Fishing Pete Lake in Kittitas County, Washington

• Overview

  Look for Pete Lake in Kittitas County, Washington. It sits in lake country bush. Roughly 41 acres: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. About 1.0 miles of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. It is among the larger waters listed here for Kittitas County. Tanner sits 24 miles from here and is the nearest stop. Cle Elum is 24 miles and Riverbend 24 miles. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Pete Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Across Kittitas County, recorded fish include cutthroat trout, rainbow trout and Chinook salmon. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. On Pete Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 58°F in August and bottoms out near 24°F in January. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Look for the thaw near mid April; the fishing lifts straight after. Averages suggest open water from about mid April through to roughly late November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Plan around that when you fish Pete Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. A campsite lies half a mile away for anyone staying over. There are toilets half a mile off. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Escondido Lake, 1.4 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm before you fish Pete Lake.