Deer Lake is a freshwater lake located in Island County, Washington. At an elevation of 356 ft. and 81.7 acres, it's home to a couple species of fish, including rainbow trout, largemouth bass and coastal cutthroat trout (resident). Deer Lake provides good shoreline access and a number of boat launches.
Stocked Fish: RainbowDeer Lake has been historically stocked with rainbow. The largest rainbow ever stocked is 2 lbs. This year so far, there has been 5 stockings of rainbow at an average of 0.43 lbs. In the past, Deer Lake stocked tens of thousands of rainbow averaging 0.47 lbs.
Date | Quantity | Fish |
April 17, 2024 | 550 | Rainbow @ 0.45lbs |
April 17, 2024 | 2100 | Rainbow @ 0.4lbs |
April 16, 2024 | 1250 | Rainbow @ 0.4lbs |
April 16, 2024 | 1540 | Rainbow @ 0.45lbs |
April 15, 2024 | 2442 | Rainbow @ 0.45lbs |
April 11, 2023 | 7675 | Rainbow @ 0.4lbs |
April 13, 2022 | 50 | Rainbow @ 2lbs |
April 13, 2022 | 1900 | Rainbow @ 0.4lbs |
April 12, 2022 | 5712 | Rainbow @ 0.48lbs |
April 14, 2021 | 2948 | Rainbow @ 0.45lbs |
April 14, 2021 | 4883 | Rainbow @ 0.48lbs |
April 27, 2020 | 8060 | Rainbow @ 0.5lbs |
April 11, 2017 | 600 | Rainbow @ 1.49lbs |
April 11, 2017 | 4426 | Rainbow @ 0.45lbs |
April 11, 2017 | 3576 | Rainbow @ 0.4lbs |
April 18, 2016 | 492 | Rainbow @ 1.49lbs |
April 12, 2016 | 8064 | Rainbow @ 0.42lbs |
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Deer Lake provides excellent opportunities for rainbow trout as well as good opportunities for largemouth bass and coastal cutthroat trout (resident).
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | |
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Coastal cutthroat trout (resident) |
An modestly traveled lake, there has been some successful reports by anglers at Deer Lake over the past few years.
Anglers reported the most success with rainbow trout.
Largemouth bass is also a popular species to fish for at Deer Lake.
A list of the best bait to use for stocked rainbow trout.
There are a number of similar sized lakes relatively close to Deer Lake, including
Lone Lake, Lake Goss, Lake Serene, Stickney Lake and Buck Lake.
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For November:
Rainbow trout
Brown bullhead
Largemouth bass
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For November:
Rainbow trout
Coastal cutthroat trout (resident)
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For November:
Rainbow trout
Largemouth bass
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For November:
Yellow perch
Black crappie
Rainbow trout
Cutthroat trout
Largemouth bass
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Rainbow trout
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