Well over 150,00 jumbo-sized trout (80 tons!) will be stocked into Washington state waters this year. Here are the lakes that get the most.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife stocks Mayfield Lake with 72,000 keeper trout every spring and summer.
Washington’s Lake Whatcom is once again being stocked with more than 4 million juvenile kokanee salmon.
An angler earned nearly $160,000 during the 2025 Northern Pikeminnow Sport-Reward Program on the Columbia and Snake rivers.
About 64,000 hatchery trout have been stocked across Washington state just in time for fishing this Black Friday. Put away the turkey and cast a line!