Horsethief Lake

Rainbow trout water; 8 stockings on the 2026 record.

Klickitat County · Washington · see it on the national map

8 stockings 2026

May 13 last stocked

18,100 fish reported

79 acres (NHD)

The year here

stocked last 7 days announced ahead · tap a tick for details

What swims here

Rainbow trout 8 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
Apr 8	Rainbow trout	catchable	3,000	completed
Apr 13	Rainbow trout	catchable	3,000	completed
Apr 14	Rainbow trout	catchable	3,000	completed
Apr 20	Rainbow trout	catchable	3,000	completed
Apr 22	Rainbow trout	catchable	30	completed
Apr 22	Rainbow trout	catchable	70	completed
May 6	Rainbow trout	catchable	3,000	completed
May 13	Rainbow trout	catchable	3,000	completed

Gear for this water

It has been a while since the trucks came. The holdovers have spread out and wised up; downsize and fish natural.

For the trout (rainbow trout stocked 8 times here in 2026, stillwater)

Dough bait rigs	floating dough bait 18 inches above a small egg sinker; hatchery fish know the smell
Casting spoons	1/8 to 1/4 oz in fluorescent or metallic; count down until you find the depth
Small crankbaits	trout-pattern cranks trolled or slow-retrieved off points

Suggestions follow from what the state actually stocks here and what kind of water it is, nothing else. No sponsored placements.

Nearby stocked waters

The closest waters with stocking pages of their own, straight-line miles from this one.

Water	Distance	Most recent
Spearfish Lake	1.8 mi	Jun 3
Rowland Lake	14 mi	Jun 1
Pine Hollow Reservoir OR	29 mi	next Oct 26
Laurance Lake OR	30 mi	next May 3 2027
Goose Lake	38 mi	Jun 10

Records from Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (official page). Placement from USGS GNIS and the National Hydrography Dataset. Schedules change without notice. Seasons, limits, and licenses: Washington fishing regulations.