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By: buzzbob
Posted: 9/6/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/6/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Wanted to take one last quick trip to Cle Elum before the gill netting starts. Fished mack alley 70-120'. Thermocliine @ 50' (temp 49.2 F). Fish ranged 7-14 llbs. on jigs within 10' of bottom. Bit...
By: The Quadfather
Posted: 10/7/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/6/2013
Hot Spots: 1
I had an opportunity to get away for a couple days, so I hooked up with "The Urban Angler" and got him out of the urban sprawl.
We launched at Lake Cle Elum on Sunday AM. As badly as I wanted anothe...
By: track29
Posted: 7/23/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/23/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Hi wind, water down I think 20' from last time here. Whitecaps. Will try again tomorrow. This report primarily to ask group about an info source for future re: water level?
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: 7/2/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/2/2013
Hot Spots: 2
And this report is Part Two of my wife JoAnn and my trip to lake Cle Elum. This report focuses on a under-utilized kokanee fishery on the lake.
I’ll start with a couple factoids:
Cle Elum has a ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/13/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/13/2013
Hot Spots: 2
JoAnn and I went on our finally overnight gunk holing adventure of the year to lake Cle Elum. When we arrived, we were shocked at just how low the water had been drawn down. The end of the concrete ra...
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: FlyFishnFreak
Posted: 7/26/2008
Species:
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/26/2008
Hot Spots: 0
For whatever reason, you mention macks and they say "stay on bottom" and "ring the dinner bell". Well maybe that has worked for some but the key to this lake in my opinion is active suspending fish a...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/13/2006
Species:
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/11/2006
Hot Spots: 0
OK Guys, we need a report here. I tried a set line for burbot while renting a snowmobile for the day-woohoo! Had no fish, but my line got moved over 100 ft and bait was gone. Last time I fished her...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/12/2006
Species:
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/12/2006
Hot Spots: 0
I went on down the big ole' Cle Elum Lake two weeks ago. I fished for the killer kokes, ans big maks. Well believe it or not I hit that one mack that was 8lbs.! What a fighter! Man this lake is kind o...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/19/2007
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/7/2007
Hot Spots: 0
There is still some snow at the boat launch and the gate isn't open yet. There is access to launch a boat from the beach but two weeks ago I witnessed a boat having lots of trouble loading his boat. ...
