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Fishing regulations at Pillar 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 Smallmouth bass as of April 2nd, 2026. To view regulations for a different fish species, please click on your preferred species in the drop-down.
Smallmouth bass
Seasons
Open
Bag limit
10
Memorable
1 > 14
Measurement
Total Length
No min. size in lakes, ponds, and reservoirs. Only 1 smallmouth bass over 14" may be retained. Daily limit 10. No size restriction/daily limit in rivers, streams, and beaver ponds.
For more information please see State of Washington Fishing Regulations
Micropterus dolomieui
DELANEY SPRING CREEK
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Oct. 31
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
FRENCHMAN HILLS WASTEWAYS AND DRAINS
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
GRANT AND ADAMS COUNTIES
all inlets and outlets of lakes, ponds, and reservoirs and all irrigation canals, wasteways, and drains in Grant and Adams counties except for Crab Creek, Rocky Ford Creek and Ponds, Columbia Basin Hatchery Creek, Bobcat Creek, Coyote Creek, Frenchman Hills Wasteway and Drains, Hays Creek, Red Rock Creek, Sand Hollow Creek, Lenore Lake inlet and outlet, and Nunnally Lake outlet.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide rules for lakes, ponds, and reservoirs apply for all species.
NUNNALLY LAKE OUTLET
Outlet stream of Nunnally Lake
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
RED ROCK CREEK
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
ROCKY FORD CREEK AND PONDS
- All species
- No wading. Fly fishing only. Bank fishing only.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Catch-and-release.
SAND HOLLOW CREEK
from SR 243 upstream and all tributaries
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
BEDA LAKE
- All species
- Selective gear rules. Internal combustion motors prohibited.
- Trout
- Year-round
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
BLUE LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
BURKE LAKE
- All game fish
- Mar. 1-Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CALICHE LAKE, UPPER
- All game fish
- Mar. 1-Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CASCADE LAKE
- All game fish
- Mar. 1-Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CATTAIL LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CLIFF LAKE
- All game fish
- Mar. 1-Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
COOT LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CRYSTAL LAKE
- All game fish
- Mar. 1-Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CUP LAKE
- All game fish
- Mar. 1-Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
DEEP LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
DRY FALLS LAKE
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited. Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Mar. 1-Nov. 30
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
- Other game fish
- Mar. 1-Nov. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
DUNE LAKE
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Year-round
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
DUSTY LAKE
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited. Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Mar. 1-Nov. 30
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
- Other game fish
- Mar. 1-Nov. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
EPHRATA LAKE
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
GADWALL LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
GOOSE LAKE, LOWER
- Bluegill
- Year-round
- No min. size. No daily limit. Up to 5 over 6" may be retained.
- Crappie
- Year-round
- Min. size 9". Daily limit 10.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
HAMPTON LAKES
(Lower and Upper)
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
HARRIS LAKE
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Year-round
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
HEN LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
HOMESTEAD LAKE
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited. Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Year-round
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
HOURGLASS LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
LEMNA LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
LENICE LAKE
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited. Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Mar. 1-Nov. 30
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
- Other game fish
- Mar. 1-Nov. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
LENORE LAKE
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited. Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Mar. 1-Nov. 30
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
- Other game fish
- Mar. 1-Nov. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
an area within a 200-yard radius of trash rack leading to the irrigation pumping station (south end of the lake)
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
an area approx. 100 yards beyond the mouth of inlet stream to State Hwy. 17
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
MARTHA LAKE
- All game fish
- Mar. 1-Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
MERRY LAKE
- All species
- Internal combustion motors prohibited. Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Mar. 1-Nov. 30
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
- Other game fish
- Mar. 1-Nov. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
MOSES LAKE
- Bluegill
- Year-round
- Min. size 8". Daily limit 5.
- Crappie
- Year-round
- Min. size 9". Daily limit 10.
- Yellow perch
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 25.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
NORTH POTHOLES RESERVE PONDS
those ponds or portions of ponds lying within the North Potholes Reserve
- All game fish
- Mar. 1-Day before opening of general waterfowl season
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Fishing from any floating device except float tubes prohibited.
NUNNALLY LAKE
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS the outlet stream to Nunnally Lake. Internal combustion motors prohibited. Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Mar. 1-Nov. 30
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
- Other game fish
- Mar. 1-Nov. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
PARK LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
PERCH LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
PILLAR LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
PING 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.
