Alkali Lake fishing: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Cutthroat Trout

Target species: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, Channel Catfish, Black Crappie, Bluegill
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Alkali Lake, 1 lane.

The lake

Alkali Lake covers 283 acres in Washington, across Grant County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 12 feet (3.7 m). Our records hold 10 species for this water.

7 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass

  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
  • Cutthroat Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Channel Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.

Also recorded here: Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, White Crappie.

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Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 12 ft (3.7 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 66 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–2 ft: 7% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 10.1% of the water
  • 4–5 ft: 7.3% of the water
  • 5–6 ft: 8% of the water
  • 6–7 ft: 10.1% of the water
  • 7–8 ft: 9.7% of the water
  • 8–9 ft: 7.8% of the water
  • 9–10 ft: 7.6% of the water
  • 10–11 ft: 10.8% of the water
  • 11–12 ft: 21.6% of the water

Stocking: 717,435 fish, 1997–2016

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife records list 717,435 fish released into this water from 1997 to 2016. The latest stocking on record is from 2016, more than three years ago.

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  • Bluegill: 82,205 in 1997–2000
  • Black Crappie: 37,988 in 1997–2001
  • Largemouth Bass: 12,821 in 1997–2001
  • Channel Catfish: 4,510 in 1997–1998
  • Smallmouth Bass: 144 in 1997
  • White Crappie: 54 in 1999

3 more species on the stocking list.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

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  • Alkali Lake — 1 lane, restrooms. WDFW. website wdfw.wa.gov/places-to-go/water-access-sites/30102

The place listed has no fee or opening hours on file: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.

What is hard here

Only 1 public ramp is on file, so the launch decides where you fish.

Where this data comes from

  • Washington State Department of Ecology — Washington State Department of Ecology: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.