Blythe Lake in Grant County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Look for Blythe Lake in the Grant County part of Washington. Height above sea level is 902 feet. Roughly 37 acres: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. The edge runs 1.3 miles or so, easy to work in an afternoon. Nearest place of any size is Othello, 11 miles away. Tri-Cities is the closest city, 50 miles away. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Blythe Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Open biodiversity records for Grant County list yellow perch, largemouth bass, bluegill, black crappie and smallmouth bass. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Blythe Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 30°F in January and 72°F in July. Conditions shift steadily rather than sharply. In milder years the edges alone go, and the middle never sets. Spring and autumn carry the year; summer squeezes it into the ends of the day. The season on Blythe Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. The nearest mapped parking is half a mile away, so the last stretch is on foot. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. State or provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. The nearest alternative is Corral Lake, 0.9 miles out. Treat access at Blythe Lake as something to verify.