Lake Margaret Fishing Guide, Chelan County, Washington

• Overview

  Lake Margaret is listed under Chelan County, Washington. Around the bank it is pine and birch. Surface area runs to about 11 acres — small enough to read in one session. It is high ground by Washington standards. Leavenworth at 15 miles is the nearest place to stop. For a city, Bellevue is 58 miles off. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lake Margaret

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Chelan County records list cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, sockeye salmon, Chinook salmon and largemouth bass among the fish reported. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Fish Lake Margaret to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, August reads 55°F and December reads 21°F. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around early May. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. That shapes the year on Lake Margaret.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. You can camp about half a mile away, going by the mapping. There are toilets mapped about 170 yards away. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. For a change of water, Lake Mary is 0.4 miles distant. Confirm before you fish Lake Margaret.