West Medical Lake

Most of the 2025 stocking at West Medical Lake was a spring job: 68% of 54,115 fish, March to May. The rest went in on Oct 28 and Nov 19.

WDFW data through Oct 30, 2026. Page updated November 5, 2026.

West Medical Lake in numbers

catchable trout in 2025: 54,115
so far in 2026, through Oct 30: 28,915
2025 against the 2015–2025 average of 28,398 a year: +91%

2026 is running behind 2025: 28,915 fish through Oct 30, against 54,010 by the same date a year earlier. The latest batch, 500 rainbow trout, went in on Oct 7, 2026, 29 days before this page was built.

WDFW lists West Medical Lake as 205.8 acres in Spokane County, at 2,427 ft. At 2,427 ft it is the third-highest of the 36 waters here with a listed elevation. It is the smallest of the 3 Spokane County waters on this site. Its 2025 stocking came to about 263 catchable trout per acre, 16th of the 37 waters on this site with a WDFW acreage.

Release log

Every release since January 2025

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

Latest batch, Oct 7, 2026500rainbow trout, 1.7 lb each

Autumn 2026

Oct 7Rainbow trout5000.6 per lb · avg 1.7 lb

Spring 2026

Mar 12Rainbow trout6,1712.5 per lb · avg 6 oz

Mar 4Brown trout6,7444.8 per lb · avg 3 oz

Mar 4Rainbow trout5000.3 per lb · avg 3.3 lb

Mar 3Brown trout15,0005 per lb · avg 3 oz

Autumn 2025

Nov 19Brown trout1050.6 per lb · avg 1.7 lb

Oct 28Rainbow trout17,29010 per lb · avg 2 oz

Spring 2025

Mar 27Brown trout6,0155 per lb · avg 3 oz

Mar 24Rainbow trout15,5012.5 per lb · avg 6 oz

Mar 19Rainbow trout2000.3 per lb · avg 3.3 lb

Mar 17Brown trout15,0045.3 per lb · avg 3 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. The busiest full year was 2025, with 6 release dates and 54,115 fish; the 2015–2025 average is 4.8 release dates a year.

2015: 54,001 catchable fish on 7 release dates
2016: 37,958 catchable fish on 9 release dates
2017: 36,013 catchable fish on 5 release dates
2018: 1,120 catchable fish on 2 release dates
2019: 27,652 catchable fish on 5 release dates
2020: 20,449 catchable fish on 4 release dates
2021: 19,655 catchable fish on 4 release dates
2022: 20,451 catchable fish on 4 release dates
2023: 20,713 catchable fish on 4 release dates
2024: 20,256 catchable fish on 3 release dates
54k2025: 54,115 catchable fish on 6 release dates
29k2026 (to Oct 30): 28,915 catchable fish on 4 release dates

How big are these fish?

Under 4 oz: 60,053 fish, 72%
4 to 8 oz: 21,672 fish, 26%
1 to 2 lb: 605 fish, 1%
2 lb and over: 700 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 17,290 rainbow trout on Oct 28, 2025. The heaviest fish were 500 rainbow trout on Mar 4, 2026, at 0.3 per lb, about 3.3 lb each.

Species in these records: rainbow trout, brown trout.

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