Lake · Okanogan, Washington
Cougar Lake
At a glance
- Area
- 8 ha (19 acres)
Who lives here
- Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykissStocked · 2026 · Fish stocking: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Fish Plants (data.wa.gov)
Not listed doesn't mean no fish.
Stocking
| Year | Species | Stage | Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2026 | Cutthroat Trout | Yearling | 300 |
| May 11, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | Fry | 500 |
| Aug 18, 2025 | Cutthroat Trout | Fry | 300 |
| May 12, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | Fry | 1,000 |
| Apr 17, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | Legals | 100 |
| Aug 13, 2024 | Cutthroat Trout | Fry | 300 |
| Apr 30, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | Fry | 1,000 |
| Apr 18, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | Legals | 100 |
| Apr 18, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | Legals | 100 |
| May 17, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | Fry | 1,000 |
| Jun 16, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | Fry | 1,000 |
| Apr 18, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | Legals | 150 |
| May 13, 2021 | Rainbow Trout | Fry | 1,000 |
| Aug 21, 2020 | Cutthroat Trout | Fry | 300 |
| May 1, 2020 | Rainbow Trout | Legals | 150 |
| Apr 30, 2020 | Rainbow Trout | Fry | 1,000 |
| Sep 30, 2019 | Cutthroat Trout | Fingerling | 1,000 |
| Sep 10, 2019 | Cutthroat Trout | Fry | 300 |
| May 1, 2019 | Rainbow Trout | Fry | 1,000 |
| Apr 24, 2019 | Rainbow Trout | Legals | 75 |
As the agency publishes it. Newest first: 20 of 22.
Getting on the water
No public access site is listed for this water yet.
Listed by public agencies. A listed site doesn't make the water or its shore open to fishing: when in doubt, it's unknown. Check signs and local rules.
The rules
Summary, not the law. Check the official regulations before you fish.
HuntGrid has no rules for this water yet.
Official regulations: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
What's biting
This water is too small for community summaries: on a small water a summary could point to someone's spot.
About this page
Sources and licences:
- U.S. Geological Survey, National Hydrography Dataset Plus High Resolution (NHDPlus HR); U.S. Census Bureau, TIGER/Line® Shapefiles 2025: counties and states · Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. §105)
- Fish stocking: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Fish Plants (data.wa.gov) · No licence stated (US government data; owner approved 2026-10-17): data.wa.gov dataset 6fex-3r7d (WDFW-Fish Plants, read 2026-10-19) states no licence, and the portal's terms links are dead; wdfw.wa.gov's footer "All rights reserved" is the website's own (owner ruling 2026-10-17). Credit the agency; remove if asked.
The outline is drawn from the official water data credited above, without a basemap. These pages show no angler's catches, spots or tracks.