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Finch Creek

WA · Mason

The pin is approximate, near the middle of the water. The shoreline on the map comes from OpenStreetMap.

At a glance

County
Mason County
Last stocked
August 1, 2026
Species
Chinook, Chum, Pink
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Conditions

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Stocking history

SpeciesQtySizeWhen
Chinook10182734.0, 35.008-01-2026
Chinook213871265.0, 79.0, 81.006-02-2026
Chinook93092890.005-11-2026
Chinook10240088.004-30-2026
Chum13135411335.0, 453.0, 485.004-01-2026
Pink538275300.003-24-2026
Chinook10105534.008-01-2025
Chinook95976469.0, 71.006-30-2025
Chinook230527080.0, 85.006-05-2025
Chinook102179105.004-21-2025
Chum5122672411.004-07-2025
Chum9731919452.0, 444.004-01-2025

Gear for the fish stocked here

Chinook Salmon

Rod: Trolling: 8.5 to 10.5 foot medium to medium-heavy downrigger rods. Rivers: 8.5 to 9 foot drift rods rated 15 to 30 lb.

Line: 15 lb mono for big-lake trolling; 20 to 25 lb for drift fishing for river Chinook.

Baits: salmon roe or spawn bags, cut bait, sand shrimp

Lures: spoons, flasher or dodger with a fly or cut bait, plugs

Full Chinook Salmon gear guide

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Likely species (watershed)

Mottled Sculpin, Prickly Sculpin, Shorthead Sculpin, Speckled Dace

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.