When I was living in Chelan about 20 years ago, most people started kokanee fishing in May. I remember being part of a big fleet of boats trolling off Lakeside Park. This fleet would disappear by July. Local anglers figured that the kokanee had moved up the lake and stopped fishing for them. Since then, the attitude about when you can catch kokanee on Lake Chelan has changed. Now you will find anglers out chasing kokanee every month of the year. I used to fish for kokanee in the fall and winter starting above the Yacht Club. I would usually start around Green’s Landing and fish up the lake to the White Fences, and then work my way down, and even catch kokanee in the Yacht Club Channel. In subsequent years I learned that I could even catch them in the Lower Basin, which I consider to be down lake of Mill Bay. One of my favorite places to start in the winter is Rocky Point. I don’t even have to change tactics. I used the same blades, spinners, and hoochies I fished in the spring and summer. I may slow my trolling speed a bit, but that’s about it.