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By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/25/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/25/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We pounded the deep water above the Yacht Club. T4 Purple Glow Flatfish worked fine, but the hot ticket was the purple glow Rushin' Salmon Wobblers by Critter Gitter. The key depths were from 280' t...
Posted: 1/24/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/24/2010
Hot Spots: 0
The Biggins are Biting!!!!!!
1/23/10..What a beautiful day...I don't think that I could think of anything that I would rather be doing on such a nice day..Oh ya the fishing on Lake Chelan is down r...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/23/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/23/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We are starting to pound the upper end of the fishery. Start at the Yacht Club and work the series of benches out into deep water until the 400' foot contour or you run out of cable. Big fish was 7p...
Posted: 1/15/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/15/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Chelan remains very good for Laketrout in the Lower Basin...Yacht Club area is now picking up on some bigger Lakers that are staging to attack the migrating Kokanee as they move down into the low...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/4/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
The Quadfather and myself carried through with our quest to Chelan after RW and Omak Lake the prior two days. Andy, with Darrell and Dad's Family Guide Service did our trip justice. The photos show ju...
Posted: 12/29/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/29/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Holy Smokes the fishing in Lake Chelan is outstanding right now for the Laketrout in the Lower Basin of Lake Chelan off Rocky Point and Minneapolis Beach. Troll the Ace hi-fly 1 to 4 ft off the bottom...
Posted: 12/23/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/23/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Today I got to go out on Lake Chelan all by myself. I had a plan to catch a nice Christmas Chinook to barbecue and to enjoy the beautiful Scenery. Well the Chinook did not like me today and well the s...
Posted: 12/18/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
The Fishing and Catching remains very good for Laketrout here on Lake Chelan in the Lower Basin off Rocky Point and Minneapolis Beach in the depths below 180ft. The Picture of the 3 fellows is our sec...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/8/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/8/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Wow it is down right COLD..When I started this morning at my house it was -2 degrees and when I ended today at 12:00pm it was 19 degrees...
The cold did not have any affect on the Bite out on Chela...
Posted: 12/5/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/5/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Boy is it Cooold Out There.. I had the pleasure of taking my mother out fishing on the Lake this last week for Laketrout.. The fishing for the Lakers remains very good. Off Rocky Point in the deep dit...
Posted: 11/28/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/28/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Ok this report is a little different than my past reports for Lake Chelan..I have been asked to take a picture and show the exact location where I fish off Rocky Point. So here you go..I do target the...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/25/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/24/2009
Hot Spots: 0
The "bankers bite" in the lower end of the trench has been really productive. Working the Mineapolis Area and the Bar early hasn't worked very well. By 8:30 - 9:00 in the morning though it has been ...
Posted: 11/22/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/22/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Chelan remains very Productive for Laketrout..was out on a 4 hr boat and ran 3 rods using the Ace Hi-fly in green spatterback. Also did better today on straight Herring trolling both baits at 1.5...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/22/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Booked a trip with Darrel and Dads guide service to see if we could catch some lakers. Things started a little slow in the morning but picked up considerably later in the morning. Our guide for the ...
Posted: 11/15/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/15/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well I finally got a day out on Chelan after this last week of focusing on Rufus Woods, and what a morning it was..
Started trolling the Ace Hi- Fly off the bottom at Rocky Point to find some Lake...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/5/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/3/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing as a Ritalin substitute. Try the North Central Washington November fishing Trifecta. Launch the boat at Chelan. Catch a Laker. Trailer the boat. Launch the boat at Omak. Catch a Lahontan...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/29/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/28/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Locations are transitioning on Lake Chelan as we move through the Fall Spawn. The fishing in the trench has really slowed down. I expect it to pick up as we move into December. Mack Bar is still Ok...
Posted: 10/29/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/29/2009
Hot Spots: 0
The Laketrout Bite on Lake Chelan has remained very consistent for this last week..Still targeting Mack Bar early in the morning and then moving to the lower lake as the the bite slows..Target the 200...
Posted: 10/22/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/22/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Trout Fishing here on Lake Chelan remains very good...Try the Monument for those big fish first thing in the morning..Move to Mack Bar at around 9:00am..Make a couple passes over the Shallow hump...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/15/2009
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/14/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing early on Mack Bar and finishing a four hour trip in the trench produced a nice bag of Lakers with a very pretty Chinook.
We have great fall fishing on Chelan.
Anton Jones of Darrell & Da...
Posted: 10/15/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/15/2009
Hot Spots: 0
The fishing in Lake Chelan remains real productive in the Lower Basin of Lake Chelan..
Try trolling the Ace Hi-Fly with strip of Northern Pike Minnow (squawfish) trailing behind..Had a great bite thi...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/13/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/13/2009
Hot Spots: 0
This is another reason why I just table all those assumptions and predictors. With that big cold / low front pushing through you would think the fish would have lockjaw. Instead, it was hot! Fish w...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/10/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well, I've finally got a bit of time to do individual reports. First, Lake Chelan continues to be as consistent as fishing can get. Just find your locations and develop a bit of confidence. Early i...
Posted: 10/7/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/7/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Chelan remains productive for Laketrout in the Lower Basin of Lake Chelan
Try fishing off mack bar for your chance at catching a Laketrout over 10lbs. early in the morning then move to Rocky Poi...
Posted: 10/4/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/4/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Chelan remains productive for Laketrout and Chinook over this last week even though it is getting a little tougher due to mother nature and the laketrout moving into full spawn mode now..
Stil...