I had been wondering how the kokanee fishing on Lake Chelan was this winter, and when Nate Stull of Stully’s Guide Service invited me to go I jumped on it. We met at the State Park boat launch at 7 a.m. and ran to an area above the Yacht Club. There were just two other boats fishing in the same general area, and although we weren’t marking any fish, we started catching kokanee right away. Nate had two riggers set at 90 feet and two set at 40 feet, and one of the rods that was set at 40 feet was getting bit time after time. We eventually got fish on all four of the rods. The action wasn’t fast and furious, but we were picking up fish throughout the morning. Nate was putting a variety of hoochie style lures on the rods behind small dodgers. Instead of corn he was baiting the hooks with the Gulp maggots. He adds some scent to the jars. He likes these as they stay on the hook better than corn, so when you get a strike and don’t hook up you still have bait. The kokanee were mostly 11 inches long.