Battle Ground Lake

In 2025, WDFW logged 20 release dates at Battle Ground Lake, spread over 9 months from Jan 10, 2025 to Dec 19, 2025. That is about 1,981 fish a date.

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

Key information

Size: 25.4 acres, 509 ft above sea level
Where: Inside Battle Ground Lake State Park, off Heisson Road. Nearest town named by WDFW: Battle Ground (about two miles northwest).
Bank fishing: Rated good, but bank access is limited; a fee dock is available.
Boats: Small boat ramp. Combustion motors are not allowed.
Stocking, per WDFW: Rainbow trout have been stocked since the late 1930s; rainbow and coastal cutthroat trout go in from late winter through spring.
Fish listed: Rainbow trout, coastal cutthroat, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, pumpkinseed and others.
Rules to check: A Discover Pass is needed to park unless you are staying at a registered campsite. Fishing for or keeping grass carp is prohibited. Two-pole fishing allowed.

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.

Battle Ground Lake in numbers

catchable trout in 2025: 39,618
so far in 2026, through Oct 30: 29,580
2025 against the 2015–2025 average of 35,347 a year: +12%

2026 is running behind 2025: 29,580 fish through Oct 30, against 35,418 by the same date a year earlier. The latest batch, 1,080 rainbow trout, went in on Oct 27, 2026, 9 days before this page was built.

WDFW lists Battle Ground Lake as 25.4 acres in Clark County, at 509 ft. The 2025 releases work out to about 1,560 catchable trout per acre here; 10 of the 37 waters on this site with a WDFW acreage were stocked more densely. It is the larger of the 2 Clark County waters on this site.

Release log

Every release since January 2025

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

Latest batch, Oct 27, 20261,080rainbow trout, 6 oz each

Autumn 2026

Oct 27Rainbow trout1,0802.6 per lb · avg 6 oz

Oct 26Rainbow trout1,0002.6 per lb · avg 6 oz

Spring 2026

May 20Rainbow trout4,5002 per lb · avg 8 oz

May 12Rainbow trout3,0002.6 per lb · avg 6 oz

Apr 21Rainbow trout1,5002 per lb · avg 8 oz

Apr 7Rainbow trout1,5002 per lb · avg 8 oz

Mar 26Rainbow trout3,0002.5 per lb · avg 6 oz

Mar 23Rainbow trout1,5002.2 per lb · avg 7 oz

Mar 9Rainbow trout1,5002.3 per lb · avg 7 oz

Winter 2026

Feb 24Rainbow trout2,0002.1 per lb · avg 8 oz

Feb 11Rainbow trout2,0002.1 per lb · avg 8 oz

Jan 27Rainbow trout2,0002.4 per lb · avg 7 oz

Jan 13Rainbow trout2,0002 per lb · avg 8 oz

Jan 12Rainbow trout3,0002.5 per lb · avg 6 oz

Autumn 2025

Nov 21Rainbow trout2,0000.9 per lb · avg 1.1 lb

Oct 27Rainbow trout2,0002.3 per lb · avg 7 oz

Summer 2025

Jun 4Rainbow trout480.2 per lb · avg 5.0 lb

Jun 3Rainbow trout5,1201.9 per lb · avg 8 oz

Spring 2025

May 20Rainbow trout3,0002.6 per lb · avg 6 oz

May 19Rainbow trout2,2002 per lb · avg 8 oz

Apr 22Rainbow trout1,5002.3 per lb · avg 7 oz

Apr 8Rainbow trout1,5002.5 per lb · avg 6 oz

Apr 4Rainbow trout3,0002.7 per lb · avg 6 oz

Mar 25Rainbow trout1,0001.7 per lb · avg 9 oz

Mar 19Cutthroat trout2,0002.3 per lb · avg 7 oz

Mar 14Rainbow trout2,0002.1 per lb · avg 8 oz

Winter 2025

Dec 19Rainbow trout2000.1 per lb · avg 10.0 lb

Dec 8Rainbow trout2,0002.1 per lb · avg 8 oz

Feb 25Rainbow trout1,3002.3 per lb · avg 7 oz

Feb 18Cutthroat trout2,0002.4 per lb · avg 7 oz

Feb 11Rainbow trout2,7502 per lb · avg 8 oz

Jan 28Rainbow trout1,5002.5 per lb · avg 6 oz

Jan 14Rainbow trout1,5002.5 per lb · avg 6 oz

Jan 10Rainbow trout3,0002.5 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 2023, with 17 release dates and 52,790 fish; the 2015–2025 average is 16.5 release dates a year.

2015: 28,661 catchable fish on 12 release dates
2016: 30,341 catchable fish on 14 release dates
2017: 35,579 catchable fish on 18 release dates
2018: 29,714 catchable fish on 17 release dates
2019: 31,223 catchable fish on 17 release dates
2020: 31,371 catchable fish on 14 release dates
2021: 37,541 catchable fish on 16 release dates
2022: 35,973 catchable fish on 19 release dates
53k2023: 52,790 catchable fish on 17 release dates
2024: 36,009 catchable fish on 18 release dates
40k2025: 39,618 catchable fish on 20 release dates
30k2026 (to Oct 30): 29,580 catchable fish on 14 release dates

How big are these fish?

4 to 8 oz: 46,380 fish, 67%
8 to 16 oz: 20,570 fish, 30%
1 to 2 lb: 2,000 fish, 3%
2 lb and over: 248 fish, 0%

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 5,120 rainbow trout on Jun 3, 2025. The heaviest fish were 200 rainbow trout on Dec 19, 2025, at 0.1 per lb, about 10.0 lb each.

Species in these records: rainbow trout, cutthroat trout.

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