Price Lake Fishing near Belfair, Washington

• Overview

  The Mason County end of Washington holds Price Lake. It sits at 725 feet above sea level. It measures about 65 acres, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. A shoreline of some 1.4 miles keeps the choices simple. Size puts it in the front rank of our Mason County list. The closest town, Belfair, is 16 miles distant. After that come Allyn at 17 miles and Shelton at 18 miles. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Price Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Mason County list Chum salmon, cutthroat trout, Coho salmon, largemouth bass and rainbow trout. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Price Lake repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about 38°F in January to roughly 61°F in August. A long season, with weather mattering more than the month. In milder years the edges alone go, and the middle never sets. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. Price Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Tenas Lake, 2.2 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat access at Price Lake as something to verify.