Type: Freshwater Lake

Reports: 53

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Kitsap/Mason counties Panther Lake covers 105 surface acres, reaches a maximum depth of about 25 feet and lies at an elevation of 497 feet. Fish species include rainbow trout and largemouth bass. Prime bass habitat includes lots of private docks, overhanging brush and trees, and old logs and wood in the water. Public access is provided by the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife. The access area is very small with no room to turn around a boat trailer and tow rig. Backing down into the launch area is almost a must unless you have a car-topper or hand carried craft. There is no ramp but the gravel along the shoreline is fairly solid. Probably a four-wheel is the best for a boat trailer launch. It is nearly impossible to float a boat off a trailer during low water conditions of late summer or fall. Limited but usually adequate parking space and a pit toilet are located across the street from the access area. Overview and photos by: Bob Johansen

Type: Freshwater Lake

Reports: 1

Bathymetric Maps: 0

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King County’s Panther Lake is located about 5 miles south of Renton. It covers 33 surface acres, has mostly shallow depths and lies at an elevation of 440 feet. Fish species include largemouth bass, yellow perch, brown bullhead catfish, pumpkinseed sunfish and planted rainbow trout. Bass habitat in this stained water lake includes some overhanging brush, a few old logs in the water, lots of reeds, lots of pad fields and a couple private docks. Public access is provided by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. The access area provides a dirt (sometimes muddy) boat launch area and a gravel parking area with limited but usually adequate parking space. To get there from Renton, travel southeast on Highway #169 for 2.2 miles to stoplight at 140th Way S.E. Turn right onto 140th Way S.E. for 1.9 miles to Petrovitsky Road. Cross intersection and continue on 140th S.E. for 1.1 miles to 192nd Street. Turn right on 192nd Street for 1.5 miles to 116th Street. Turn left onto 116th Street for .5 mile to “Public Fishing” sign. Note: I wrote this a few years ago so there may be some changes. Overview and Map by Bob Johansen

Type: Freshwater Lake

Reports: 1

Bathymetric Maps: 1

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A private lake 5 miles NE of Woodinville. 18 acres, holds rainbow and cutthroat.

Type: Freshwater Lake

Reports: 99

Bathymetric Maps: 1

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Park Lake (346 acres): Trout fishing should be fair-to-good at this lake, which is a part of Sun Lakes State Park. Spring rainbow trout fry plants have not survived well recently because of competition from warmwater species. There is a resort, a public access area with toilets, plus camping and picnicking.

Type: Freshwater Lake

Reports: 2

Bathymetric Maps: 0

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Hiked A 1/2 mile to pretty Pass lake with the kids. This lake is small maybe 5 acres. Fished on and off for an hour with a red rooster tail. I saw no surface feeding. I caught no fish. There is fish in this lake but all I saw was some three inchers that followed my spinner. Easy hike for the kids. Keep it clean Cracker Jack

Type: Freshwater Lake

Reports: 133

Bathymetric Maps: 1

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Pass Lake (98 acres): This lake 6 miles south of Anacortes has a public access and boat launch. This is a trophy fly-fishing-only lake with special regulations and limits. Species available include Atlantic salmon and rainbow, brown and cutthroat trout. Pass is usually excellent in early spring and late fall for fish up to 24 inches.

Type: Freshwater Lake

Reports: 8

Bathymetric Maps: 0

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Reservoir created between Chief Joseph and Wells dam-this needs added as this is where 90% of the up river Chinook Salmon/and later sockeye/steelhead on good run years are caught right at the mouth of the Okanogan River, this lake also has trophy bass and walleye as well. The WDFG usually opens the reservoir to King fishing around the 15th of July and there are normally upwards of 200 boats on the water as of sunrise, this is such a huge fishery the WDFG spends tons of money for creel checks and those numbers may even be available for publishing on the website, this would also give a central location for the Douglas County PUD Wells dam fish counts. Here is a link to fish counts on the various Columbia river dams: <p> <a href="http://www.fpc.org/CurrentDaily/histfishtwo_7day-ytd_Adults.htm"> Columbia River Fish Counts</a> </p>

Type: Freshwater Lake

Reports: 24

Bathymetric Maps: 1

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Patterson Lake (130 acres): Patterson is located approximately 7 miles S.W. of Winthrop and nearby Pearrygin State Park which has camping available. Although Patterson is sometimes a slow starter, anglers can expect fair to good early season action on rainbows 8 to 9 inches, with a few eastern brook trout and some carry-over rainbows up to 15 inches. A resort, plus public access with toilets and a launch are available at this popular lake in the Methow Wildlife Area.

Type: Freshwater Lake

Reports: 66

Bathymetric Maps: 1

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Pattison (Patterson) Lake (270 acres): Fair fishing for brown trout and planted rainbows with carry-overs running over 16 inches is typical of the opener on Patterson. Later in the summer, anglers will catch largemouth bass, perch, crappies and rock bass. This lake in south Lacey has a state access with boat launch and two toilets.

Type: Freshwater Lake

Reports: 62

Bathymetric Maps: 1

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Pearrygin Lake (212 acres): Expect good fishing for 9- to 10-inch rainbow trout in this Methow Wildlife Area lake. State park facilities and a public access with launch and toilets are available. Disabled accessibility Level 2 at state park, with accessible camping sites.

