Malo Lake Fishing Guide, Ferry County, Washington

• Overview

  Set in Ferry County, Malo Lake is a Washington water. The bank gives way to rolling bush. About 2 acres of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Ferry County. The nearest town is Republic, 10 miles away. Grand Forks is 20 miles away, with Christina Lake at 26 miles. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Malo Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Ferry County records list brook trout, walleye, largemouth bass and northern pike among the fish reported. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. At Malo Lake light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year August sits at 65°F and January at 22°F. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Once it clears, about late March, the fishing comes on quickly. Expect the water usable from around late March until roughly early December. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Anyone fishing Malo Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. For a change of water, Curlew Lake is 3.6 miles distant. Treat Malo Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.