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Franks Pond, Chelan County, Washington
Chelan County

Franks Pond

2,700 catchable trout went into Franks Pond in 2025, in 6 releases between Apr 24, 2025 and Jun 11, 2025.

WDFW data through Oct 30, 2026. Page updated .

Franks Pond in numbers

catchable trout in 2025
2,700
so far in 2026, through Oct 30
2,560
2025 against the 2015–2025 average of 2,411 a year
+12%

2026 is running close to 2025: 2,560 fish through Oct 30, against 2,700 by the same date a year earlier. The latest batch, 350 rainbow trout, went in on Jun 5, 2026, 153 days before this page was built.

WDFW lists Franks Pond as 0.6 acres in Chelan County, at 720 ft. For its size it is stocked heavily: about 4,355 catchable trout per acre in 2025, the second-highest rate of the 37 waters on this site with a WDFW acreage. It is the smallest of the 3 Chelan County waters on this site.

Release log

Every release since January 2025

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

Latest batch, Jun 5, 2026350rainbow trout, 8 oz each
Summer 2026
Jun 5Rainbow trout3502.1 per lb · avg 8 oz
Spring 2026
May 28Rainbow trout4502.3 per lb · avg 7 oz
May 21Rainbow trout4402.3 per lb · avg 7 oz
May 14Rainbow trout4402.3 per lb · avg 7 oz
May 6Rainbow trout4402.4 per lb · avg 7 oz
Apr 30Rainbow trout4402.4 per lb · avg 7 oz
Summer 2025
Jun 11Rainbow trout1,0502.1 per lb · avg 8 oz
Spring 2025
May 30Rainbow trout501 per lb · avg 1.0 lb
May 29Rainbow trout2002 per lb · avg 8 oz
May 21Rainbow trout5002.5 per lb · avg 6 oz
May 15Rainbow trout3502.1 per lb · avg 8 oz
Apr 24Rainbow trout5502.2 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. A dash means WDFW has no record for that year. The busiest full year was 2020, with 13 release dates and 3,998 fish; the 2015–2025 average is 7.1 release dates a year.

  1. 2015: no record
  2. 2016: 1,390 catchable fish on 12 release dates
  3. 2017: 1,113 catchable fish on 5 release dates
  4. 2018: 1,530 catchable fish on 3 release dates
  5. 2019: 1,334 catchable fish on 6 release dates
  6. 4k2020: 3,998 catchable fish on 13 release dates
  7. 2021: 1,838 catchable fish on 6 release dates
  8. 2022: 3,353 catchable fish on 7 release dates
  9. 2023: 2,888 catchable fish on 8 release dates
  10. 2024: 3,966 catchable fish on 5 release dates
  11. 3k2025: 2,700 catchable fish on 6 release dates
  12. 3k2026 (to Oct 30): 2,560 catchable fish on 6 release dates

How big are these fish?

4 to 8 oz
5,010 fish, 95%
8 to 16 oz
200 fish, 4%
1 to 2 lb
50 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 1,050 rainbow trout on Jun 11, 2025. The heaviest fish were 50 rainbow trout on May 30, 2025, at 1 per lb, about 1.0 lb each.

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

Straight-line distance between the map points WDFW gives for each water, not driving distance.

Also in Chelan County: Fish Lake, Roses Lake.