Lake Lillian Fishing near Tanner, Washington

• Overview

  You will find Lake Lillian in Kittitas County, Washington. The surroundings are open valley. The water measures roughly 15 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. Tanner lies 20 miles from the water. For a city, Renton is 42 miles off. Close neighbours run: Lake Laura within 0.2 miles, Gold Lake roughly 0.7 miles, Twin Lakes within 0.8 miles, Rampart Lakes roughly 1.1 miles and Box Canyon Lake within 1.1 miles. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Lake Lillian

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. 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. Across Kittitas County, recorded fish include cutthroat trout, rainbow trout and Chinook salmon. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Treat Lake Lillian as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 59°F; the cold one sits at 26°F. A long season, with weather mattering more than the month. Cover comes and goes, so treat it with suspicion rather than trust. March through May is the strongest run, with October and November a second stretch. Plan any trip to Lake Lillian around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. You will be walking about half a mile from the nearest car park. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Lake Laura sits 0.2 miles off and takes the overflow. None of that is settled for Lake Lillian in what we hold.