Spanaway Lake fishing: Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout

Target species: Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout

The lake

Spanaway Lake covers 252 acres in Washington, across Pierce County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 25 feet (7.6 m). Our records hold 9 species for this water.

Stocking: 1,636,066 fish, 1997–2026

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife records list 1,636,066 fish released into this water from 1997 to 2026.

  • Brown Trout: 187,005 in 2009–2018

3 more species on the stocking list.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 25 ft (7.6 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 37 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–2 ft: 5.5% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 4.9% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 6.2% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 6.5% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 6.9% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 5.8% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 5.5% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 5.2% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 5.2% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 5.5% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 5.7% of the water
  • 22–24 ft: 6.2% of the water
  • 24–25 ft: 31.1% of the water

2 target fish, led by Rainbow Trout

  • Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Brown Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.

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

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.