Roses Lake

Roses Lake is not only a spring water. In 2025, 37,128 of its 42,828 catchable trout (87%) were released in autumn, against 5,700 in spring.

WDFW data through Oct 30, 2026. Page updated November 5, 2026.

Key information

Size: 178.2 acres, 1,168 ft above sea level
Where: About one mile north of Manson. Nearest town named by WDFW: Manson.
Bank fishing: Rated good, mainly around the boat launch, dock and parking area on the south side.
Boats: WDFW public access with boat launch, dock, parking and an ADA fishing platform.
Stocking, per WDFW: Rainbow trout in spring and fall; catchable brown and tiger trout in early fall.
Fish listed: Rainbow, brown and tiger trout, largemouth bass, yellow perch, black crappie, bluegill, channel catfish and others.
Rules to check: Two-pole fishing allowed. WDFW notes the lake is good for ice fishing.

From the WDFW page for this water, read on November 5, 2026. Access, rules and closures change, so check that page and the current fishing rules before you go.

Roses Lake in numbers

catchable trout in 2025: 42,828
so far in 2026, through Oct 30: 33,950
2025 against the 2015–2025 average of 26,532 a year: +61%

2026 is running behind 2025: 33,950 fish through Oct 30, against 42,828 by the same date a year earlier. The latest batch, 22,630 rainbow trout, went in on Oct 12, 2026, 24 days before this page was built.

WDFW lists Roses Lake as 178.2 acres in Chelan County, at 1,168 ft. The 2025 releases work out to about 240 catchable trout per acre here; 17 of the 37 waters on this site with a WDFW acreage were stocked more densely.

Release log

Every release since January 2025

12 species-date records, newest first. Fish per lb is the figure WDFW reports for each batch.

Latest batch, Oct 12, 202622,630rainbow trout, 6 oz each

Autumn 2026

Oct 12Rainbow trout22,6302.8 per lb · avg 6 oz

Sep 15Tiger trout2,0002.5 per lb · avg 6 oz

Sep 14Brown trout2,0002.5 per lb · avg 6 oz

Spring 2026

Apr 7Rainbow trout1,6202.7 per lb · avg 6 oz

Mar 24Rainbow trout5,7002.2 per lb · avg 7 oz

Autumn 2025

Oct 27Rainbow trout28,6252.5 per lb · avg 6 oz

Sep 17Brown trout4,0033.7 per lb · avg 4 oz

Sep 17Tiger trout5003.3 per lb · avg 5 oz

Sep 15Tiger trout2,0003.3 per lb · avg 5 oz

Sep 11Brown trout2,0003.7 per lb · avg 4 oz

Spring 2025

Mar 21Rainbow trout1,7001.8 per lb · avg 9 oz

Mar 20Rainbow trout4,0002.6 per lb · avg 6 oz

2015 – 2026

Fish released each year

2025 is yellow. 2026 is outlined because the year is not over: the data runs to Oct 30, 2026. The busiest full year was 2025, with 6 release dates and 42,828 fish; the 2015–2025 average is 4.7 release dates a year.

2015: 24,229 catchable fish on 4 release dates
2016: 18,348 catchable fish on 3 release dates
2017: 20,444 catchable fish on 3 release dates
2018: 19,663 catchable fish on 1 release date
2019: 10,677 catchable fish on 3 release dates
2020: 32,096 catchable fish on 5 release dates
2021: 35,125 catchable fish on 8 release dates
2022: 26,125 catchable fish on 7 release dates
2023: 31,721 catchable fish on 7 release dates
2024: 30,600 catchable fish on 5 release dates
43k2025: 42,828 catchable fish on 6 release dates
34k2026 (to Oct 30): 33,950 catchable fish on 5 release dates

How big are these fish?

4 to 8 oz: 75,078 fish, 98%
8 to 16 oz: 1,700 fish, 2%

Weight is 1 ÷ fish per lb, as WDFW reports it for each batch. It is a batch average, not a guarantee for any one fish. Counts cover every release since January 2025.

Notes from the records

The biggest single batch since January 2025 was 28,625 rainbow trout on Oct 27, 2025. The heaviest fish were 1,700 rainbow trout on Mar 21, 2025, at 1.8 per lb, about 9 oz each.

Species in these records: rainbow trout, tiger trout, brown trout.

Timing shifts from year to year. Treat this as a pattern, not a promise.