Thirty Acre Lake Fishing near Cheney, Washington

• Overview

  Thirty Acre Lake is listed under Spokane County, Washington. It sits at 2,280 feet above sea level. Small at around 5 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. On size it sits at the modest end of our Spokane County list. 4.3 miles away sits Cheney, the nearest town. The big place round here is Spokane, 17 miles distant. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Thirty Acre Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Open biodiversity records for Spokane County list largemouth bass, yellow perch and pumpkinseed. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Thirty Acre Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 29°F to 67°F. Neither winter nor summer shuts things down for long. In milder years the edges alone go, and the middle never sets. Spring and autumn carry the year; summer squeezes it into the ends of the day. At Thirty Acre Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. South 30-Acre Lake Trailhead Parking is the nearest mapped car park, half a mile out. Mapping records toilets within half a mile. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Blackhorse Lake, 0.5 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Rules at Thirty Acre Lake are worth checking on the day.