I finally made it to Lake Chelan to find out if the kokanee had moved into the lower basin, and if I could catch a few. They were in the lower basin and I did catch, just a few.

My fishing buddy, Richard Robinson from Leavenworth, and I launched at Mill Bay and started trolling on the outer edge of the bay.  The first fish we caught was a lake trout of about 6 pounds. It hit the squid rig baited with corn, like a kokanee was supposed to. I did get one kokanee here and another laker before we headed for Lakeside.

Here were caught a few more kokanee. We wound up with a total of five kokanee, but there were a lot of them in the area. Most hit a black squid with a smile blade on the front.

The kokanee are small this year. They were all just 10 inches long. I want to let boaters know that the lake level is very low and to take care when launching and motor out at Mill Bay. There is only one ramp deep enough for larger boats, the one furthest up lake, and I would suggest that you keep your motor tilted up until you get a ways out.