Lake Ellen

Fishing and stocking

Rainbow trout water; one stocking on the 2026 record, in March. A 75-acre lake.

Ferry County · Washington · see it on the national map

last stocked Mar 25 212 days ago

best window 9:58-11:58 pm solunar major today

1 stocking 2026

1,000 fish reported

75 acres (NHD)

The year here

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

What swims here

Rainbow trout 1 stocking

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
Mar 25	Rainbow trout	catchable	1,000	completed

When to fish Lake Ellen

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:35-11:35 am and 9:58-11:58 pm	3:54-4:54 am and 4:01-5:01 pm
Tomorrow	10:21 am-12:21 pm and 10:46 pm-12:46 am	5:11-6:11 am and 4:18-5:18 pm

Moon: waxing gibbous, 93% lit. These are solunar periods, the traditional feeding-time theory: majors around the moon's transit overhead and underfoot, minors around moonrise and moonset. Theory, not a measurement. Times are Pacific Time (PDT).

What the record actually says

Last stocked Mar 25

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · Washington fishing forecast

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 1 time 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
Rigley Lake	16 mi	Mar 25
Hatch Lake	21 mi	Oct 12
Williams Lake	22 mi	Oct 12
Ferry Lake	26 mi	Apr 3
Waitts Lake	31 mi	Mar 10

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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.