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Mineral Lake fishing forecast today

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

Western Washington Updated 8:08 AM PST, Nov 5 Lewis County
WashingtonPacific Northwest
Bite outlook today Estimate
Very good
  • Light wind (up to 5 mph)
  • Stocked 21 days ago
Next best time
Today 6:11 AM
Prime: Dawn + Major moon period
Last stocked
Oct 15
50,003 rainbow trout (21 days ago)
Weather
40°F, Partly Sunny
Wind 1 mph SSE - pressure steady
Moon
Waning crescent
11% lit

Best times to fish

6:11 AM - 10:08 AMPrimeDawn - low light, fish move shallow; Major solunar period (moon overhead)
2:37 PM - 5:17 PMPrimeMinor solunar period (moonset); Dusk - the evening feed
8:40 PM - 10:40 PMMajor solunar period (moon underfoot)
All 4 times today
2:37 AM - 3:37 AMMinor solunar period (moonrise)
6:11 AM - 10:08 AMPrimeDawn - low light, fish move shallow; Major solunar period (moon overhead)
2:37 PM - 5:17 PMPrimeMinor solunar period (moonset); Dusk - the evening feed
8:40 PM - 10:40 PMMajor solunar period (moon underfoot)
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 4:47 PM 38-54°Fwind to 5 mph S
Stocking history16 plants, 115,182 fish in 12 months
DateFishSize
Oct 15, 202650,003 rainbow troutFry or fingerlings (future seasons)
Jul 14, 20261,063 rainbow troutCatchable - about 10 to 12 in
Jul 14, 20261,688 brown troutCatchable - about 10 to 12 in
Jul 8, 20263,500 brown troutCatchable - about 10 to 12 in
Apr 21, 20267,800 rainbow troutCatchable - about 10 to 12 in
Apr 19, 20265,800 brown troutCatchable - about 10 to 12 in
Apr 16, 20263,920 rainbow troutCatchable - about 10 to 12 in
Apr 15, 20263,920 rainbow troutCatchable - about 10 to 12 in
Apr 15, 20263,120 rainbow troutCatchable - about 10 to 12 in
Apr 8, 20264,050 rainbow troutCatchable - about 10 to 12 in
Apr 8, 20264,350 rainbow troutCatchable - about 10 to 12 in
Apr 8, 20263,750 rainbow troutCatchable - about 10 to 12 in
Mar 3, 20269,988 rainbow troutCatchable - about 10 to 12 in
Feb 24, 202611,880 rainbow troutCatchable - about 10 to 12 in
Feb 10, 2026200 rainbow troutJumbo - about 5.0 lb each
Feb 10, 2026150 rainbow troutJumbo - about 10.0 lb each

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

Email me every time Mineral Lake is stocked with troutAn ongoing alert, not a one-off: whenever Washington Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) releases fish into Mineral 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.
Mineral Lake: Mineral, United States, October 2020
Photo: Senapa, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped
Satellite view of Mineral Lake from above Satellite view
Imagery: USGS National Map (public domain). Pin = Mineral Lake.
Hourly weatherNWS
8 AM40°1 mphSSEPartly Sunny
9 AM43°1 mphSPartly Sunny
10 AM45°5 mphSPartly Sunny
11 AM48°5 mphSMostly Sunny
12 PM51°3 mphSSWMostly Sunny
1 PM53°2 mphSSWMostly Sunny
2 PM54°1 mphSSWPartly Sunny
3 PM54°1 mphSSWPartly Sunny
4 PM51°0 mphPartly Sunny
5 PM48°0 mphMostly Sunny
6 PM45°1 mphSSEMostly Cloudy
7 PM41°2 mphSEMostly Cloudy
8 PM40°3 mphSEMostly Cloudy
9 PM39°5 mphSEMostly Cloudy
10 PM39°5 mphSEMostly Cloudy
11 PM38°5 mphSEMostly Cloudy
12 AM38°3 mphSEMostly Cloudy
1 AM38°3 mphSEMostly Cloudy
2 AM38°3 mphSEMostly Cloudy
3 AM38°3 mphSECloudy
4 AM39°5 mphSE30% rain
5 AM39°5 mphSE32% rain
6 AM39°5 mphSECloudy
7 AM39°8 mphSECloudy

Partly sunny. High near 54, with temperatures falling to around 48 in the afternoon. South wind 0 to 5 mph. 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
Today6:56 AM
4:47 PM
Rise 3:07 AM
Set 3:07 PM
Minor 2:37 AM
Major 8:08 AM
Minor 2:37 PM
Major 8:40 PM
Fri 66:58 AM
4:46 PM
Rise 4:21 AM
Set 3:24 PM
Minor 3:51 AM
Major 8:56 AM
Minor 2:54 PM
Major 9:24 PM
Sat 76:59 AM
4:45 PM
Rise 5:33 AM
Set 3:43 PM
Minor 5:03 AM
Major 9:40 AM
Minor 3:13 PM
Major 10:08 PM
Sun 87:01 AM
4:43 PM
Rise 6:45 AM
Set 4:06 PM
Minor 6:15 AM
Major 10:28 AM
Minor 3:36 PM
Major 10:56 PM
Mon 97:02 AM
4:42 PM
Rise 7:56 AM
Set 4:34 PM
Minor 7:26 AM
Major 11:16 AM
Minor 4:04 PM
Tue 107:03 AM
4:41 PM
Rise 9:03 AM
Set 5:09 PM
Major 11:44 PM
Minor 8:33 AM
Major 12:08 PM
Minor 4:39 PM
Wed 117:05 AM
4:40 PM
Rise 10:03 AM
Set 5:53 PM
Major 12:36 AM
Minor 9:33 AM
Major 1:00 PM
Minor 5:23 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 Mineral Lake

Lowland lakes west of the Cascades, many close to Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia and Vancouver. Mild winters mean many of these lakes are stocked and fished year-round.

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 trout (stocked), cutthroat, kokanee, plus largemouth bass, perch and crappie in warmer months.

Also caught here: smallmouth bass, bluegill, 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
Cutthroat trout
Worms
Worms
Minnows
Minnows
Spinners
Spinners
Flies
Flies
Kokanee
Spinners
Spinners
Largemouth bass
Worms
Worms
Minnows
Minnows
Soft plastics
Soft plastics
Spinners
Spinners
Perch and crappie
Worms
Worms
Minnows
Minnows
Jigs
Jigs
Crappie
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