Welcome Lake near Cottage Lake: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Look for Welcome Lake in King County, Washington. Height above sea level is 420 feet. At 16 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. The closest town, Cottage Lake, is 2.1 miles distant. It is 11 miles to Bellevue, the nearest city. The boundary is close enough to be worth checking before you fish.

• Where to Fish on Welcome Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. The arms fish better than the open middle whenever the water is up. A reservoir gives you a hard edge, a shelf, and not much else. Open biodiversity records for King County list Chum salmon, Coho salmon, Chinook salmon, sockeye salmon and yellow perch. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Fish Welcome Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 39°F to 64°F. There is no frozen season to plan round. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to be out. June to September is hot work, so the first and last hours are what count. That shapes the year on Welcome Lake. Water temperature lags the air by a week or so.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. A parking area is marked roughly half a mile out. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Should this one be busy, Redmond Reservoir is 0.9 miles off. Nothing here settles the position at Welcome Lake for certain.