McMillin Reservoir Number Two Fishing in Pierce County, Washington

• Overview

  McMillin Reservoir Number Two lies in Pierce County, in Washington. Beyond the shoreline you have oak and grass. The water measures roughly 16 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. The town to know is South Hill, 1.1 miles out. For a city, Tacoma is 12 miles off. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end. It fits into a morning if you live close.

• Where to Fish on McMillin Reservoir Number Two

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Inflow corners move water, and moving water gathers fish. Draw-down through summer strips the margins, so follow the water out. Fish documented in Pierce County include pink salmon, sockeye salmon and largemouth bass. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Fish McMillin Reservoir Number Two where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  August is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 65°F, while January sits near 38°F. Temperatures stay workable through the cold season. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer squeezes it into the edges of the day. April and May are the settled weeks, with October close behind. Anyone fishing McMillin Reservoir Number Two regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Parking is mapped about half a mile from the bank. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. For a change of water, McMillin Reservoir Number 1-South is 0.2 miles distant. Treat access at McMillin Reservoir Number Two as something to verify.