[fieldcady]

A while ago I posted a link to a website that gives a map of Washington's overstocked alpine lakes. There was a ton of positive feedback, so I've made some improvements to it. Now you can filter the lakes by size, elevation, and county so that you can more easily find exactly what you're looking for. Enjoy!!

 

[fastpitchpete]

Thanks.

 

[Matey]

Yes, your work is terrific and greatly appreciated!

 

[FAQ!]

I see only one problem... Those lakes are all in places I'd have to hike into (gasp!). Quite a ways in most cases. Think that has anything to do with the overabundance?

All joking aside, that's a cool resource. Good on you for taking the initiative and sharing.

 

[Tristan Mikoleit]

I used the map to look for a couple of the lakes I fished recently and noticed something interesting.

There are 3 lakes all in the same area listed as overstocked that I fished and did not see a single sign that there were actually fish in the lakes. No tugs, no rises, nothing that would indicate that they were populated. The three lakes are at a relatively low elevation (I wouldn't expect a winter kill).

Digging in deeper, the last time they were stocked was back in 2011 for two, and 2007 for the third.

Would it be possible for a population to die out that fast? There were not any inlets or outlets at any of these lakes.

 

[dekartes]

There was a number of lakes some years back that were listed for fish extermination. Maybe these were killed of with Rotenone, or something of that nature?

 

[Merle]

This version isn't working for me for some reason. The previous one worked well, but only if I used IE, nothing with Firefox. I'm sure it's just a setting on my end.

I really enjoyed the first one and added some lakes to my list of places to check out. Thanks!

 

[Chris Bailey]

My apologies if it is staring right at me, but what is the significance of the color for the pins? Also, is there info on specific species that may be in overabundance? There seem to be a few lakes in the area I was looking, surrounding Bumping Lake, that have been planted as recent as 2017. One lake in particular is described as having abundant small brook trout, but has been planted recently with rainbows, so I assume the desire is to thin the brookie population in that case. Cool resource for sure.

 

[The T.O. Show]

My apologies if it is staring right at me, but what is the significance of the color for the pins? Also, is there info on specific species that may be in overabundance? There seem to be a few lakes in the area I was looking, surrounding Bumping Lake, that have been planted as recent as 2017. One lake in particular is described as having abundant small brook trout, but has been planted recently with rainbows, so I assume the desire is to thin the brookie population in that case. Cool resource for sure.

I think blue are the overabundant lakes, red are the starter/easy-access lakes, and gray are just the "normal" ones.