Palmer Lake fishing: Smallmouth Bass, Largemouth Bass, Cutthroat Trout
Target species: Smallmouth Bass, Largemouth Bass, Cutthroat Trout, Black Crappie
The lake
Palmer Lake covers 2,084 acres in Washington, across Okanogan County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 70 feet (21.3 m). Our records hold 7 species for this water.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 70 ft (21.3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 46 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–5 ft: 7.8% of the water
- 5–10 ft: 5.2% of the water
- 10–15 ft: 4.2% of the water
- 15–20 ft: 3.5% of the water
- 20–25 ft: 3.5% of the water
- 25–30 ft: 3.5% of the water
- 30–35 ft: 3.2% of the water
- 35–40 ft: 3.5% of the water
- 40–45 ft: 4.1% of the water
- 45–50 ft: 5.1% of the water
- 50–55 ft: 5.8% of the water
- 55–60 ft: 6.4% of the water
- 60–65 ft: 8.3% of the water
- 65–70 ft: 36.1% of the water
Stocking: 3,522,105 fish, 1995–2026
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife records list 3,522,105 fish released into this water from 1995 to 2026.
- Black Crappie: 167,994 in 1999–2011
- Largemouth Bass: 1,057 in 1998
- Smallmouth Bass: 219 in 1997
2 more species on the stocking list.
4 target fish, led by Smallmouth Bass
- Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
- Cutthroat Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
- Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Also recorded here: Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed.
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.
