Lake · Whatcom, Washington
Lake Padden
At a glance
- Area
- 60 ha (148 acres)
Who lives here
- Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykissStocked · 2026 · Fish stocking: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Fish Plants (data.wa.gov)
- Sockeye salmon Oncorhynchus nerkaStocked · 2025 · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | Legals | 1,750 |
| Apr 21, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | Legals | 4,200 |
| Apr 20, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | Legals | 4,200 |
| Apr 14, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | Legals | 6,600 |
| Nov 13, 2025 | Cutthroat Trout | Fingerling | 10,675 |
| Nov 10, 2025 | Kokanee | Fry | 30,015 |
| Apr 18, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | Legals | 3,138 |
| Apr 14, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | Legals | 3,105 |
| Apr 11, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | Legals | 3,433 |
| Apr 10, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | Legals | 3,468 |
| Apr 9, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | Legals | 3,192 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | Legals | 2,730 |
| Nov 8, 2024 | Kokanee | Fry | 30,500 |
| Oct 15, 2024 | Cutthroat Trout | Fingerling | 10,330 |
| Apr 24, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | Legals | 6,828 |
| Apr 16, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | Legals | 8,280 |
| Apr 3, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | Legals | 6,135 |
| Nov 1, 2023 | Cutthroat Trout | Fingerling | 10,135 |
| Oct 16, 2023 | Kokanee | Fry | 30,500 |
| Apr 17, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | Legals | 10,023 |
As the agency publishes it. Newest first: 20 of 67.
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
Not enough anglers have shared catches here lately. A species shows for a week once at least 5 anglers share catches of it.
From anglers who chose to share their catches in HuntGrid Fishing, each counted once, counts rounded to the nearest 5, published 3 days after the week ends and never changed. Never a spot, time or name.
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.