Lake Desire is a freshwater lake located in King County, Washington. At an elevation of 491 ft. and 68.9 acres, it's home to several species of fish, including yellow perch, rainbow trout, largemouth bass and pumpkinseed sunfish. Lake Desire provides good shoreline access and a boat launch.
Stocked Fish: RainbowLake Desire has been historically stocked with rainbow. The largest rainbow ever stocked is 0.61 lbs. This year so far, there has been 2 stockings of rainbow at an average of 0.5 lbs. In the past, Lake Desire stocked tens of thousands of rainbow averaging 0.45 lbs.
Date | Quantity | Fish |
May 16, 2024 | 825 | Rainbow @ 0.45lbs |
April 18, 2024 | 8000 | Rainbow @ 0.5lbs |
April 5, 2023 | 8008 | Rainbow @ 0.45lbs |
June 21, 2022 | 1250 | Rainbow @ 0.61lbs |
April 6, 2022 | 4936 | Rainbow @ 0.4lbs |
April 6, 2022 | 1564 | Rainbow @ 0.43lbs |
March 31, 2021 | 8064 | Rainbow @ 0.36lbs |
May 27, 2020 | 2507 | Rainbow @ 0.43lbs |
April 15, 2020 | 8000 | Rainbow @ 0.4lbs |
April 3, 2017 | 6259 | Rainbow @ 0.45lbs |
April 3, 2017 | 790 | Rainbow @ 0.39lbs |
May 10, 2016 | 4105 | Rainbow @ 0.59lbs |
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Lake Desire provides excellent opportunities for rainbow trout as well as good opportunities for yellow perch and largemouth bass. There is also a chance to catch pumpkinseed sunfish throughout the year.
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Pumpkinseed Sunfish |
An modestly traveled lake, there has been some successful reports by anglers at Lake Desire over the past few years.
Anglers reported the most success with rainbow trout.
Largemouth bass is also a popular species to fish for at Lake Desire.
A list of the best bait to use for stocked rainbow trout.
There are a number of similar sized lakes relatively close to Lake Desire, including
Shady Lake, Spring Lake, Shadow Lake, Wilderness Lake and Lake Meridian.
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