POACHER LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
POTHOLES RESERVOIR
- Bluegill
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit up to 25 bluegill and crappie combined.
- Crappie
- Year-round
- Min. size 9". Daily limit up to 25 bluegill and crappie combined.
- Yellow perch
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 25.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
QUINCY LAKE
- All game fish
- Mar. 1-Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SADDLE MOUNTAIN LAKE
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
SAGO LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SEDGE LAKE
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Year-round
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SHOVELER LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SNIPE LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
SPRING LAKES
(Upper and Lower)
- All game fish
- Mar. 1-Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
STRATFORD/BROOK LAKE
Stratford area
- All game fish
- Mar. 1-Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
TERN LAKE
- All species
- Selective gear rules.
- Trout
- Year-round
- Min. size 18". Daily limit 1.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
VIC MEYERS (RAINBOW) LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Eastern brook trout count as part of trout daily limit.
WARDEN LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
WARDEN LAKE, SOUTH
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
WIDGEON LAKE
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
WINCHESTER WASTEWAY
that portion within Winchester Game Reserve
- All game fish
- Mar. 1-Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
CRAB CREEK
from mouth to Morgan Lake Rd. in Sec. 36
- All game fish
- Sat. before Memorial Day-Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
from Morgan Lake Rd. in Sec. 36 to O'Sullivan Dam (including Marsh Units I and II impoundments)
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
from the confluence of the Moses Lake outlets to Sand Dunes Rd. including tributaries
- Bluegill
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Combined limit of bluegill and crappie is 25 fish.
- Crappie
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Min. length 9". Combined limit of crappie and bluegill is 25 fish.
- Yellow perch
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit. Except: Daily limit is 25 fish.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit for lakes, ponds, and reservoirs apply.
from the fountain buoy and shoreline markers of 150' downstream of the Alder Street fill to Grant County Rd. 7 NE
- Bluegill
- Year-round
- Min. size 8". Daily limit 5.
- Crappie
- Year-round
- Min. size 9". Daily limit 10.
- Yellow perch
- Year-round
- Daily limit 25.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit for lakes, ponds, and reservoirs apply.
above Grant County Rd. 7 and all tributaries except Goose Creek in the city of Wilbur
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
HAYS CREEK
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.-Sept. 30
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
PARA-JUVENILE LAKE
- All species
- Two-Pole not allowed.
- All game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
ROYAL LAKE AND ROYAL SLOUGH
including Marsh Unit 4 impoundments
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
TEAL LAKE, NORTH & SOUTH
- All game fish
- 4th Sat. in Apr.- Sept. 30
- 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.
ROOSEVELT LAKE
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.
BANKS LAKE
- All species
- Chumming permitted.
- Crappie
- Year-round
- Min. size 9". Daily limit 10.
- Yellow perch
- Year-round
- No min. size. Daily limit 25.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
RUFUS WOODS LAKE
from Chief Joseph Dam upstream to State Route 155 Bridge
- All species
- Douglas County shore (State license), on the water (either State or Tribal License accepted), Reservation (Tribal permit required or either license accepted at a signed "Designated Fishing Areas" (DFA) located and marked as such on the Colville Reservation shoreline).
- Trout
- Year-round
- Daily limit 2.
- Other game fish
- Year-round
- Statewide min. size/daily limit.
- Sturgeon
- Year-round
- Closed.
from State Route 155 Bridge upstream to Grand Coulee Dam
- All species
- CLOSED WATERS.
Regulations for
46°57′21.4″N 119°13′17″W
FAQ about Pillar Lake fishing
Pillar Lake is a lake located in Grant County, Washington, United States. Its coordinates are:
46°57′21.4″N 119°13′17″W
.Find the best fishing spots on Pillar 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 Pillar Lake are:
- Smallmouth bass - 2 members reported to have caught this fish
- Largemouth bass - 3 members reported to have caught this fish
The latest Pillar Lake fishing reports are:
- @calderfiske reported a nice Smallmouth bass.
- @calderfiske reported a nice Smallmouth bass.
- @calderfiske reported a nice Smallmouth bass.
- @calderfiske reported a nice Smallmouth bass.
- @eddimorales reported a nice Largemouth bass.
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