I had been watching the weather all week. My wife Eileen wanted to go fishing and Thursday looked like the day that we could get out on the water without having to battle the wind. It had been weeks since we were on Lake Chelan, so that’s where we went. We launched at the State Park and ran up above the Yacht Club. Here we saw a bunch of boats trolling for kokanee. First we lost a fish to a broken release, but then landed a double. I was having a hard time finding any schools of fish and so were most of the other boats. I did talk to a couple one boat that had stared in the lower basin at first light and had nine, but when they came up here only got three more. One angler stopped by to say hi and how much he enjoyed my reports and told me he and his wife had a great day. His neighbor gave him some kind of kokanee lure, so they gave it a try. They got nine kokanee, a lake trout and a 6- to 8-pound king, all on the same lure. A great day—I’ll say you bet!
Anglers can expect to get lots of 12-inch kokanee on Lake Chelan this spring.