Le Fay Lake Fishing near Tanner, Washington

• Overview

  Le Fay Lake stands in King County, Washington. It sits at 4,117 feet above sea level. It covers about 6 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Tanner sits 17 miles from here and is the nearest stop. After that come Riverbend at 17 miles and North Bend at 18 miles. No boundary runs near, so the county rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Le Fay Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. County-wide records name Chum salmon, Coho salmon, Chinook salmon, sockeye salmon and yellow perch. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. The near bank of Le Fay Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  August runs about 57°F on average, December about 26°F. The season stretches long at both ends here. Cover comes and goes, so treat it with suspicion rather than trust. February into May fishes hardest as the water warms. The season on Le Fay Lake follows the weather closely. Water temperature lags the air by a week or so.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Nimue Lake, 0.3 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Le Fay Lake for certain.