Spade Lake Fishing Guide, Kittitas County, Washington

• Overview

  Set in Kittitas County, Washington, this is Spade Lake. Height above sea level is 5,213 feet. Surface area is around 108 acres, which gives you real water without needing a boat. There is roughly 1.6 miles of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. On our Kittitas County list it sits near the top for size. Leavenworth is the closest town at 25 miles. The big place round here is Bellevue, 47 miles distant. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Spade Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Kittitas County records list cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, Chinook salmon and sockeye salmon among the fish reported. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Fish Spade Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 54°F for August and 22°F for December. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from early May. Open water usually runs from early May until about late November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Anyone fishing Spade Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. For a change of water, Shovel Lake is 0.7 miles distant. The position on Spade Lake is worth confirming on the day.