Type: Freshwater Lake

Reports: 20

Bathymetric Maps: 0

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Type: Freshwater Lake

Reports: 3

Bathymetric Maps: 1

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Located 5 1/2 miles west from Northport. Lake is 11 acres.

Type: Freshwater Lake

Reports: 4

Bathymetric Maps: 0

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Situated north of Sun Lakes State Park and near Dry Falls Lake, Perch Lake is a relatively small shore-fishing lake which is accessible from a primitive road which approaches the lake from the south and runs along its east side. Most anglers opt to fish from a rocky embankment located on the east side of the lake. Since there is no established boat launch, few boats are ever launched onto or seen on the lake. Despite its name, Perch Lake exclusively holds rainbow trout. Michael M. Wyman

Type: Freshwater Lake

Reports: 1

Bathymetric Maps: 0

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Hiked over 6000' vertical to check out the Enchantments for a few days. Fished the south and southwest side of the lake and caught at least 15 Trout, looked like Rainbows or Cutthroats, a few nice size ones 12 inches. Biting off of 1/8 oz. kastmasters and roostertails. Caught some smaller trout in upper snow lake as well. C. McDonald

Type: Freshwater Lake

Reports: 1

Bathymetric Maps: 1

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A 5 mile hike with comfortable elevation gain of just 400 feet takes you to this small 37 acre lake in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. Reported to hold rainbow and eastern Brook trout. Has good shore access and campsites around most of the lake. The east side is predominately shallow, plan on wading out a bit to get to the deeper holes.

Type: Freshwater Lake

Reports: 11

Bathymetric Maps: 0

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A ten acre lake that holds rainbow and cutthroat trout as well as perch and catfish. One mile SE of Spring Lake.

Type: Freshwater Lake

Reports: 2

Bathymetric Maps: 0

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Petit Lake is a serene little mountain lake that offers both solitude and scenery. Stocked with Cutthroat trout ranging from 8-13" that are eager to take a surface fly and love to give a good battle. It is an ideal lake for someone who is just starting to fly fish or those that want to relax and sharpen their surface action reflexes.

Type: Freshwater Lake

Reports: 20

Bathymetric Maps: 1

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King County’s Phantom Lake is located about 3 ½ miles SE from Bellevue. The lake is located at 250 feet of elevation, 63.2 surface acres and with a maximum depth of 47 feet. Fish species include largemouth bass, yellow perch, black crappie, brown bullhead catfish and pumpkinseed sunfish. Public access to this little lake is through the Lake Hills Green Belt Park. The park provides parking for about 10 cars, restrooms, a fishing dock and a muddy, shallow boat launching area. From the parking lot to the boat launching area is about 100 yards so a hand carried craft is a must. Internal combustion engines are banned on the lake.Bob Johansen

Type: Freshwater Lake

Reports: 4

Bathymetric Maps: 0

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Located NE of Cewelah WA. It is small, just over 1 acre. It is in a beautiful setting, but gets trashed by local party heads. It is planted with Brookies. The pond/lake is deep for its size and Brookies up to 15" are rumored to reside within. The lake is listed at being 1 acre. In 2008 it was stocked with 495 Eastern Brook trout. The lake has a small inlet that you can hear trickling down behind the rocks. This gives me reason to suspect this lake may winter-kill from time to time. I would suspect that fall would be the best time to hit this lake.

Type: Freshwater Lake

Reports: 27

Bathymetric Maps: 1

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Phillips Lake is located about 8 miles north of Shelton. It covers about 111 surface acres and has a maximum depth of about 25 feet. The public access area is provided by the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife. The large public access area has lots of parking space, 2 pit toilets and a concrete block boat launching ramp. The lake contains rainbow trout, largemouth bass, yellow perch and bluegill. Good fishing for trout in the Spring and good for perch, bluegill and largemouth bass during Summer and Fall. Watch out for water skiers during sunny, summer week-ends. Bob Johansen

Type: Freshwater Lake

Reports: 1

Bathymetric Maps: 0

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A substantial enlargement of the Powder River formed by Mason Dam, this 2,350 acre reservoir is located about 12 miles southwest of Baker City and just south of Highway 7. Phillips has undergone a yellow perch explosion and the average size has suffered, but there are still a few 12-inch lunkers in the lake. Walleyes are present in the lake, but have not done much to increase the average size of the perch. Phillips also offers decent smallmouth bass fishing and also contains largemouth bass, channel catfish and black crappies. Also offers fair fishing for good-sized rainbows.

Type: Freshwater Lake

Reports: 5

Bathymetric Maps: 0

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Pierre supports a healthy population of small cutthroats, as well as some carryovers. Also present in the lake are largemouth bass, crappie, kokanee, brown bullheads (an incredibly robust population), and northern pike.

Type: Freshwater Lake

Reports: 17

Bathymetric Maps: 1

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Pierre Lake (106 acres): If you like bullhead catfish, this is your lake. Largemouth bass, an occasional kokanee, and several kinds of trout are also available. Located west of Barstow off Highway 395 and north across the Kettle River, it has a Forest Service campground and a boat launch.

Type: Freshwater Lake

Reports: 1

Bathymetric Maps: 0

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This lake is at 3,820 feet and is planted with cutthroat and eastern brook trout. It is 6.5 acres.