Lake Dolloff Fishing Guide, King County, Washington

• Overview

  Lake Dolloff is one of the King County listings for Washington. It sits at 400 feet above sea level. It covers about 20 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Lakeland North lies 0.7 miles from the water. It is 4.3 miles to Kent, the nearest city. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Lake Dolloff

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. King County records list Chum salmon, Coho salmon and Chinook salmon among the fish reported. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. Fish Lake Dolloff where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  August runs about 65°F on average, December about 39°F. Winter is the comfortable season here rather than the difficult one. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to be out. November and March are the quiet, comfortable months to be out. Lake Dolloff runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. A slipway is marked about half a mile from here. Parking is close: a car park sits half a mile from the bank. Someone has mapped a fishing spot half a mile off. There are toilets mapped about half a mile away. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Steel Lake, 0.7 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the current arrangement for Lake Dolloff.