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Lake Margaret

WA · King

The pin marks the middle of the water, for directions. The shoreline on the map comes from USGS NHD.

At a glance

Acres
52.6 acres
Shoreline
1.6 miles of shoreline
County
King County
Last stocked
April 9, 2026
Species
Rainbow, Cutthroat
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Conditions

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Stocking history

SpeciesQtySizeWhen
Rainbow43002.004-09-2026
Cutthroat917320.012-03-2025
Rainbow50002.004-14-2025
Cutthroat1100015.011-21-2024

Gear for the fish stocked here

Rainbow Trout

Rod: Light or ultralight spinning rod, about 4.5 to 8.5 feet; 5 to 6.5 feet suits stocked ponds.

Line: 4 to 10 lb monofilament, with 6 to 8 lb a good middle. Go lighter in clear water.

Baits: worms or cut nightcrawlers, salmon eggs, kernel corn

Lures: small inline spinners, small spoons, curly tail jigs and grubs

Full Rainbow Trout gear guide

Cutthroat Trout

Rod: Light spinning rod in the usual stream trout range, about 4.5 to 8.5 feet.

Line: 4 to 8 lb monofilament main line.

Baits: worms or other bait drifted along the bottom, where bait is legal

Lures: 1/8 to 1/4 oz spoons, size 2 to 3 spinners, minnow imitations for bigger fish

Full Cutthroat Trout gear guide

Gear for every species

Likely species (watershed)

Alaskan Stickleback, Longnose Dace, Prickly Sculpin, Redside Shiner, Reticulate Sculpin, Riffle Sculpin, Shorthead Sculpin, Speckled Dace, Torrent Sculpin

Likely species come from USGS Aquatic GAP ranges for the whole watershed (HUC8). They show what may be here, not a count of this water.

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Some stocking records are adapted from LurePassion (formerly lurepassion.com) (normalized and matched to our waters), licensed CC BY 4.0. State agencies retain their own terms for the underlying records.