Fishin' Reports

Monday, May 16th I wanted to give Lake Chelan a try for kokanee and asked my fishing buddy Brian Anantatmula to come along. He brought his daughter Jaya and her friend Ryan Neilson, and the four of us drove up to Mill Bay. The weather turned out to be even better than expected. Sunny skies and no wind—Yea! We ran down the lake to Rocky Point, where we saw a number of boats trolling around. We got a fairly slow start, but when we got over to the other side of the lake, above the Blue Roofs, things changed. One of the first fish that Jaya landed was a pump 14-incher, and we had pretty steady action for a couple of hours. Once again, the Kokabow Copper Series Inferno blade and Ravisher spinner or Talon squid combo was hot. This is always a winner on Chelan. The fish were as deep as 80 feet and as shallow as 40. We had to be off the water by noon, and when headed for the dock we had 22 nice kokanee in the cooler. We had a good number of 14-inch kokanee included in the catch. I can’t wait to get back up there. What fun!