Joe Heinlen's Blog (11)

We started fishing the Southshore of the "Trench" in the lower basin of

Lake Chelan today to catch a dandy laker to start the day. The bite was

slow so I decided to go deep or go home..

Glad I went deep..The bite was real steady in the heart of the trench

for laketrout in this location. The Ace Hi-fly baited with the "Secret

Sauce" was the ticket today..

Keep your presentation 1 to 3 ft off the bottom to be productive..Vary your speed between 1.1 and… Continue

Today was a repeat of my last outing on Lake Chelan by targeting the

big arches on Mack Bar, except this time the fish cooperated well

today..had 15 hits the first 2 hours with the Big fish tipping the scale

at 12lbs. 11 oz.



I trolled the Ace Hi-Fly and a new rig that I have come up with..Wiggle

fin disc in front of a double mooching rig baited with a strip of

herring or other fish..This has been real productive for me when

everything else don't seem… Continue

This morning was a very quick start the first hour with 10 hits and

boating 4 nice Laketrout on Mack Bar. Then the bite slowed as the

morning progressed. I trolled the Ace Hi-fly again with scented bait

strips 1 to 3 ft from the bottom at speeds od 1.2 to 1.4 mph. A big

thanks to Erik Felch, Steven Felch, Michael Felch and Mark Dalen for

fishing with me today.…

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Today was a interesting Fishing trip with having the Dept. of Ecology on the boat collecting Laketrout Samples for testing the Laketrout for toxicity levels..It was a wet trip with showers but no wind which made it a productive trip..Thanks to Marc Marquis and son Thomas(11yrs) of Wenatchee Wa. and Kristin Carmack from Yakima Wa. for fishing with… Continue

Started on Mack bar today..Trolled the Ace Hi-fly again and caught a nice 8lber but the bite there was alot tougher than the day before..So moved the boat to Minneapolis Beach and targeted depths from 150 to 200ft. to find some hungry fish..Ended the day today with 6 with over 10 bites.

Feel free to contact me anytime with… Continue

May 29th, 2010

Today we started on Mack bar and ended on Mack bar..The Laketrout bite was fast and furious at the start but then slowed at around 10:00am. We

had over dozen hits with boating 6 real nice Laketrout. Got to say a Big

thanks to Lynn and Mike Christensen and all the children for… Continue

Today was a great day of catching on Lake Chelan for the Laketrout on

Mack Bar..We started fishing at 7:00 am and I think it took 10 minutes

and boated the first Laketrout.

Ended the day with 14 total and successfully releasing a 18lb. 3 oz. and

next in line we did keep a 11lb. 11 oz.



The Ace Hi-fly was the trick again today..I kept hammering away at the

suspended arches on The Bar to knock um dead..trolling speed was at

1.4mph and the depths that… Continue

Lake Chelan continues to produce nice Lake trout in the lower Basin of Lake Chelan.I have been trolling the Ace Hi-fly by Silverhorde to be most productive. The kokanee have showed up but it is real disappointing on the size of them this year..I think that the biggest kok that I have boated was just under 9 inches..I do have hopes that the bigger Kokanee will still show up. It is very strange to me that they are small this year and don't understand how last years fish were averaging over 12… Continue

Mother nature has been the bugger this week with the high winds here on

Lake Chelan but I have managed to get out and continue fishing for the

Laketrout

Today Mom nature was kind to me..Flat waters with sunshine, what a nice break from the rockin and rollin..Started at Rocky point today to find a

few biters..With the Pressure Fronts that have come through the… Continue

Today was different from yesterday..My Father had a saying that he used a lot when we were out fishing..We would catch fish in one area one day and then go there the next day and not get a bite he would say "Boys Chicken 1 day and feathers the next"..This is exactly what happened today..



Found all my fish off Rocky Point today instead of the Trench. It was like they just said we have had enough and it was time to move..Trolled the Ace Hi-fly again to… Continue

Boy what a great day and evening of fishing today.

I had 2 different Families out today.. My Morning group was Brian and Debbie Beavers from Montlake Terrace..We started trolling the edge of the trench to find a few but as the day progressed I found the strongest bite dead center in the Trench in front of Rocky Point..We flat Banged um on the Ace Hi Fly..ended the day with boating 14 with well over 25 bites..



Started my evening trip at… Continue