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By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/15/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/15/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Mackinaw (Lake Trout) fishing on Lake Chelan continued at a fair rate. We averaged around one fish per hour in our boats. Most of the fish came from the South Shore edge of the lower basin. U-20 Lu...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/6/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 11/6/2002
Hot Spots: 0
I spent a full day on Lake Chelan yesterday. The fish are mostly in the post spawn. I spent the first half of the day in the lower basin from Lakeside up to Wapato Point. I put 2 fish in the boat i...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/19/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 7/19/2002
Hot Spots: 0
The family took our annual trip to Wapato Point this year just in time to catch the forest fire and miss the Lake WA sockeye season! Actually the flames never really threatened Wapato and the smoke w...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/18/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/18/2002
Hot Spots: 0
I've fished this lake for 10 years and this was the best Lake Trout fishing I have ever seen. Fished from 7 am to 10 am everyday. Landed
a Laker every half hour. Used only one pole on the downrigge...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/6/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/6/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Am home today, rather than on the water due to high winds. The fishing has continued to be excellent for Lake Trout. We had a 13 fish day, the last day out with the big fish of the day being an ener...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/1/2002
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Rating: 1
Fished: 6/1/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Lake Chelan to do some camping and brought along the trout poles for kicks. The water level was very low. The water crystal clear and very cold. I saw a couple a large trout jumping about, but...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/17/2002
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Rating: 2
Fished: 5/17/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing about 5:30 am Friday morning, landed one 4 1/2 lb Lake Trout and missed another. That was it for the entire weekend. But I was luckier than a lot of other's. This Lake is huge and didn...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/24/2001
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Rating: 5
Fished: 2/24/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing has been very hot over the last week. I limited a 6 person party in
6.25 hours and 4 person party in 6 hours. The fish have ranged 1.5 to 11
pounds. Most fish are 2.5 to 5 pounds. The U-...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/14/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 2/14/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Hey Mike! You missed the big one. Well, nice one anyhow. I put Don Hershman of Centralia on a 31.5" / 10#+ laker the next morning. Overall, the days fishing was a bit slower, but that fish made th...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 2/13/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 2/13/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Lakers and fresh water ling. A nice combination on a great day to be on the water! Sunny skies and snow covered mountains. A good friend and a new friend. These are the days that make fishing the grea...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/6/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 1/6/2002
Hot Spots: 0
I took out my kid and a couple of neighbors
yesterday, trolling for lakers. We got 8 in 4.5 hours. All from 3# to 6#.
Terry Allan of Mt. Dew had a client reset the state record on the 31st while
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/21/2001
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Rating: 4
Fished: 7/21/2001
Hot Spots: 0
I went to Chelan as part of a vacation with the rest of my family. Had no intention of doing any serious fishing, but I brought my pole and lures anyways. I saw many large fish swimming around under...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/14/2001
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/14/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Fished less and pulled the kids on the tube more this year during our
trip to Wapato Point, but did get some time in. It was windy and we
actually got blown off the water a couple of times as it wa...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/19/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/19/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great day fishing with Anton Jones (and his assistant - Al Brooks) of Darrell and Dad's Guide Service at Lake Chelan. My wife and I caught four Lake Trout between 2 and 6 pounds during a short ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/1/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/1/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Get in line for your "Big Macks". Perform you civic duty by helping rid
Lake Chelan of Mackinaw or Lakers, as they are sometimes called. There
is no better way to do this than sign on with Darrel ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/25/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/25/2004
Hot Spots: 0
The Kokanee are in, the Kokanee are in... Small boat fishermen are after the kokanee now. They are fishing off of Lakeside Park and the drop off of Mill Bay for 7" to 13" kokanee. They are fishing spi...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/4/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/4/2004
Hot Spots: 0
5-4-04
I'd like to have a great explanation for my hit and miss fishing this last week. We have had great days and slow days. The kokanee are being caught in greater numbers at Lakeside. I've h...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/17/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/17/2004
Hot Spots: 0
We have had consistent success during the past week for Lake Trout from 2 to 6 pounds. We have pummeled the lower basin with flatfish from 175' to 245' deep. One day the bite was early and the others ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/23/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/23/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Well... some days you get the bear and some days the bear gets you. Fishing has been spotty since the weather fronts have started blasting through. Don't change every 15 minutes, but if you don't get ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/31/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/31/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing has ranged from OK to great. I have been successful in targeting Lake Trout from 2 to 7 pounds in both the lower basin and the basin that is just up lake of the Yacht Club. I have been connect...
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: Mr. Magler
Posted: 8/16/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/16/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Our annual week-long Chelan trip was amazing once again. The fishing was pretty good, but hanging out and relaxing with the family was even better.
We fished for smallies a few mornings and a co...
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: Lundegard
Posted: 4/18/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Scouted around from Manson down lake, looking for smallmouth on the move. Caught a few here and there, nothing to win a prize with. But it was good to mark a few spots on the GPS for higher water an...
By: billdance
Posted: 8/23/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Lake Chelan earlier this month (8/5-8/9)... just got the camera back last weekend. Like most of my bass fishing this year it was a little slower than normal, but we still did okay. Most succe...