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By: ydeardorff
Posted: 6/19/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/18/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We drove up to the flooded north end of the lake to see where the fish were. We scanned our way along the eastern side of the lake going north, until we ended up in the shallows up north. On a fluke w...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/4/2018
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/30/2018
Hot Spots: 2
I got to go fishing with my son James on our annual overnight trip. Decided to head over to Cle Elum and use some of shad I had caught on the Columbia. Last time I tried this I got a huge laker of aro...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/17/2019
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/16/2019
Hot Spots: 1
Cle Elum has my attention as a close, “go-to” destination for a shot at big lakers. I’ve caught some nice fish out of this lake and wanted to share my experiences with a couple NWFR members. So Sunday...
By: MoonValley
Posted: 6/29/2019
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/29/2019
Hot Spots: 1
I hit Cle Elum today to try my hand at Mackinaw for the first time in 38 years... I didn't anticipate much success since I'm completely new to that fishery.
The day started beautifully. Very lig...
By: MoonValley
Posted: 7/12/2019
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/12/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Took another shot at Mackinaw in Cle Elum Lake today. After the last trip, I replaced the wire on my downriggers with longer rolls of the new 200# braid and added larger downrigger balls. BIG mistak...
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 7/19/2019
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/17/2019
Hot Spots: 2
Second trip to Lake Cle Elum this year on Weds. Conditions were tough to say the least. Storm front blowing in, strong wind, rain, choppy water and barometer dropping like a rock. Got hit with some bo...
By: Kayakjeff
Posted: 5/12/2020
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/12/2020
Hot Spots: 1
Fished Lake CLE ELUM around 6:30 am. I was the only one on the as far as I could tell. Water Conditions were perfect for me as I fish from a kayak. I headed out in front of the dam about a half mile ...
By: BennyLeeBratrud
Posted: 7/3/2021
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/3/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Fished majority on the south end both on the east and west side of the lake. All the way up just past the wish poosh boat launch. We fished back to back days 5 am - 9:30 and marked fish few but nothin...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 10/2/2022
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/1/2022
Hot Spots: 0
I have been wanting to fish Cle Elum for years, so I drove out there early yesterday and got on the water about 7. Breeze and waves early then calm and sunny later, but fish weren't biting either way...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 5/29/2023
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/29/2023
Hot Spots: 0
I have been trying to catch of fish out of this lake for a while. Last year I found a few rainbows but couldn't get them to bite. Today I finally landed a fish there and it was a hog. Right at 7:20 I ...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 7/30/2023
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/30/2023
Hot Spots: 0
This lake severely needs some stocking. They should put some cutthroat in here, it's perfect habitat for them. Anyways I fished an hour Saturday night in the wind and then 4 hours or so this morning. ...
