Spearfish Lake

In 2025, Spearfish Lake got 14,625 catchable trout over 7 release dates; the first was Jan 10, 2025 and the last Dec 5, 2025.

WDFW data through Oct 30, 2026. Page updated November 5, 2026.

Spearfish Lake in numbers

catchable trout in 2025: 14,625
so far in 2026, through Oct 30: 14,950
2025 against the 2015–2025 average of 14,265 a year: +3%

2026 is running close to 2025: 14,950 fish through Oct 30, against 14,510 by the same date a year earlier. The latest batch, 3,000 rainbow trout, went in on Jun 3, 2026, 155 days before this page was built.

WDFW lists Spearfish Lake in Klickitat County, at 192 ft above sea level.

Release log

Every release since January 2025

13 species-date records, newest first. Fish per lb is the figure WDFW reports for each batch.

Latest batch, Jun 3, 20263,000rainbow trout, 7 oz each

Summer 2026

Jun 3Rainbow trout3,0002.2 per lb · avg 7 oz

Spring 2026

May 27Rainbow trout4500.3 per lb · avg 3.3 lb

May 6Rainbow trout3,0002.5 per lb · avg 6 oz

Apr 21Rainbow trout3,0002.5 per lb · avg 6 oz

Apr 14Rainbow trout3,0002.5 per lb · avg 6 oz

Winter 2026

Jan 27Rainbow trout2,5002.5 per lb · avg 6 oz

Summer 2025

Jun 5Rainbow trout400.1 per lb · avg 10.0 lb

Jun 4Rainbow trout3,0002.5 per lb · avg 6 oz

Spring 2025

May 5Rainbow trout3,0002.5 per lb · avg 6 oz

Apr 21Rainbow trout3,0002.7 per lb · avg 6 oz

Apr 15Rainbow trout3,0002.5 per lb · avg 6 oz

Winter 2025

Dec 5Rainbow trout1150.1 per lb · avg 10.0 lb

Jan 10Rainbow trout2,4702.6 per lb · avg 6 oz

2015 – 2026

Fish released each year

2025 is yellow. 2026 is outlined because the year is not over: the data runs to Oct 30, 2026. The busiest full year was 2023, with 9 release dates and 18,736 fish; the 2015–2025 average is 7.5 release dates a year.

2015: 15,111 catchable fish on 9 release dates
2016: 16,576 catchable fish on 9 release dates
2017: 15,088 catchable fish on 10 release dates
2018: 17,305 catchable fish on 9 release dates
2019: 14,242 catchable fish on 9 release dates
2020: 9,818 catchable fish on 4 release dates
2021: 12,364 catchable fish on 5 release dates
2022: 11,860 catchable fish on 7 release dates
19k2023: 18,736 catchable fish on 9 release dates
2024: 11,185 catchable fish on 5 release dates
15k2025: 14,625 catchable fish on 7 release dates
15k2026 (to Oct 30): 14,950 catchable fish on 6 release dates

How big are these fish?

4 to 8 oz: 28,970 fish, 98%
2 lb and over: 605 fish, 2%

Weight is 1 ÷ fish per lb, as WDFW reports it for each batch. It is a batch average, not a guarantee for any one fish. Counts cover every release since January 2025.

Notes from the records

The biggest single batch since January 2025 was 3,000 rainbow trout on Jun 3, 2026. The heaviest fish were 115 rainbow trout on Dec 5, 2025, at 0.1 per lb, about 10.0 lb each.

Timing shifts from year to year. Treat this as a pattern, not a promise.