Hughes Lake Fishing near Three Lakes, Washington

• Overview

  Within Snohomish County, Washington, you have Hughes Lake. Everything around it is pine and hardwood. At roughly 20 acres, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. Head to Three Lakes, 5.5 miles away, for anything you forgot. Further out sit Woods Creek (6 miles) and Machias (7 miles). Rules here are straightforward: one county, one set of rules.

• Where to Fish on Hughes Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Species logged across 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. Hughes Lake gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about 38°F in December to roughly 63°F in August. It fishes twelve months of the year. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer squeezes it into the edges of the day. April and May are the settled weeks, with October close behind. The season on Hughes Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. A car park sits roughly half a mile away. A jetty or pier is mapped about half a mile from here. A camping area sits within half a mile of here. Facilities run to toilets half a mile from the water. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Bevis Lake sits 0.6 miles off and takes the overflow. Where Hughes Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.