Long Lake fishing: Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout
Target species: Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Brown Trout, Largemouth Bass
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Long Lake, 1 lane.
The lake
Long Lake covers 316 acres in Washington, across Thurston County. It is a lake: 93.9% of it is 19 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 20 feet (6.1 m). Our records hold 15 species for this water.
7 target fish, led by Cutthroat Trout
- Cutthroat Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
- Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
- Brook Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
- Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Channel Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Brown Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
- Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
Also recorded here: Black Crappie, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Warmouth, Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead, Common Carp, Golden Shiner.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 20 ft (6.1 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 93.9% of the water is 19 feet or shallower. We hold 105 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–2 ft: 3.3% of the water
- 2–4 ft: 8.5% of the water
- 4–5 ft: 6.1% of the water
- 5–6 ft: 5.9% of the water
- 6–7 ft: 6.5% of the water
- 7–8 ft: 6.5% of the water
- 8–9 ft: 6.4% of the water
- 9–10 ft: 5.9% of the water
- 10–11 ft: 5.6% of the water
- 11–12 ft: 5.4% of the water
- 12–13 ft: 5.4% of the water
- 13–14 ft: 6% of the water
- 14–15 ft: 6.1% of the water
- 15–17 ft: 9% of the water
- 17–19 ft: 7.3% of the water
- 19–20 ft: 6.2% of the water
Stocking: 2,263,425 fish, 1997–2026
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife records list 2,263,425 fish released into this water from 1997 to 2026.
- Brown Trout: 70,008 in 1995–2004
- Bluegill: 1,000 in 1997
- Channel Catfish: 807 in 2014
3 more species on the stocking list.
Water and conditions
Our water temperature readings average 65°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 72°F. pH averages 7.9. These readings span 2016–2025.
1 ramp or launch on this water
On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.
- Long Lake — 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 42°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.
