Fishtrap Creek

WA · Whatcom

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

At a glance

County: Whatcom County
Last stocked: June 12, 2026
Species: Rainbow, Coho, Chum

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Stocking history

Species	Qty	Size	When
Rainbow	1310	0.25, 1.8	06-12-2026
Coho	728	500.0	03-24-2026
Rainbow	1075	2.0, 0.4	06-13-2025
Chum	557	1500.0	03-24-2025

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

Coho Salmon

Rod: Same trolling rods as Chinook, 8.5 to 10.5 feet. For rivers and piers, drift rods rated 15 to 30 lb.

Line: 15 lb mono for trolling. Drift setups use lighter line than for Chinook.

Baits: spawn bags, salmon roe

Lures: bright red or orange spoons, crankbaits and floating-diving minnow plugs, spinners

Full Coho Salmon gear guide

Gear for every species

Likely species (watershed)

Alaskan Stickleback, Largescale Sucker, Longnose Dace, Prickly Sculpin, Redside Shiner, Reticulate Sculpin, Riffle Sculpin, 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.