Troll the Bar early in the morning for nice quality fish. Use Mack’s Lures Cha Cha Squidders baited with fish strips or Worden’s T4 purple glow flatfish off the downriggers. Off the outriggers, you can fish the same or try spoons such as Silver Horde’s Kingfisher Lites in Chartreuse Splatterback or Critter Gitter’s Rushin’ Salmon Wobblers in Purple Glow. On the flat below the Bar U20 Flatfish in Purple Glow or Luminous Chartreuse and smaller Cha Cha Squidders are good for at least a few quality lakers between 8AM and Noon.
The Kokanee bite started last week with surface water temperatures breaking the 50 degree mark. Trolling those Mack’s Lures mini Cha Cha Squidders and Kokanee Pro Wedding Rings rigged behind Mack’s Lures Flash Lites or their little Double “D” dodgers caught a few 10 to 11 inch Kokanee. Bait those presentations with Pautzke’s Fire Corn in Natural and Orange. It should just get better from here.
Roses Lake and Wapato Lake are both productive for planter rainbows with some nice 16 to 18 inch triploids thrown in for added excitement. The odd Channel Cat at Roses really makes it fun. Trolling Mack’s Lures Smile Blade Flies in Black worked great.
Your fishing tip of the week is to start trolling shallow for kokanee early and move deeper as the sun goes up in the sky.
The kid’s tip of the week is to plan on attending the Kid’s Fishing Party at the Chelan Golf Course on Mother’s Day this year. This is a great event for little kids to have a fishing experience. It is sponsored by the Lake Chelan Sportsman’s Association. This year will be especially emotional for us Association members with the recent passing of Toad O’Neill. He defined community service for us. That beautiful Beebe Springs Natural Area would not have come to fruition without the unwavering efforts of Toad and Frank Clark.
Your safety tip of the week is to consider launching at Manson Bay on Chelan instead of Mill Bay. With lake level approaching 1083 those logs can reach up and bite you quite easily. What a great time of the year for fresh trout, asparagus and morel’s!
Anton Jones of Darrell & Dad's Family Guide Service
(866-360-1523 or http://www.darrellanddads.com)
Pictured: 4/28/11 - Cameron Yarbrough of McNeil Canyon with son Brad Davison/Yarbrough and their mornings catch of Lake Chelan Mackinaw.
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Also Pictured: 4/29/11 Guide Emeritus, Andy Byrd of Puyallup with a nice quality Chelan Laker.
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