 ft, but no takers. Fished up to Rocky point and Back ...