Lake Stevens fishing: Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch

Target species: Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at North Cove, 1 lane.

The lake

Lake Stevens covers 1,012 acres in Washington, across Snohomish County. It is a lake: 92.2% of it is 140 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 150 feet (45.7 m). Our records hold 8 species for this water.

Lake Stevens WA panorama from Wyatt Park.jpg
Ron Clausen · CC BY-SA 4.0

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 150 ft (45.7 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 92.2% of the water is 140 feet or shallower. We hold 20 depth contour lines for this water.

Lake Stevens northeast shore.jpg
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  • 0–10 ft: 11.5% of the water
  • 10–20 ft: 10.1% of the water
  • 20–30 ft: 8.5% of the water
  • 30–40 ft: 9% of the water
  • 40–50 ft: 6.6% of the water
  • 50–60 ft: 6.2% of the water
  • 60–70 ft: 6.9% of the water
  • 70–80 ft: 7.3% of the water
  • 80–90 ft: 5.7% of the water
  • 90–100 ft: 4.9% of the water
  • 100–110 ft: 4.7% of the water
  • 110–120 ft: 3.9% of the water
  • 120–130 ft: 3.4% of the water
  • 130–140 ft: 3.5% of the water
  • 140–150 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.
  • Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.

Also recorded here: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Black Crappie, Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead.

Lake Stevens, WA - City Swimming Beach 02.jpg
Joe Mabel · CC BY-SA 3.0

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

  • North Cove — 1 lane, restrooms.

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.