Pattison Lake fishing: Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout

Target species: Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Brown Trout
Best months: May, Sep, Oct, Nov for Cutthroat Trout
Second window: May, Sep, Oct, Nov for Rainbow Trout
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Pattison Lake, 1 lane.

The lake

Pattison Lake covers 261 acres in Washington, across Thurston County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 20 feet (6.1 m). Our records hold 10 species for this water.

Stocking: 1,642,484 fish, 1997–2026

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife records list 1,642,484 fish released into this water from 1997 to 2026.

  • Brown Trout: 58,000 in 1997–2006

3 more species on the stocking list.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 20 ft (6.1 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 77 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–2 ft: 1.6% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 3.9% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 6.5% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 7.2% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 8% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 8.3% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 8.8% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 9.8% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 9.9% of the water
  • 18–19 ft: 5.8% of the water
  • 19–20 ft: 30.3% of the water

4 target fish, led by Cutthroat Trout

  • Cutthroat Trout — Best months: May, Sep, Oct, Nov.
  • Rainbow Trout — Best months: May, Sep, Oct, Nov.
  • Brook Trout — Best months: May, Sep, Oct, Nov.
  • Brown Trout — Best months: May, Sep, Oct, Nov.

Also recorded here: Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch.

A view up Pattinson Lake, Washington USA.jpg
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Water and conditions

Water temperature averages 62°F across the year. The coldest single reading we hold is 33°F and the warmest is 76°F; the warmest monthly average is 70°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.

  • Pattison 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 44°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.
  • 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.