Chelan River
WA · Chelan
The pin is approximate, near the middle of the water. The shoreline on the map comes from OpenStreetMap.
At a glance
- County
- Chelan County
- Last stocked
- April 27, 2026
- Species
- Chinook, Cutthroat
Conditions
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Stocking history
| Species | Qty | Size | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinook | 399 | 500.0 | 04-27-2026 |
| Chinook | 558394 | 9.43, 11.23, 11.43, 11.79 | 04-06-2026 |
| Cutthroat | 2100 | 412.0 | 08-21-2025 |
| Chinook | 496 | 1000.0 | 04-29-2025 |
| Chinook | 523524 | 12.4, 12.73, 11.33, 11.53 | 04-09-2025 |
Gear for the fish stocked here
Chinook Salmon
Rod: Trolling: 8.5 to 10.5 foot medium to medium-heavy downrigger rods. Rivers: 8.5 to 9 foot drift rods rated 15 to 30 lb.
Line: 15 lb mono for big-lake trolling; 20 to 25 lb for drift fishing for river Chinook.
Baits: salmon roe or spawn bags, cut bait, sand shrimp
Lures: spoons, flasher or dodger with a fly or cut bait, plugs
Cutthroat Trout
Rod: Light spinning rod in the usual stream trout range, about 4.5 to 8.5 feet.
Line: 4 to 8 lb monofilament main line.
Baits: worms or other bait drifted along the bottom, where bait is legal
Lures: 1/8 to 1/4 oz spoons, size 2 to 3 spinners, minnow imitations for bigger fish
Likely species (watershed)
Alaskan Stickleback, Largescale Sucker, Mottled Sculpin
Likely species come from USGS Aquatic GAP ranges for the whole watershed (HUC8). They show what may be here, not a count of this water.
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Some stocking records are adapted from LurePassion (formerly lurepassion.com) (normalized and matched to our waters), licensed CC BY 4.0. State agencies retain their own terms for the underlying records.