Lake Chelan?

This is a vast lake, but have any of you Washington yakkers fished it? What were you targeting? It is a "target-rich environment" from an angler's perspective.

I've fished it.  I've caught macs, rainbow,  pikeminnow, and kokanee

Lee, how big were the kokes? I've been told the lake also supports a healthy population of large smallmouth bass.

I've heard about the bass,  I think they stay near the south end of the lake.  The kokanee were small.  The lake is basically overrun with makinaw, and the other species have a smaller presence.  There are also chinook in the lake as well.

Like Lee said the lake is overrun with Macks, they feed on the Kokes keeping the population down. The Kokes can be hard to find and usually deeper than 50 feet. You might get a Koke over 17" in late spring but the typical Koke there runs 14 to 15. If you want big Kokes look for a lake where they don't run for their lives from Macks and can feed up and grow.

WDFW learned a lesson from Chelan. Now they gill net for Macks before putting effort into improving a Koke fishery. For example lake Cle Elm.

there is a good population of rainbow there, I...an most people have stayed in the southern part of the lake.  I have heard stories of the kokanee up near Stehekein, but that's a 50 mile run. Watch the wind in the evening...it can get brutal.   Macks are the big draw there.