Lake Lawrence south of Yelm is stocked with lots of rainbow trout and channel catfish, making it an excellent fishing spot from early spring through fall. There also are largemouth bass and panfish.
Long Lake in Lacey has year-round trout fishing that is especially good in the spring, and also is a place where you can catch largemouth bass, other warmwater fish, and even giant carp. Long’s Pond has similar fishing opportunities for kids, seniors and people with disabilities.
Riffe Lake offers excellent fishing for land-locked coho and a few Chinook salmon, as well as very good (and lightly fished) angling for smallmouth bass.
These are the best places to go fishing near Chehalis, Centralia and the rest of Lewis County, Washington.
The Tilton River offers decent fishing for hatchery coho salmon and some mostly catch-and-release fishing for trout.