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Okanogan County

Cougar Lake

WDFW logged 2 trout stocking dates at Cougar Lake in 2026 so far, 800 fish in all. The latest was on Aug 18, 2026. WDFW lists it as “Cougar Lk (Okan)”.

WDFW data pulled . Latest record in the WDFW data for any water: Nov 4, 2026.

A lake with mountains and summer
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Cougar Lake in numbers

fish stocked in 2026, through Nov 6
800
by the same date in 2025
1,400
in all of 2025
1,400
Stocking log

Every stocking record

Every trout and kokanee release WDFW lists for this water in the last two years, newest first, then yearly totals since 2020. Counts include fry and fingerlings as well as catchable trout: WDFW calls catchable fish “legals”. Fish per pound is WDFW’s figure for each release; fewer fish per pound means bigger fish.

Last stocked, Aug 18, 2026300Cutthroat trout, yearling
2026 · 800 fish on 2 dates
DateSpeciesFishLife stageFish per lb
Aug 18Cutthroat trout300 fish · Yearling300Yearling0.7
May 11Rainbow trout500 fish · Fry500Fry70
2025 · 1,400 fish on 3 dates
DateSpeciesFishLife stageFish per lb
Aug 18Cutthroat trout300 fish · Fry300Fry364
May 12Rainbow trout1,000 fish · Fry1,000Fry60
Apr 17Rainbow trout100 fish · Legals100Legals1.08
Every year since 2020
YearStocking datesFish
20262800
202531,400
202431,500
202311,000
202221,150
202111,000
202031,450
2020 – 2026

Trout stocked each year

2026 is outlined because the year is not over. The tallest full year is yellow. Counts include fry and fingerlings.

  1. 1.4k2020: 1,450 fish
  2. 1.0k2021: 1,000 fish
  3. 1.1k2022: 1,150 fish
  4. 1.0k2023: 1,000 fish
  5. 1.5k2024: 1,500 fish
  6. 1.4k2025: 1,400 fish
  7. 8002026: 800 fish

What is stocked here

All records since 2020
SpeciesFishShare
Rainbow trout7,10086%
Cutthroat trout1,20014%

Where it is

Washington trout stockingAll Okanogan County watersRecently stocked in Washington

No single map point is given for this water in the USGS names database, so no map is shown.

Also in Okanogan County: Lake Roosevelt (Kettle Falls), Spectacle Lake, Palmer Lake, Conconully Lake, Bonaparte Lake, Conconully Reservoir, Alta Lake, Patterson Lake.

Source: WDFW Fish Plants dataset, data.wa.gov, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Pulled . Check the agency and the current fishing rules before you go.