Lake Pleasant

About eight miles northeast of Forks, along Highway US-101. Pleasant Lake has a year round open fishing season. There is fair opportunity for Coastal Cutthroat Trout, with Kokanee fishing improving later in the spring. To protect anadromous sockeye smolts and adults, there is an eight-inch minimum on all trout, and 18-inch maximum length limit on Kokanee.

A county park on West Lake Pleasant Road provides a boat launch, loading and mooring docks, accessible restrooms, parking, and a playground.

Two-pole fishing is NOT allowed

Shoreline access: Good - The county park offers shoreline access, though most of the lake is private ownership.

Species you might catch

Lake information

County: Clallam
Acreage: 492.60 ac.
Elevation: 397 ft.
Center: 48.064034, -124.328724
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Fishing resources

Fishing prospects calendar

Rainbow trout

Fishing success for Rainbow Trout is generally best in the spring when thousands of fish are stocked statewide, but they can be caught year-round in most waters with a little patience and persistence. Success remains high into June and gradually declines as water temperatures increase and fish move offshore to stay cool. Fish that escaped the spring harvest return to the nearshore areas in the fall as waters cool off. Some waters may also be stocked again in the fall further boosting catch rates.

Coastal cutthroat trout (resident)

Fishing is best for Coastal Cutthroat in the spring and fall. There is a summer lull as fish move offshore into deeper waters to escape the summer heat in July and August. Catch is lowest in the late-winter while adults are spawning in tributary streams.

Kokanee

The Kokanee fishery typically lasts from April-October before the adults leave the lake to spawn in tributaries starting in late-October and early-November. Fishing is best in the spring before they move into deeper water to avoid warming water temperatures, but they can be targeted throughout the summer in deeper offshore areas near the thermocline. There may be a slight uptick in some waters in the fall as adults return to shallower water and move near shore towards spawning tributaries.

Brown bullhead

Fishing improves throughout the spring, peaking before the spawning period in May and June. Fishing may pick up in early Fall, followed by a decrease in action as waters cool. Winter is a difficult time to target this species.