Lake Saint Clair fishing: Largemouth Bass, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout

Target species: Largemouth Bass, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, Channel Catfish, Brown Trout, Yellow Perch
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Lake Saint Clair, 2 lanes.

The lake

Lake Saint Clair covers 254 acres in Washington, across Thurston County. It is a lake: 93.3% of it is 60 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 110 feet (33.5 m). Our records hold 14 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 110 ft (33.5 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 93.3% of the water is 60 feet or shallower. We hold 58 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–10 ft: 15.6% of the water
  • 10–20 ft: 32% of the water
  • 20–30 ft: 22.3% of the water
  • 30–40 ft: 12.6% of the water
  • 40–50 ft: 7.4% of the water
  • 50–60 ft: 3.4% of the water
  • 60–70 ft: 1.7% of the water
  • 70–80 ft: 1.4% of the water
  • 80–90 ft: 1.4% of the water
  • 90–100 ft: 1.4% of the water
  • 100–110 ft: 0.9% of the water

6 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.
  • Channel Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Brown Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.

Also recorded here: Walleye, Black Crappie, White Crappie, Bluegill, Rock Bass, Warmouth, Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead.

Stocking: 3,892,153 fish, 1997–2026

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife records list 3,892,153 fish released into this water from 1997 to 2026.

  • Brown Trout: 176,105 in 2007–2018
  • Channel Catfish: 16,053 in 2011–2026

5 more species on the stocking list.

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 61°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 77°F; the warmest monthly average is 66°F. pH averages 7.6. These readings span 2016–2025.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

  • Lake Saint Clair — 2 lanes, 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.