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Surprise Lake

WA · Yakima

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

At a glance

Acres
9.1 acres
Shoreline
0.6 miles of shoreline
County
Yakima County
Last stocked
July 14, 2025
Species
Cutthroat
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Conditions

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Stocking history

SpeciesQtySizeWhen
Cutthroat1100579.007-14-2025

Gear for the fish stocked here

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, Bridgelip Sucker, Chiselmouth, Largescale Sucker, Longnose Dace, Mottled Sculpin, Mountain Sucker, Redside Shiner, 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.