Fishing Report For Lake Cushman, WA

By Rick Seaman

April 8, 2025

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Fishing Report Lake Cushman, WA

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Popular Fish Species Lake Cushman, WA

Kokanee Salmon

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good

Stocked kokanee populate the lake in schools of catchable size, many around 16" to 18". Locating schools and establishing the depth for the day is key. There is not a lot of fishing pressure here, but many of the successful anglers report finding kokanee hanging out 10 or 15 feet below schools of rainbows. Spoons and kokanee spinner rigs, tipped with maggots or scented shoepeg corn, are working well for slow drifting or trolling.

Cutthroat Trout

Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Very Good

These cutthroat trout in Lake Cushman don't get much fishing pressure, so they tend to grow to bragging size before getting caught. Twenty-inch cuts are quite common. Casting or trolling are both working, depending on the depth these trout are holding. Spinners, spoons and baited flashers are all catching nice fish. The diet of these cutthroat trout consists of insects, small fishes and crustaceans. Locals report the need to match the hatch when fly fishing. Others are using small spinners, imitating minnows, to tempt them into biting.

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Guide to fishing for cutthroat trout and kokanee salmon at Lake Cushman in Washington.

Lake Cushman is a 4,000-acre lake, 8 miles long with 23 miles of shoreline. Fish species found in Lake Cushman are cutthroat trout and kokanee salmon. There is access for fishing from the bank and several options for boat launching.

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Rick Seaman is a fishing enthusiast with over five decades of fishing experience, a retired tournament fisherman, author of numerous published articles on fishing, and co-author of the book "Bass Fishing - It's not WHAT you throw, It's WHERE you throw it".