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By: Ryan Walker
Posted: 8/7/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/3/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Lake Wenatchee for several days. Put 21 on board one day where the fish bit pretty well until noon. Next day kept a dozen and the bite slowed significantly around 9:30am. The non-red colored...
By: kokanee1
Posted: 8/5/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/3/2014
Hot Spots: 2
This is actually a two day report. Monday the 5th. Lots of action early as we had 10 in the box by 8:45. Last fish came around 11:00 so we did have long dry spell. Fish and wildlife checked our licen...
By: kokanee1
Posted: 7/30/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/30/2014
Hot Spots: 0
What a different day for us today. Took my niece out this morning. Pretty windy on and off but at 9:30 it really stared to blow. We had good action right away with one in the boat by 5:30. Rookie h...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/29/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/28/2014
Hot Spots: 3
I just got back from two days of fishing Lake Wenatchee with my wife JoAnn. I will admit, after our outstanding trip to Baker Lake last week I was a bit ambivalent about fishing Lake Wentachee. There ...
By: kokanee1
Posted: 7/29/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/27/2014
Hot Spots: 2
Wow what a day it was. Couple of buddies with me today. Fished 4 poles off 3 downriggers. Tried various lures but settled in with short leader double red hooks behind dodgers. Fish were at 35 then k...
By: aaronhume
Posted: 7/27/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/26/2014
Hot Spots: 2
It was a beautiful morning to be out on Lake Wenatchee, and there were hundreds of boats scattered around the lake! I was just in a small rowboat with a trolling motor but it would seem that the only ...
By: ncwflounderer
Posted: 7/26/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/26/2014
Hot Spots: 0
started fishing 5am. caught 2 Dollys first, one may have been around 5#. got a strike on my 2nd pole while reeling in the 2nd dolly, and it was still on after releasing the dolly. Got the fish right...
By: hewesbob
Posted: 8/5/2013
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/3/2013
Hot Spots: 3
We joined the crowd before day light at the state park launch. We were greeted by a state parks worker collecting money and helping with the parking. I knew there would be a $10.00 fee for a one day d...
By: blurock
Posted: 8/21/2012
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/19/2012
Hot Spots: 2
We were going to hit the salt for the last day of Chinook retention, but figured the salt is a little hit or miss, dad hates taking his boat in the salt (because of the negative effects of the salt on...
By: Roosterpie
Posted: 8/17/2012
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Another great day at Wenatchee. Water has warmed a bit. Found 3/0 red hooks with a pink squid worked well. Lost a lot less fish with the bigger hooks. Not quite as many on as my last trip out. Glad I ...
By: afk
Posted: 8/17/2012
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/14/2012
Hot Spots: 2
I was a guest on my friend Ricks boat. We boated 7 fish for the three of us. We started at day break and fished untill 11:30. I think we would have been able to limit but, work schedules took priorit...
By: Roosterpie
Posted: 8/14/2012
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/11/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Got over to Lake Wenatchee early, but not early enough I guess. Waited in line for quite a while, but it was worth it. The fishing was great with constant action. Hopefully the quota isn't reached by ...
By: SM
Posted: 6/15/2012
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
IMO, Wenatchee fishing is the stuff legends are made of! Such a big, beautiful lake, how could it not be?!
I'll preface my review by saying I am primarily a lowlands/urban lakes angler... because ...
By: HWitte
Posted: 6/20/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/18/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I caught the fish pictured - is it a brook trout? - within my 1st 10 casts. I was standing on a ledge 6 feet up with no shore access, so landing in on the rock was difficult. I was trying to clip the ...
By: 1cast
Posted: 8/20/2010
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake about 4pm. The waves were rolling in and we were in for a rough ride to get to the other end. After a rough ride we got to the west end and started fishing. Only 2 other boats there, o...
By: Teanaway Hermit
Posted: 5/10/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I was recently camping up by lake wenatchee. I decided to stop by the boat launch at the state park to see if anyone was out fishing. A few guys had just got in off the lake. They told me they had hoo...
By: Honkster
Posted: 8/13/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/8/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Sockeye bite on Friday morning from 6-10am. Boated 6 Sockeye in the 4-6lb range and lost a handful more. Watching the girls 'reel em in' was the best part. I have heard that the bite has...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/11/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/8/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Sockeye fishery at LK Wenatchee the fishing was red hot! Had limit within first 40 mins. 40-60 ft on riggers in 150ft of water seemed to be the ticket. Standard lake Washington gear dodger a...
By: stanford
Posted: 8/10/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/10/2008
Hot Spots: 2
Fish everywhere beautiful fish limited both days. Go up there quick!!!
By: joekacker
Posted: 5/29/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/27/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I went camping at lake wenatchee for memorial day. So i decided to bring my rod and see if I couldn't do any damage there.. Because last memorial day I Hooked into a 3 or 4 pound Brown trout at the mo...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/27/2004
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/27/2004
Hot Spots: 0
I've never fished in lk wenatchee, but have fished for sockeye in lk washington. I put the boat in to see what the fishing was like, and
used the electronics while I was there to scan for fish.
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/26/2004
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/26/2004
Hot Spots: 0
My family and I went east to Lake Wenatchee for 3 days of fishing and fun. We came home with more than we expected of both. I really enjoy reading other reports from this web site, so I wanted to ta...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/26/2004
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/26/2004
Hot Spots: 0
This actually is more of a report about my wife's success Sockeye Fishing at Lake Wenatchee. We camped with our son, best friend, and his girlfriend at the State Park on Sunday Night.
High winds ...