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By: Jordan
Posted: 8/4/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/3/2009
Hot Spots: 0
caught a few nice fat largies... nothin super big but decent sized also caught a couple perch and a few annoying bluegill and pumpkinseed.. o well! fun evening! will be back soon!
By: blufin loui
Posted: 6/18/2010
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Cindy and I had the day off, so put the boat in at Wapato Lake around 1030 or so. Slight breeze, partly cloudy and upper 60s. Used 16 oz jig heads with the Berkly Power nymphs to catch a mess of Yello...
By: blufin loui
Posted: 7/3/2010
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
After having lunch and a rest, we headed over to Wapato to check out the Spiny Rays. We thought to hit wapato instead of Roses because we thought Wapato would have less big boat traffic. WRONG!! The...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/25/2004
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/25/2004
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Got a late start on Wapato in afternoon just before thunderstorm blew in. Weather was around 100 degrees. Tried spinner baits and smoke plastic. Once I switched to new 3"grub motor oil by West Co...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/24/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 4/24/2004
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Fished Wapato opening day. Not nearly as crowded as last year. First fish to the boat in approximately 12 seconds after push-off. My son and I caught and released 37 rainbows, most of good size, inclu...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/24/2004
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/24/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing this weekend was fantastic! All of the trout were keepable, but my stringer sported a 17" keep over. My smallest was 13", and the other three fell in-between. The smaller trout put up a great ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/5/2003
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/5/2003
Hot Spots: 0
We fished Lake Wapato and the surrounding little lakes for three days. I like fishing Lake Wapato the second week of the season, early May, because of the hot weather encountered this time of the year...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/22/2003
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Rating: 4
Fished: 7/22/2003
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Wanted to fish a small lake deep enough to catch trout in mid summer. Wapato fits the bill. Managed to get out in a small boat twice and limited with nice trout both times. Ten to twelve inches. The w...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/28/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 4/28/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Been fishing here every year with quite good luck. I've limited every year that I've gone. Just using power bait from a boat a hundred yards from the launch. I also used a salmon egg and marshmallow ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/2/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/1/2005
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well i showed up to this lake the second day it was open and it was a little slower then i expected. i still limited but it took a good 6 solid hours of trolling my pop gear with a wedding ring aroun...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/3/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 4/30/2005
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It was another beautiful opening day on Wapato lake, sunny and calm. It was quiet early; I don't think there were as many boats as previous years. My son and I pushed off at 5:15. We had nine good siz...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/16/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/16/2005
Hot Spots: 0
I am hearing rumors from sources that live in the area that a new state record largemouth bass was caught out of Wapato last week, supposedly 13 lbs, 3 oz, can anyone confirm?
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/26/2000
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/26/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Our long awaited 4 day weekend finally came. The boys and I hit the road and arrived Friday afternoon. In the evening we did a once around the lake. The north end has a lot of algae growth in the w...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/27/2000
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/27/2000
Hot Spots: 0
We arrived at the lake about 9:30 and began trolling right from the
boat launch. We were using leaded line with a black fly behind. The fishing was steady with most from 12-16 inches. We were ba...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/3/2000
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/3/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Wapato for the first time. Had released more than 10 fish while trolling before reaching the other end of the lake opposite from the launch. Only caught one triploid in our limit. Wind did pick...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/1/2006
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Rating: 5
Fished: 4/29/2006
Hot Spots: 0
A breezy but warm opening day on Wapato Lake. My son and I pushed off at 0530, were surprised at how few anglers were on the lake early. Folks didn't seem to get up and get going until 0730 to 0800. W...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/20/2006
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/2/2006
Hot Spots: 0
We got there around 8:00 am and caught a couple of trout within the hour. We then decided to check out the area by the resort where we had seen other boats catching something! We had an awesome time c...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/21/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/6/2006
Hot Spots: 0
fishing off shore is almost impossible and the boats they have for rent only have trolling motors small ones.So i didn't get to fish there,cause it was a little windy and they told me i might not make...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/22/2006
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/17/2006
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Visited Wapato for the first time while in Chelan. Heard it was great crappie lake, so I tried my ol' trusty bobber with jig tipped with worm. Managed to catch everything but crappie, including severa...
By: MotoBoat
Posted: 4/29/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Annual opening day trout trip with dear ol' Dad. Started by 8am. Calm wind, made passing the Lake Chelan ramp at Mill Bay, real difficult!. That was short lived. Caught and released several fish on l...
By: fishnislife
Posted: 5/5/2015
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/4/2015
Hot Spots: 0
What a hidden gem of a lake. If I lived anywhere near this lake I would definitely be spending some hours on the water chasing largemouth.
At the Wapato store there were plenty of pictures of nice h...
