Black Lake fishing: Rainbow Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Black Crappie

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

The lake

Black Lake covers 569 acres in Washington, across Thurston County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 28 feet (8.5 m). Our records hold 11 species for this water.

5 target fish, led by Rainbow Trout

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

Also recorded here: Walleye, Bluegill, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead.

Black Lake, Thurston County, Washington, August 14, 2023.jpg
United States Geological Survey (USGS) · Public domain

Stocking: 2,206,057 fish, 1997–2026

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife records list 2,206,057 fish released into this water from 1997 to 2026.

  • Black Crappie: 36,739 in 1999–2008

3 more species on the stocking list.

Black lake by hakem fateh.jpg
Hakem1997 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 28 ft (8.5 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 73 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–2 ft: 1.5% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 3.7% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 4.8% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 4.9% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 4.8% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 4.8% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 5% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 5.6% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 6.9% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 8.7% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 8.8% of the water
  • 22–24 ft: 10.7% of the water
  • 24–26 ft: 14.3% of the water
  • 26–28 ft: 15.6% of the water

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 65°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 33°F and the warmest is 80°F; the warmest monthly average is 71°F. pH averages 7.7. These readings span 2016–2025.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

  • Black Lake — 1 lane, restrooms. WDFW. website wdfw.wa.gov/lands/water_access/30573

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.
  • Webster, K.E., McCullough, I.M., Soranno, P.A. LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0, EDI, doi:10.6073/pasta/64ddc4d04661d9aef4bd702dc5d8984f (CC BY 4.0); Cheruvelil et al. LAGOS-US LOCUS v1.0 (EDI) — LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0: Lake depth for 17,675 lakes in the conterminous U.S.: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.