The kokanee are in, the kokanee are in at Lake Chelan. This is always welcome news for anglers who like to fish the lake for these tasty critters. I heard the rumor and immediately fired up to Chelan to find out for myself. By the time I got there in the afternoon most of the boats had limited and left. I first made a pass at Mill Bay and since I didn’t mark anything I shot down to Lakeside. There were fish on the sounder there and we started getting bites immediately. I had to really look around for small schools of fish and when we got fish on it was typical kokanee fishing—we lost most of them. The fish are running large again this season with kokanee to 13 inches at the top end. We also caught 11-inch fish and we had one that was only 9 ½. The good ol’ Flashlites and Wedding Ring or Kokanee Pro lures were the winning combo again. I used 2 ounce banana weights to get them to the right depth and when we saw a fish on the surface we headed in that direction and usually hooked up.