Lake · Okanogan, Washington
Patterson Lake
At a glance
- Area
- 65 ha (160 acres)
Who lives here
- Brown trout Salmo truttaStocked · 2026 · Fish stocking: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Fish Plants (data.wa.gov)
- Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykissStocked · 2026 · Fish stocking: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Fish Plants (data.wa.gov)
- Sockeye salmon Oncorhynchus nerkaStocked · 2026 · Fish stocking: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Fish Plants (data.wa.gov)
- Tiger trout Salmo trutta × Salvelinus fontinalisStocked · 2023 · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | Legals | 2,000 |
| Sep 16, 2026 | Brown Trout | Legals | 2,150 |
| Jun 2, 2026 | Kokanee | Fry | 16,229 |
| Jun 2, 2026 | Kokanee | Fry | 8,771 |
| Sep 26, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | Legals | 2,500 |
| Sep 9, 2025 | Brown Trout | Legals | 2,500 |
| May 20, 2025 | Kokanee | Fry | 4,492 |
| May 20, 2025 | Kokanee | Fry | 20,581 |
| Sep 18, 2024 | Brown Trout | Legals | 2,500 |
| Aug 30, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | Legals | 2,500 |
| May 29, 2024 | Kokanee | Fry | 25,000 |
| Sep 15, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | Legals | 2,500 |
| Sep 14, 2023 | Tiger Trout | Legals | 2,500 |
| Jun 20, 2023 | Tiger Trout | Fry | 5,000 |
| May 30, 2023 | Kokanee | Fry | 15,000 |
| Oct 7, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | Legals | 2,500 |
| Oct 6, 2022 | Tiger Trout | Legals | 2,500 |
| May 17, 2022 | Kokanee | Fry | 13,974 |
| Nov 3, 2021 | Rainbow Trout | Legals | 1,600 |
| Oct 18, 2021 | Tiger Trout | Legals | 2,500 |
As the agency publishes it. Newest first: 20 of 43.
Getting on the water
- Patterson LakeBoat launch · Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
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.
- Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife · No licence stated (US government data; owner approved 2026-10-17)
The outline is drawn from the official water data credited above, without a basemap. These pages show no angler's catches, spots or tracks.