Silver Lake fishing: Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch
Target species: Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Black Crappie, White Crappie, Pumpkinseed
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Silver Lake, 1 lane.
The lake
Silver Lake covers 2,020 acres in Washington, across Cowlitz County. It is a lake: 94.3% of it is 9 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 10 feet (3 m). Our records hold 13 species for this water.
6 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass
- Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
- Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
- Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.
- Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
- White Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
- Pumpkinseed — Feeding water: 65–80°F.
Also recorded here: Walleye, White Catfish, Bluegill, Rock Bass, Warmouth, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 10 ft (3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 94.3% of the water is 9 feet or shallower. We hold 55 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–1 ft: 16.4% of the water
- 1–2 ft: 9.5% of the water
- 2–3 ft: 7% of the water
- 3–4 ft: 6.5% of the water
- 4–5 ft: 7.1% of the water
- 5–6 ft: 9.3% of the water
- 6–7 ft: 9.9% of the water
- 7–8 ft: 13.8% of the water
- 8–9 ft: 14.8% of the water
- 9–10 ft: 5.7% of the water
1 ramp or launch on this water
On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.
- Silver 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
With 94.3% of the water 9 feet or less, low level turns the flats into hazards. 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.
