Lake Sawyer fishing: Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, Black Crappie

Target species: Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, Black Crappie

The lake

Lake Sawyer covers 292 acres in Washington, across King County. It is a lake: 92.3% of it is 48 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 50 feet (15.2 m). Our records hold 9 species for this water.

Aerial - Lake Sawyer & Black Diamond, WA from SE 01 (9795275715).jpg
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Stocking: 2,309,205 fish, 1996–2026

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife records list 2,309,205 fish released into this water from 1996 to 2026.

Aerial - Lake Sawyer & Black Diamond, WA from SE 01 - white balanced (9795345696).jpg
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  • Black Crappie: 53,572 in 2004–2010

3 more species on the stocking list.

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Joe Mabel · CC BY-SA 4.0

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 50 ft (15.2 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 92.3% of the water is 48 feet or shallower. We hold 52 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–3 ft: 9.2% of the water
  • 3–6 ft: 7.8% of the water
  • 6–9 ft: 6.9% of the water
  • 9–12 ft: 6.4% of the water
  • 12–15 ft: 6.3% of the water
  • 15–18 ft: 6.3% of the water
  • 18–21 ft: 6.7% of the water
  • 21–24 ft: 6.7% of the water
  • 24–27 ft: 5.2% of the water
  • 27–30 ft: 5.1% of the water
  • 30–33 ft: 5.3% of the water
  • 33–36 ft: 5.8% of the water
  • 36–39 ft: 4.5% of the water
  • 39–42 ft: 3.9% of the water
  • 42–45 ft: 3.6% of the water
  • 45–48 ft: 2.6% of the water
  • 48–50 ft: 7.8% of the water

3 target fish, led by Cutthroat Trout

  • Cutthroat Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.

Also recorded here: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead.

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.