Fishing Granite Mountain Potholes in Chelan County, Washington

• Overview

  Granite Mountain Potholes stands in Chelan County, Washington. Around the bank it is lake country bush. Surface area runs to about 4 acres — small enough to read in one session. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Washington listings. Leavenworth lies 21 miles from the water. After that come Cle Elum at 29 miles and Cashmere at 30 miles. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Granite Mountain Potholes

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. County-wide records name cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, sockeye salmon and Chinook salmon. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Anyone new to Granite Mountain Potholes should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 22°F in December and 55°F in August. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early May. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about late November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Granite Mountain Potholes runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Should this one be busy, Lake Phoebe is 0.4 miles off. Check the position on Granite Mountain Potholes before loading the car.