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Fishing regulations at Benjamin Lake, WA
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Fishing regulations in Washington can change throughout the year. Make sure to check this page before fishing for the most up to date rules and regulations for the current season. Local regulations govern when you can fish, the max size of the fish you can keep, how many fish you can keep, and more.
Below you will see fishing regulations for catching Largemouth bass as of April 1st, 2026. To view regulations for a different fish species, please click on your preferred species in the drop-down.
Largemouth bass
Seasons
Open
Bag limit
5
Memorable
1 > 17
Max size
12"
Measurement
Total Length
No min. size in lakes, ponds, and reservoirs. Only largemouth bass less than 12" may be retained, except 1 over 17" may be retained. Daily limit 5. No size restriction/daily limit in rivers, streams, and beaver ponds.
For more information please see State of Washington Fishing Regulations
Micropterus nigricans
COLVILLE RIVER
from the mouth to bridge at the town of Valley including Meyers Falls Reservoir
- All species
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
LITTLE PEND OREILLE RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
BAYLEY LAKE
- All species
- Fly fishing only. Motors prohibited.
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- CLOSED WATERS inlet stream.
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Catch and Release.
BLACK LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CEDAR LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
DEEP LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
DEER LAKE
- All game fish
- Mar. 1-Nov. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
ELBOW LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
HATCH LAKE
- All game fish
- 1st Fri. after Thanksgiving- Mar. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
LITTLE TWIN LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
LOON LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
MCDOWELL LAKE
- All species
- Motors prohibited. Fly fishing only.
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Catch and Release.
MUDGETT LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
PHALON LAKE
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
PHILLIPS LAKE
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
PIERRE LAKE
- All species
- Unlawful to use lead weights or lead jigs measuring 1 1/2" or less along the longest axis.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
POTTER'S POND
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
RIGLEY LAKE
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited. Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
- Other game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
ROCKY LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
ROOSEVELT LAKE
Little Dalles power line crossing upstream 1.7 miles to marked rock point CRC (549)
- All species
- Mar. 1-Fri. before Memo- rial Day
- CLOSED WATERS.
- Kokanee
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Last Day of Feb.
- No min. size. Daily limit 6. Up to 2 with intact adipose fins may be retained.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Last Day of Feb.
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 2.
- Walleye
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Last Day of Feb.
- Daily limit 16. No size restriction.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Last Day of Feb.
- Salmon count toward trout daily limit. No catch record card required.
- Sturgeon
- Year-round
- Closed.
from marked rock point 1.7 miles upstream of Little Dalles power line crossing to Northport power line crossing CRC (549)
- Kokanee
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 6. Up to 2 with intact adipose fins may be retained.
- Trout
- Year-round
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 2.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- Daily limit 16. No size restriction.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- Year-round
- Salmon count toward trout daily limit. No catch record card required.
- Sturgeon
- Year-round
- Closed.
Northport power line crossing to most upstream point of Steamboat Rock CRC (549)
- All species
- Mar. 1-Fri. before Memo- rial Day
- CLOSED WATERS.
- Kokanee
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Last Day of Feb.
- No min. size. Daily limit 6. Up to 2 with intact adipose fins may be retained.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Last Day of Feb.
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 2.
- Walleye
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Last Day of Feb.
- Daily limit 16. No size restriction.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Last Day of Feb.
- Salmon count toward trout daily limit. No catch record card required.
- Sturgeon
- Year-round
- Closed.
from most upstream point of Steamboat Rock to U.S. Canadian Border CRC (549)
- Kokanee
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 6. No more than 2 with intact adipose fins may be retained.
- Trout
- Year-round
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 2.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- Daily limit 16. No size restriction.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- Year-round
- Salmon count toward trout daily limit. No catch record card required.
- Sturgeon
- Year-round
- Closed.
Kettle Arm upstream to Barstow Bridge CRC (549)
- All species
- Mar. 1-Fri. before Memo- rial Day
- CLOSED WATERS.
- Kokanee
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Last Day of Feb.
- No min. size. Daily limit 6. Up to 2 with intact adipose fins may be retained.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Last Day of Feb.
- No min. size. Daily limit 5. Only adipose fin-clipped trout may be retained.
- Walleye
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Last Day of Feb.
- Daily limit 16. No size restriction.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Last Day of Feb.
- Salmon count toward trout daily limit. No catch record card required.
- Sturgeon
- Year-round
- Closed.
Grand Coulee Dam to Little Dalles power line crossing including Hawk Creek down- stream of the falls at Hawk Creek Campground and the Spokane Arm upstream to 400' below Little Falls Dam CRC (549)
- Kokanee
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 6. No more than 2 with intact adipose fins may be retained.
- Trout
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 5. Only adipose fin-clipped trout may be retained.
- Walleye
- Year-round
- Daily limit 16. No size restriction.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- Year-round
- Salmon count toward trout daily limit. No catch record card required.
- Sturgeon
- Year-round
- Closed.
SPRINGDALE CITY POND
AKA Lucky Duck Pond
- All species
- Open for juvenile anglers, senior anglers and anglers with a disability who possess a designated harvester companion card only. Two-Pole not allowed.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
STARVATION LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SUMMIT LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
WILLIAMS LAKE
- All game fish
- 1st Fri. after Thanksgiving- Mar. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
KETTLE RIVER
from Barstow Bridge upstream to U.S.- Canadian border
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
- Whitefish
- Nov. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Whitefish gear rules. Open for whitefish only.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Sturgeon
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Last Day of Feb.
- Closed.
from Canadian border upstream to Hwy. 21 Bridge at Curlew
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Selective gear rules, except for juvenile anglers (under the age of 15).
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
- Whitefish
- Nov. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Whitefish gear rules. Open for whitefish only.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from Hwy. 21 Bridge at Curlew upstream to Canadian border
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Min. size 14". Daily limit 2.
- Whitefish
- Nov. 1-Last Day of Feb.
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Whitefish gear rules. Open for whitefish only.
- Other game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
ROOSEVELT LAKE TRIBUTARIES
between Grand Coulee Dam and the Canadian border except tributaries listed elsewhere in Special Rules
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Sturgeon
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Closed.
LITTLE FALLS RESERVOIR
from Little Falls Dam to Long Lake Dam
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- Year-round
- Landlocked salmon rules.
- Sturgeon
- Year-round
- Closed.
LONG LAKE (LAKE SPOKANE)
from Long Lake Dam to Nine Mile Dam, including Little Spokane River from the mouth to the SR 291 Bridge
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Salmon
- Year-round
- Landlocked salmon rules.
Regulations for
47°51′37.5″N 118°00′23″W
FAQ about Benjamin Lake fishing
Benjamin Lake is a lake located in Stevens County, Washington, United States. Its coordinates are:
47°51′37.5″N 118°00′23″W
.Find the best fishing spots on Benjamin Lake by looking at where other anglers have caught fish. This can easily be done in the where it is also possible to see big fish potential and how good fishing is right now along with Garmin® depth maps.
The most common species in Benjamin Lake are:
- Largemouth bass - 2 members reported to have caught this fish
- Rainbow trout - 1 members reported to have caught this fish
The latest Benjamin Lake fishing reports are:
- @colbypeone reported a nice Largemouth bass.
- @johnrobert7470 reported a nice Largemouth bass.
- @johnrobert7470 reported a nice Largemouth bass.
- @johnrobert7470 reported a nice Largemouth bass.
- @Franco_72 reported a nice Rainbow trout.
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