Northwest Fishing Magazine October 2025 Volume 5 Issue 2 - Flipbook - Page 38
to add more fish into lakes.
The seasonal lakes remain
open for trout fishing
through Oct. 31, while
others are open for yearround.
Some fair to good seasonal
westside lakes include Pine,
Wilderness, Langlois, Toad,
Margaret, Whatcom, Steel,
Summit, Bosworth, Ki,
Storm, McMurray, Sixteen,
Erie, Silver (Whatcom
County), and Padden.
The top lakes east of the
Cascades are Jameson
in Douglas; Ellen in Ferry;
Starvation in Stevens;
Wapato in Chelan;
Pearrygin; and Conconully
Lake and Reservoir in
Okanogan. You can track
trout plants on the WDFW
website at https://wdfw.
wa.gov/fishing/reports/
stocking/trout-plants.
If you catch one, be sure to
keep the tag to claim your
prize. For derby details, go
to https://wdfw.wa.gov/
fishing/contests/troutderby.
Heading into November,
To sweeten the deal,
WDFW hatchery staff
WDFW’s Trout Derby
will be busy leading up to
continues to offer anglers
Black Friday by stocking
a chance to catch a tagged thousands of jumbo
fish and win a prize through rainbow trout, weighing
Oct. 31.
up to three pounds apiece
and measuring longer than
The derby – which began
in late-April – features more 14 inches, in lakes covering
than 100 lakes planted with an area from the Puget
Sound region to southwest
fish that have an orange
Washington, as well as a
tag attached near their
few eastern Washington
dorsal fin.
lakes and ponds.
