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By: JoshH
Posted: 6/30/2022
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/25/2022
Hot Spots: 1
Annual trip to Chelan to fish with Jeff Witkowski. A lot of action this morning, I think 26 hook-ups. Landed 14, let 1 small Mack go, and as a bonus got a Chelan King.
We fished in a completely dif...
By: Yakhusker
Posted: 4/23/2022
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/23/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Went with my brother-in-law and his brother for a quick trip. We’ve all been working too hard lately. Nice to relax for once. Started fishing in front of Red Roofs but fish were more congregated betw...
By: Salmonids
Posted: 4/15/2022
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/15/2022
Hot Spots: 1
Another great trip out to chelan in the books. Got to play around from 12th - 15th. Fishing should only get better. Haven’t been there in a while and it’s the transition period when fish start to move...
By: Yakhusker
Posted: 4/6/2022
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/6/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Two day trip as the week before we limited up by Mitchell creek but decided to fish the lower section by Chelan. On the 6th it was a very slow day but we managed 14 kokes, but fished 8 hours. Wind h...
By: Yakhusker
Posted: 3/28/2022
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/28/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Fished two days on March 27th and 28th! Went up above yacht club and found the kokes 50’-70’ down. Pink and orange squids with Gulp maggots or orange corn did best on this trip. A few on our standar...
By: Salmonids
Posted: 12/7/2021
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/7/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Went over to Chelan for a break and to spend time with family. Two day report for 12/6/21 and 12/7/21. Coming from the West side, made it over the pass before the weather turned. Haven't been fishing ...
By: Salmonids
Posted: 6/3/2021
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/3/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Fortunate to be able to spend a few days at the state park this week. Fished June 1-3. Had tons of fun and relaxing time out there. Fishing is still great. Water is warmer and fish seemed to be deeper...
By: Yakhusker
Posted: 5/21/2021
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/21/2021
Hot Spots: 0
My brother-in-law and I took a couple of his friends out to catch some kokes. He told me they weren’t the fishing type but wanted to try it and have fun. Wow did we have fun! Launched at Old Mill Pa...
By: Salmonids
Posted: 5/12/2021
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/12/2021
Hot Spots: 3
Made it out to Chelan May 9 - 12 with family. Haven’t been out there in a while. Fishing was amazing. Get out there if you can. It is a big lake with many potential areas to hold fish. Viewing past po...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 5/11/2021
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/11/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Day 2- Okay so got a bit more serious today with a 5:30 start fishing solo and after launching at Mill bay headed straight down to the red roof condos but was met with a pretty still east wind which i...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 5/10/2021
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/10/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Day 1 of our littel getaway for mothers day and our 44th wedding anniversary trip:
Really missed making the trip over the mountains last year to fish one of my favorite lakes so after arriving late...
By: Yakhusker
Posted: 5/6/2021
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/6/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Watched the weather closely and saw this was our opportunity to get low some low wind speeds so we made the call to try. I had been up there the previous weekend for my wife’s bday and we took the La...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 12/18/2020
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/11/2020
Hot Spots: 0
I saw some earlier reports of Cutthroat Trout feeding near the docks on Lake Chelan so I headed down there with my ultralight rod and a small trout tackle kit. With some advice of a local lady I was d...
By: BigFishy13
Posted: 12/9/2020
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/8/2020
Hot Spots: 0
After a fantastic day fishing for cutthroat the day before, I went back out with a friend to see what we could get. When we rolled up to the spot, it was about 32 degrees outside and cloudy. Little ...
By: BigFishy13
Posted: 12/8/2020
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/7/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Me and my little brothers went out to do a little fishing. We had heard that the WDFW had stocked some cutthroat in the lake, so we went down to see what was there. We got there and my youngest brot...
By: BigFishy13
Posted: 11/5/2020
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/29/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to Lake Chelan after school a few weeks ago to target some big smallies. I don't have a boat, but there are a few spot's that you can consistently catch smallies throughout the summer-fall f...
Posted: 8/25/2020
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/23/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Windy morning for Guide Jeff today on Lake Chelan. The kiddo got a nice 10.7 lb lake trout though!
Posted: 7/22/2020
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/22/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Morning Macks from Lake Chelan today with Guide Jeff. Best fish, 15.3#, next best, 9.5#.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/1/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/1/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at State park around 4:30am on the hunt for some Kokanee... was not long until the downrigger we’re down and we were catching! Poles going crazy all morning Kokanee weren’t the only thing hit...
By: ElliottM
Posted: 6/26/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/26/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Launched in town approximately 8:30am and saw boats by Lakeside park, so started trolling there. We marked a lot of fish and got a couple bites but no hook-ups. We saw only one fish netted and talked ...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 6/15/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/12/2020
Hot Spots: 0
We took a family adventure with fellow guide and friend Tyler Stahl up to Chelan! The kokanee fishing continues to be phenomenal! We fished Brad's Kokanee dodgers and small squid spinners for limits...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 6/4/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/2/2020
Hot Spots: 0
We decided to head to Chelan and give the Kokanee fishing a try! What an awesome fishery! We focused on the lower basin area right in town and trolled around Darnells to Lakeside. Fish were a bit s...
By: ElliottM
Posted: 5/27/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/27/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Gorgeous day to be on Chelan, but not the most productive day ever. We launched at Chelan SP and were on the water around 7:30am. We weren't marking any fish on the south side, so we headed to the wes...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 5/20/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/18/2020
Hot Spots: 0
I hadn't been out to Chelan since fishing reopened and as expected the fishing was fantastic. I focused in an area off Wapato Point and though it took me longer than normal to find a school once I did...
By: downriggeral
Posted: 3/2/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/29/2020
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for the trip with Bryan peck to fish the early Shoot Out Derby at Lake Chelan. We arrived at Chelan State Park late Thursday PM and fished Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Friday we pre...