Skamania County

Goose Lake

WDFW logged 5 releases of catchable trout at Goose Lake in 2025, 13,774 fish in all, starting May 22, 2025 and ending Sep 30, 2025.

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

Goose Lake in numbers

catchable trout in 2025: 13,774
so far in 2026, through Oct 30: 14,198
2025 against the 2015–2025 average of 19,509 a year: −29%

2026 is running close to 2025: 14,198 fish through Oct 30, against 13,774 by the same date a year earlier. The latest batch, 3,000 rainbow trout, went in on Jun 10, 2026, 148 days before this page was built.

WDFW lists Goose Lake as 73.6 acres in Skamania County, at 3,110 ft. The 2025 releases work out to about 187 catchable trout per acre here; 19 of the 37 waters on this site with a WDFW acreage were stocked more densely. At 3,110 ft it is the highest of the 36 waters here with a listed elevation.

Release log

Every release since January 2025

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

Latest batch, Jun 10, 20263,000rainbow trout, 7 oz each

Summer 2026

Jun 10Rainbow trout3,0002.3 per lb · avg 7 oz

Spring 2026

May 27Rainbow trout5,0002.2 per lb · avg 7 oz

May 26Rainbow trout3,0002.4 per lb · avg 7 oz

May 21Cutthroat trout1981 per lb · avg 1.0 lb

May 11Rainbow trout3,0002.4 per lb · avg 7 oz

Autumn 2025

Sep 30Cutthroat trout1,1191.6 per lb · avg 10 oz

Summer 2025

Aug 26Cutthroat trout1,1301.8 per lb · avg 9 oz

Jun 10Rainbow trout3,0002.4 per lb · avg 7 oz

Spring 2025

May 29Rainbow trout3,0002.5 per lb · avg 6 oz

May 29Cutthroat trout2,2252 per lb · avg 8 oz

May 22Cutthroat trout3,3002.2 per lb · avg 7 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 2020, with 11 release dates and 30,118 fish; the 2015–2025 average is 6.9 release dates a year.

2015: 15,212 catchable fish on 5 release dates
2016: 22,751 catchable fish on 6 release dates
2017: 23,167 catchable fish on 9 release dates
2018: 13,414 catchable fish on 5 release dates
2019: 17,300 catchable fish on 6 release dates
30k2020: 30,118 catchable fish on 11 release dates
2021: 21,785 catchable fish on 8 release dates
2022: 20,072 catchable fish on 8 release dates
2023: 19,106 catchable fish on 8 release dates
2024: 17,904 catchable fish on 5 release dates
14k2025: 13,774 catchable fish on 5 release dates
14k2026 (to Oct 30): 14,198 catchable fish on 5 release dates

How big are these fish?

4 to 8 oz: 23,300 fish, 83%
8 to 16 oz: 4,474 fish, 16%
1 to 2 lb: 198 fish, 1%

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 5,000 rainbow trout on May 27, 2026. The heaviest fish were 198 cutthroat trout on May 21, 2026, at 1 per lb, about 1.0 lb each.

Species in these records: rainbow trout, cutthroat trout.

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