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

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

The lake

Lake Cavanaugh covers 846 acres in Washington, across Skagit County. It is a lake: 93.7% of it is 70 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 80 feet (24.4 m). Our records hold 3 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 80 ft (24.4 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 93.7% of the water is 70 feet or shallower. We hold 53 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–5 ft: 3.5% of the water
  • 5–10 ft: 4.6% of the water
  • 10–15 ft: 4.8% of the water
  • 15–20 ft: 4.9% of the water
  • 20–25 ft: 5.1% of the water
  • 25–30 ft: 5.2% of the water
  • 30–35 ft: 5.9% of the water
  • 35–40 ft: 7% of the water
  • 40–45 ft: 8.4% of the water
  • 45–50 ft: 10.7% of the water
  • 50–55 ft: 12.3% of the water
  • 55–60 ft: 6.2% of the water
  • 60–65 ft: 6.4% of the water
  • 65–70 ft: 8.7% of the water
  • 70–75 ft: 5.6% of the water
  • 75–80 ft: 0.8% of the water

3 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.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

Lake Cavanaugh with White Horse Mountain.JPG
Lynne M Munoz · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Lake Cavanaugh — 1 lane, restrooms. WDFW.

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.