Chatfield ???

[milehighfishing]

Thinking about trying chatfield this weekend. Any pointers/reports on the walleye or trout? I'll be fishing from the shore.

Thanks

[Guest]

we saw some guys catching rainbows at the inlet area last weekend, looked like drifting in the current, i have also got good trout on sucker meat around the very far end of the dam near plum creek in the early spring, the point off the handicap fishing area at the marina is always a good bet for multi-species action thru out the day

[GMCO]

Was at Chatfield for about 6 hours yesterday. Caught 3 rainbows (14-17
inches) trolling crankbaits. Did not
see anyone catching anything.
DOW pulled the nets shortly after 7:00
in the morning and when I left it looked
like the pontoon boat they use for their spawning operation was gone, so the spawn
must be over with for the year. I heard that they had collected 94 million eggs as of Monday and the was nearly 30 million more than they got last year. The March blizzard of 2003 had a severe impact on the spawn operation.

[Ron Parker]

I fished Chatfield yesterday, Found the walleye. Had to males that went over 21". All and all, Had a good day.

[davey crockett]

Was at Chatfield Wednseday. No walleyes, but caught 2 smallies- about 1 lb. ea. off the dam. Pretty slow, but good to get out.

[John19]

Hey Ron, did you jig or troll?

[Ron Parker]

Hey John19, I did both. I had more luck drifting and jigging (Black jig) down in the south end of the lake. I was in 5-6' of water. Hope this helps.

[Dan DAN the fisherman]

Anyone working the road bed yet? Anyone been on the lake this week? Please post with any info.
Dan

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[ShouldaBen]

went to Chatfield last night and fished until about 9:00. Could not get any walleyes to bite. caught a couple of smallies. talked to a few others on the lake and same story all around - no walleyes, caught a couple of smallies. Surface temp on the water was 59, so you'd think things would be heating up soon....

[ShouldaBen]

went out this morning from 4:30 to 7:30 for a little pre-church walleye chasing. Caught three too small to keep (16's). Lots of boats out there by the time I left. water temp down a bit to 58.7 degrees.

[QuickRelease]

I fished Chat. yesterday afternoon. 2 of us caught 9, all 15" - 17". First walleyes of the year. Sure has been slow.

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[ShouldaBen]

Chatfield on Tuesday evening. 18 walleyes in about 3 hours. All on Leeches on Lindy Rigs. Most were in the 17" range. No keepers but lots of fun. Water surface temp 64.

[ShouldaBen]

Any idea where the big ones are? Went to Chatfiled and fished before and after the big storm last Tuesday. 14 walleyes but nothing over 17.5. I know they are in there. Anybody got any clues?

[bullelkklr]

Has anyone been able to catch any keepers lately at chatfield? Headed out this evening after work....wonderin what is the best bet for catching an eater?

[ShouldaBen]

How did you do? I'm heading out tomorrow. Hopefully the threat of bad weater will keep the jet skiers land locked.

[bullelkklr]

Let's just say it smelled real skunky in the boat when we trailered it........how bout you?