Fishing Crabapple Lake in Snohomish County, Washington

• Overview

  Set in Snohomish County, Crabapple Lake is a Washington water. The shore lies 4.2 miles out. You are 4.4 miles from Smokey Point. It is 11 miles to Everett, the nearest city. Close by you also have: Lake Loma 0.9 miles off, Fryberg Lake (1 mile), Lake Agnes 1 mile off, Lake Goodwin (1.2 miles) and Mary Shelton Lake 1.4 miles off. A county line runs close by, so local bylaws can differ within a short drive.

• Where to Fish on Crabapple Lake

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Survey and observation records for Snohomish County include Chinook salmon, pink salmon, Coho salmon and largemouth bass. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. The shape of Crabapple Lake rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, August reads 63°F and December reads 39°F. The hard part of the year is the heat, not the cold. The first and last hours carry the summer; the middle is slow. March through May is the strongest run, with October and November a second stretch. It sets the rhythm of the year at Crabapple Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. There is a launch about half a mile from the bank. You will be walking about half a mile from the nearest car park. There is a mapped landing stage half a mile away. You can camp about half a mile away, going by the mapping. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. If the gate is shut, Lake Loma at 0.9 miles is the nearest alternative. Treat access at Crabapple Lake as something to verify.