Bulgarians Lake Fishing Guide, Lincoln County, Washington

• Overview

  Set in Lincoln County, Washington, this is Bulgarians Lake. The surface lies 1,703 feet up. At 5 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Most waters listed here for Lincoln County are larger. Nearest place of any size is Moses Lake North, 28 miles away. Spokane sits 67 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Rules here are straightforward: one county, one set of rules.

• Where to Fish on Bulgarians Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Reported across Lincoln County: yellow perch, largemouth bass, walleye and black crappie. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Bulgarians Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about 28°F and July at about 72°F, the water has a wide range to work through. The swings are modest, so patterns change slowly. 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. Bulgarians Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Little Sullivan Lake, 1.6 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. None of that is settled for Bulgarians Lake in what we hold.