Diamond Lake fishing: Largemouth Bass, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout

Target species: Largemouth Bass, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Pumpkinseed, Brown Trout, Green Sunfish
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Diamond Lake, 1 lane.

The lake

Diamond Lake covers 754 acres in Washington, across Pend Oreille County. It is a lake: 92.7% of it is 54 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 55 feet (16.8 m). Our records hold 12 species for this water.

7 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass

  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Cutthroat Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Brook Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Pumpkinseed — Feeding water: 65–80°F.
  • Brown Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Green Sunfish — Feeding water: 65–80°F.

Also recorded here: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead, Golden Shiner.

Stocking: 2,532,635 fish, 1997–2026

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife records list 2,532,635 fish released into this water from 1997 to 2026.

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  • Brown Trout: 327,930 in 2007–2026

3 more species on the stocking list.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 55 ft (16.8 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 92.7% of the water is 54 feet or shallower. We hold 69 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–3 ft: 13.1% of the water
  • 3–6 ft: 10.4% of the water
  • 6–9 ft: 11% of the water
  • 9–12 ft: 4.2% of the water
  • 12–15 ft: 3.2% of the water
  • 15–18 ft: 2.8% of the water
  • 18–21 ft: 2.6% of the water
  • 21–24 ft: 2.6% of the water
  • 24–27 ft: 2.5% of the water
  • 27–30 ft: 2.6% of the water
  • 30–33 ft: 2.7% of the water
  • 33–36 ft: 2.9% of the water
  • 36–39 ft: 3.2% of the water
  • 39–42 ft: 3.7% of the water
  • 42–45 ft: 4.9% of the water
  • 45–48 ft: 6.5% of the water
  • 48–51 ft: 6.2% of the water
  • 51–54 ft: 7.6% of the water
  • 54–55 ft: 7.3% of the water

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

  • Diamond Lake — 1 lane, restrooms. WDFW. hours: Year-round. Closed to street-legal vehicles December 1 - March 31.

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.