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Liberty Lake fishing forecast today

Today's best fishing times, weather, moon and the latest trout stocking for Liberty Lake in Spokane County, Washington.

Eastern Washington Updated 9:08 AM PST, Nov 5 Spokane County
WashingtonPacific Northwest
Bite outlook today Estimate
Good
  • Light wind (up to 6 mph)
Next best time
Today 5:53 AM
Prime: Dawn + Major moon period
Last stocked
Oct 14
5,347 rainbow trout (22 days ago)
Weather
42°F, Chance Light Rain
Wind 5 mph SW - pressure steady
Moon
Waning crescent
11% lit

Best times to fish

5:53 AM - 9:48 AMPrimeDawn - low light, fish move shallow; Major solunar period (moon overhead)
2:15 PM - 4:55 PMPrimeMinor solunar period (moonset); Dusk - the evening feed
8:20 PM - 10:20 PMMajor solunar period (moon underfoot)
All 4 times today
2:16 AM - 3:16 AMMinor solunar period (moonrise)
5:53 AM - 9:48 AMPrimeDawn - low light, fish move shallow; Major solunar period (moon overhead)
2:15 PM - 4:55 PMPrimeMinor solunar period (moonset); Dusk - the evening feed
8:20 PM - 10:20 PMMajor solunar period (moon underfoot)
Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 4:25 PM 40-50°Fwind to 6 mph SW
Stocking history12 plants, 97,787 fish in 12 months
DateFishSize
Oct 14, 20265,347 rainbow troutFry or fingerlings (future seasons)
Oct 14, 202614,651 rainbow troutFry or fingerlings (future seasons)
Oct 8, 202620,685 brown troutFry or fingerlings (future seasons)
Oct 8, 202614,322 brown troutFry or fingerlings (future seasons)
May 20, 20269,545 eastern brook troutFry or fingerlings (future seasons)
May 18, 20261 rainbow troutFry or fingerlings (future seasons)
May 13, 20262,000 channel catfishLarge - about 12 to 15 in
May 11, 202625,086 rainbow troutFry or fingerlings (future seasons)
Feb 25, 20264,000 rainbow troutCatchable - about 10 to 12 in
Feb 25, 2026350 rainbow troutJumbo - about 3.0 lb each
Nov 19, 20251,200 eastern brook troutLarge - about 12 to 15 in
Nov 19, 2025600 brown troutJumbo - about 1.8 lb each

From Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife hatchery release records, updated daily. See the full Washington stocking report.

Email me every time Liberty Lake is stocked with troutAn ongoing alert, not a one-off: whenever Washington Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) releases fish into Liberty Lake, we email you that day with how many fish and what size. At most one email a day. Free - confirm with one click, and every email has a one-click stop link.
Liberty Lake: w:Liberty Lake (Washington) looking north from the south side of the lake, as seen on February 13, 2023.
Photo: Locke Cole, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped
Satellite view of Liberty Lake from above Satellite view
Imagery: USGS National Map (public domain). Pin = Liberty Lake.
Hourly weatherNWS
9 AM42°5 mphSW52% rain
10 AM44°6 mphSW22% rain
11 AM46°6 mphSW22% rain
12 PM48°6 mphSW22% rain
1 PM48°6 mphSW22% rain
2 PM50°6 mphSW22% rain
3 PM50°5 mphSW22% rain
4 PM49°2 mphSWMostly Sunny
5 PM48°2 mphSMostly Sunny
6 PM47°3 mphSPartly Cloudy
7 PM46°3 mphSPartly Cloudy
8 PM44°3 mphSEPartly Cloudy
9 PM43°3 mphSEPartly Cloudy
10 PM43°3 mphSEPartly Cloudy
11 PM42°2 mphSEPartly Cloudy
12 AM42°2 mphEMostly Clear
1 AM41°2 mphEPartly Cloudy
2 AM39°2 mphEPatchy Fog
3 AM38°2 mphEPatchy Fog
4 AM38°2 mphEPatchy Fog
5 AM38°2 mphEPatchy Fog
6 AM38°2 mphEPatchy Fog
7 AM38°3 mphEPatchy Fog
8 AM39°3 mphEPatchy Fog

A chance of rain before 4pm. Partly sunny. High near 50, with temperatures falling to around 48 in the afternoon. Southwest wind 2 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sun and moonWaning crescent
Waning crescent
11% of the moon is lit
DaySunMoonSolunar periods
Today6:38 AM
4:25 PM
Rise 2:46 AM
Set 2:45 PM
Minor 2:16 AM
Major 7:48 AM
Minor 2:15 PM
Major 8:20 PM
Fri 66:40 AM
4:23 PM
Rise 4:00 AM
Set 3:02 PM
Minor 3:30 AM
Major 8:32 AM
Minor 2:32 PM
Major 9:04 PM
Sat 76:41 AM
4:22 PM
Rise 5:14 AM
Set 3:20 PM
Minor 4:44 AM
Major 9:20 AM
Minor 2:50 PM
Major 9:48 PM
Sun 86:43 AM
4:21 PM
Rise 6:27 AM
Set 3:42 PM
Minor 5:57 AM
Major 10:04 AM
Minor 3:12 PM
Major 10:36 PM
Mon 96:44 AM
4:19 PM
Rise 7:38 AM
Set 4:09 PM
Minor 7:08 AM
Major 10:56 AM
Minor 3:39 PM
Tue 106:46 AM
4:18 PM
Rise 8:46 AM
Set 4:43 PM
Major 11:24 PM
Minor 8:16 AM
Major 11:44 AM
Minor 4:13 PM
Wed 116:47 AM
4:17 PM
Rise 9:47 AM
Set 5:27 PM
Major 12:12 AM
Minor 9:17 AM
Major 12:36 PM
Minor 4:57 PM

Calculated for this location. Moon times are accurate to within a few minutes. Major periods are the 2 hours around the moon passing overhead or underfoot; minor periods are the hour around moonrise and moonset.

Fishing Liberty Lake

Lakes east of the Cascades, from the Okanogan to Spokane and the Columbia Basin. Colder winters and hot summers - spring and fall are prime trout seasons.

What's biting now (Fall): Fall stocking of catchable and jumbo trout in many western Washington lakes; trout feed well as water cools.

Commonly caught in this area: Rainbow, brown and tiger trout, kokanee, plus bass, walleye and perch in some lakes.

Also caught here: smallmouth bass, walleye, crappie, bluegill, channel catfish, tiger muskie, brook trout.

Freshly stocked trout tend to cruise near the surface and along the shoreline in the first days after a plant. Simple setups work: a small spinner, a bobber with bait or PowerBait, or a slowly trolled small lure.

Best baits here6 fish
Rainbow trout (stocked)
Dough bait
Dough bait
Worms
Worms
Spinners
Spinners
Spoons
Spoons
Brown and tiger trout
Worms
Worms
Minnows
Minnows
Plugs
Plugs
Spoons
Spoons
Kokanee
Spinners
Spinners
Largemouth bass
Worms
Worms
Minnows
Minnows
Soft plastics
Soft plastics
Spinners
Spinners
Walleye
Worms
Worms
Spinners
Spinners
Minnows
Minnows
Jigs
Jigs
Perch and crappie
Worms
Worms
Minnows
Minnows
Jigs
Jigs

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How the bite outlook works

The rating is our estimate, not a guarantee. It combines recent stocking, wind, rain and storms, temperature swings, the moon phase and how well the solunar periods line up with dawn and dusk. Fish do not read forecasts - local knowledge always wins. Read more