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Black Lake

WA · Thurston

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

At a glance

County
Thurston County
Last stocked
April 15, 2026
Species
Rainbow
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Conditions

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Stocking history

SpeciesQtySizeWhen
Rainbow1001.2504-15-2026
Rainbow146352.3703-23-2026
Rainbow70152.503-17-2026
Rainbow30001.3711-24-2025
Rainbow1451.004-15-2025
Rainbow94602.203-26-2025
Rainbow123632.36, 2.203-25-2025
Rainbow51922.46, 2.3603-24-2025
Rainbow30001.1711-25-2024

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

Gear for every species

Likely species (watershed)

Alaskan Stickleback, Largescale Sucker, 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.