Lake Herbert G West fishing: Peamouth, Channel Catfish, Black Crappie
Target species: Peamouth, Channel Catfish, Black Crappie, White Crappie, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Walleye
The lake
Lake Herbert G West covers 6,036 acres in Washington, across 4 counties: Walla Walla, Franklin, Columbia and Whitman. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is 136 feet (41.4 m). Our records hold 14 species for this water.
Depth: down to 136 ft at the deepest measured point
Deepest measured point: 136 ft (41.4 m). We hold 145 depth contours for this water, drawn from 355 soundings.
- 0–10 ft: 5.9% of the water
- 10–20 ft: 9.4% of the water
- 20–30 ft: 15.3% of the water
- 30–40 ft: 12.6% of the water
- 40–50 ft: 9% of the water
- 50–60 ft: 7.2% of the water
- 60–70 ft: 6.3% of the water
- 70–80 ft: 8.2% of the water
- 80–90 ft: 8.3% of the water
- 90–100 ft: 5.7% of the water
- 100–110 ft: 12.1% of the water
7 target fish, led by Peamouth
- Peamouth — Feeding water: 60–70°F.
- Channel Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
- White Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
- Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.
- Pumpkinseed — Feeding water: 65–80°F.
- Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
Also recorded here: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, American Shad, Flathead Catfish, Bluegill, Yellow Bullhead, Brown Bullhead.
Water and conditions
Our water temperature readings average 57°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2021. The latest reading is from 2021, more than three years ago: read these numbers as history, not as the water today.
What is hard here
Wind is the limit, not the fish: 6,036 acres of open water build a short steep chop, and there is no shelter in the middle.
Where this data comes from
- NOAA ENC — NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts: soundings: class A, a survey of the bottom.
- NOAA ENC — NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
