I am finally going to get out fishing after a year of personal and family disasters'. I will be fishing the first week of October at Potholes, (never fished there) staying near the state campground. spending the next week at Porcupine campground on the Spokane River,(Never fished there though I have fished the mouth) and Wapato Point on Lake Chelan the third week. Any tips would sure be appreciated. I will have a boat and willing to target most anything that is active that time of year. If all else fails, or wind kicks in I will just spend the time with uninterrupted sleep in folding chair soaking worms for bullhead or powerbait for trout. My preference is casting trolling and jigging.
Any and all info for that time of year is appreciated.
I always prefer soda lake. It’s fed from main reservoir. I’ve had luck for trout walleye and bass on this lake. Good luck
Mooseman65 wrote:
I always prefer soda lake. It’s fed from main reservoir. I’ve had luck for trout walleye and bass on this lake. Good luck
I already have reservations, but we will see how it goes. No reason we can't try it one day. it's not that far. Thanks. Any suggestions for fishing Soda Lake?
Rapala. Beatle spin. Walleye jigs Enjoy. Soda lake 5 minutes from campground
Hoping you’re successful, let me know. And there are lots of Pearch, for the bobber and worm days. Don’t forget the bluegill either 👍😎
I used to have a place on Lake Chelan back in 70's-8o's across from Wapato Pt. The fishing there has gotten better over the years. It is full of shrimp and planted Kokanee are good sized. The silver trout are the best eatin fish and you can use leaded line or down rigger as they run in schools and usually from 80-100 down using night crawwlers or red worms. You pretty much have to have a fish finder to locate them, but once you find them you just troll back and forth thru them or you drift fish until you are not getting bites, then locate again and troll.
Bob G. wrote:
I used to have a place on Lake Chelan back in 70's-8o's across from Wapato Pt. The fishing there has gotten better over the years. It is full of shrimp and planted Kokanee are good sized. The silver trout are the best eatin fish and you can use leaded line or down rigger as they run in schools and usually from 80-100 down using night crawwlers or red worms. You pretty much have to have a fish finder to locate them, but once you find them you just troll back and forth thru them or you drift fish until you are not getting bites, then locate again and troll.
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Thanks for the input. Unfortunately, I think the adult kokanee will all be upstream spawning or dead by that time. Maybe we can find some deep bass or active cutthroat. I have been told it is too late-or too early for lake trout. Let me know if I have gotten poor information. Thanks
These are land locked fish and all native to the lake now, plus I think they are doing some planting as well. This is a very large lake it has approx 300 miles of shore line and is 25 miles from Chelan to 25 mile creek and then approx 25 more miles of wilderness that is pretty much closed except by boat to the head at Stehekin. Also the silvers are there you just have to go further up lake to find them up above the the Yacht Club and maybe a little further. Also there is a lake just west and north of Wapato, can't remember name Blue Lake maybe but a small lake that plants trout is usually good in the fall and early spring after snow.
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