Lake Lawrence fishing: Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout

Target species: Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Channel Catfish
Best months: May, Sep, Oct for Cutthroat Trout
Second window: May, Sep, Oct for Rainbow Trout
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Lake Lawrence, 1 lane.

The lake

Lake Lawrence covers 316 acres in Washington, across Thurston County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 25 feet (7.6 m). Our records hold 8 species for this water.

Stocking: 903,318 fish, 1997–2026

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife records list 903,318 fish released into this water from 1997 to 2026.

  • Brown Trout: 229,500 in 1995–2018
  • Channel Catfish: 8,008 in 2011–2014

2 more species on the stocking list.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 25 ft (7.6 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 30 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–2 ft: 7.1% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 7.9% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 8.5% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 7.7% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 6.9% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 6.2% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 5.8% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 5.7% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 6% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 7.2% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 7.5% of the water
  • 22–24 ft: 9.3% of the water
  • 24–25 ft: 14.3% of the water

4 target fish, led by Cutthroat Trout

  • Cutthroat Trout — Best months: May, Sep, Oct.
  • Rainbow Trout — Best months: May, Sep, Oct.
  • Brown Trout — Best months: May, Sep, Oct.
  • Channel Catfish — Best months: Jul, Aug.

Also recorded here: Largemouth Bass, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead.

Water and conditions

Water temperature averages 64°F across the year. The coldest single reading we hold is 33°F and the warmest is 80°F; the warmest monthly average is 71°F. pH averages 8.1. These readings span 2016–2025.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

  • Lake Lawrence — 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. Winter water drops to 43°F, and the warm-water species stop feeding well before you do.

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.