I fished Chelan from August 6-8 and had the same experience as Kirk. I went out one day while it was still dark in the morning and dead calm, and I only got one dink to rise to a topwater... kind of unbelievable. On the last day I ended up getting a smallie over 4 pounds in 20 feet of water dragging a splitshot rig. I also had one of the same size come unbuttoned about 5 minutes before. Certain areas of the lake have MASSIVE pieces of wood, and that is what I caught the fish on. Other than that, I caught many 1-2 pound fish on dropshot and splitshot rigs. Shaded point areas were good. Those fish were in any depth down to 20 feet. I didn't spend much time deeper. I think the September tournament is gonna be hot, baby, HOT!

I was hanging out with a couple of old friends that don't like to fish that much, so I didn't get to check out any new areas, but had a blast nonetheless. I also developed what I think are lower unit problems with the ol' brown note, so that cut my running capabilities way down. I should be hearing from the shop any day...

Chris

Bob and I were there on Sunday with the same results. Was the smoke out of control or what? On a side note Potholes was great after we left at 3 from Chelan.

Carlos

I think you guys caught all the fish already Russ.