Whittaker Lake Fishing in Lincoln County, Washington

• Overview

  Whittaker Lake belongs to Lincoln County, Washington. The surface lies 2,277 feet up. At 15 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. 11 miles away sits Davenport, the nearest town. For a city, Spokane is 45 miles off. Other water within reach: Florence Lake near enough 4.4 miles, Wall Lake just 4.8 miles, Hurley Lake near enough 6 miles, Lone Pine Lake just 6.3 miles and Wills Lake near enough 7.2 miles. Rules here are straightforward: one county, one set of rules.

• Where to Fish on Whittaker Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Public occurrence data for Lincoln County names yellow perch, largemouth bass, walleye and black crappie. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Work Whittaker Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 69°F in July and bottom out at 26°F in January. Spring and autumn are the strongest, but nothing is truly closed. In milder years the edges alone go, and the middle never sets. March through May is the strongest run, with October and November a second stretch. It holds true on Whittaker Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. For a change of water, Florence Lake is 4.4 miles distant. Treat access at Whittaker Lake as something to verify.