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By: cant sleep
Posted: 5/16/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/16/2008
Hot Spots: 0
first time fishing lake Chelan.. Never been on a lake before where the weather at the south end of a lake is a calm 5 mile an hour southerly wind at 5mph. and the north end is a trechourous30 to 4...
By: jimp14
Posted: 1/21/2008
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/1/2008
Hot Spots: 0
This is the biggest of the 8 Mack's we caught. The smallest was 5lbs the others averaged 10 to 17lbs. Will submit the rest when I get the pics from my son(who by the way is the one that caught the big...
By: careylakes
Posted: 1/3/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/1/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Cold! It was a little difficult to find the fish but we found small groups between the state park and the blue roofs. Caught 6 lakers (3-10 lbs.) and 1 ling (3 lbs.). Fish seemed a little difficult...
By: Geoffrey Ring
Posted: 12/26/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/26/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Just for kicks I thought I'd give the public dock by Cambell's a shot, since it had been good to me in the summer. Looking down from the upper part I got a good view of a massive school of 'bows. Star...
By: Mr. Magler
Posted: 8/14/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/3/2007
Hot Spots: 0
DrewP and I fished Chelan for smallies a few days last week for the first time with only some 1 lbers to show for it. Even small smallies are fun to pull in though. We mainly used drop-shotted plast...
By: y2says
Posted: 8/3/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/1/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Som and I went to Chelan for the first time for smallies. The morning bite was going fine with a number of blow-ups. I managed to a number of fish. Most were small, but my best five went anywhere f...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/9/2007
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/7/2007
Hot Spots: 0
By far one of the best fishing trips ever! Both my dad and I spent the day out on the lake with a guided trip from Terrey A. Got there at 6am and left at 2pm. All together we got our guide limit of 1...
By: danielt
Posted: 6/16/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/16/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I fished the first FLW qualifier at lake Chelan today and its a very nice lake. Caught some nice fish but not enough. All of the fish were caught before 11am and nothing but smaller ones after that. ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/7/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/3/2007
Hot Spots: 0
It was a cyrstal clear day! Went with Anton, and the crew. 20' clearance. Big fish was 13 pounds. Just trolling chartreuse K-lure, on the outrigger rod. Check out Darreland Dads.com for trips! It's aw...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/3/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/3/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Chelan is the place to be right now for trophy Lake Trout, Went there Friday 30- Sunday 1 April. And this is now a fools day trick. It was great, lots of fish everyday, 1-25lbs ers. The big ones where...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/25/2007
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Rating: 5
Fished: 2/18/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Here's a nice 12lb.8 oz Mackinaw.One of the many we caught over presidents day weekend.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/21/2007
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Rating: 5
Fished: 2/18/2007
Hot Spots: 0
After having a very bad day fishing Rufus Woods the day before.We decided to fish Chelan again for lakers.We fished here on the 16th and did quite well.We didn't catch the quantity we did before but w...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/21/2007
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Rating: 5
Fished: 2/17/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fished about 6 hours about 1 mile uplake from the town of Manson.We caught 10 lakers(3-7 lbs.) pulling lumninous chartreause flatfish U20's off the bottom in about 145-225 ft. of water using electric ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/28/2006
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/27/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Another stellar day on Lake Chelan. A quik trip up from Wenatchee, and the family and I were fishin'. Caught 6 beautiful Kokanee and lost a few more in only approx. 90 total mins. of fishin'(so hot...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/25/2006
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/16/2006
Hot Spots: 0
We went fishing with Terry Allen at Chelan in the morning (7-11) and my husband and I caught 6 fish in a couple of hours. They were all quite big too! The lake was great.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/18/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/18/2006
Hot Spots: 0
We launched at 8 am. Our captain was local, Bill Sargeant, from Chelan, in his deluxe super panga, "The Infamous SCOW". A great experience today! Weather was perfect 77 degrees, Lake Chelan was like...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/18/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/9/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Spent Thursday night at Kelly's resort and launched from the State Park bright and early Friday morning determined to catch a fish. And by 1 o'clock after throwing everything including the kitchen sin...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/8/2006
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/4/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great day on the lake trolling for kokanee. Found some yesterday by Lakeside Resort but did the best between Lake Chelan State Park and the Yayt Club. Trolled wedding rings with white shoe peg...
By: Aaron
Posted: 4/26/2006
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Rating: 5
Fished: 4/23/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing with Anton from Darrel and Dad's Famliy Guide Service. Had a GREAT time. Somehow I got mixed up and showed up a week early for my trip with him, but he took me out anyway!
The Mackinaw...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/28/2006
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Rating: 1
Fished: 2/26/2006
Hot Spots: 0
I think you definitely need a boat to fish Lake Chelan, especially this time of year. The water was drawn down what appeared to be about 20 feet, probably in anticipation of spring runoff. I fished ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/24/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/24/2005
Hot Spots: 0
I posted earlier on this lake, but I thought you might like to see my little fishergirl. My daughter loves to fish so much, that she will not let me release any bass unless she can help. Take a kid ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/23/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/23/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Lake Chelan a few times last week when I was on vacation. This lake is sweet! I actually saw a smallmouth take my worm in 20 foot of water! It's that clear! The fishing was pretty good earl...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/12/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/10/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Bunch of friends were having a get together on Lake Chelan this weekend so I got up early on Friday to get a little fishing in before the festivities. I have fished Chelan for Kokanee in the past but ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/12/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/12/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Chelan has continued to produce good numbers of Mackinaw with a sprinkling of big fish mixed in. The deep water in the lower basin and the area above the Yacht Club have been the big producers. ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/5/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/5/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Chelan has continued to kick out lots of lakers with a sprinkling of bigger fish. We have focused on the basin above the Yacht Club in depths varying from 220' to 353' feet. I actually had a cl...