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By: TT-Airpocket
Posted: 7/5/2025
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/4/2025
Hot Spots: 0
Took my 4th of July to head out to Desire. On water at 8:15. Trolled two wedding rings, both orange in color. Had a stock trout within 100 yards from the launch in 5 minutes. Then things were quie...
By: Stringbean
Posted: 4/7/2022
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/7/2022
Hot Spots: 0
My son talked me into leaving work early so we could try our luck with the planters.We both limited in half an hour with the first 2 a double in about 30 seconds after leaving the launch.
Catch & rel...
By: AVS_15
Posted: 4/4/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/3/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Made a last minute decision to go to Lake Desire after work and it paid off. I could go into detail of how I caught the fish but it's really not necessary as they hit pretty much anything that moved....
By: ONCOfisher
Posted: 3/13/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/12/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Hadn't been fishing since my honeymoon on the Oregon coast a month ago - where I managed to slay a few fat surf perch before the storms got too strong.
I've had the itch for a while, so I figure wh...
By: eddiebishop
Posted: 7/20/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/20/2016
Hot Spots: 2
Recently bought and restored a smaller boat so I could start trying some of the smaller lakes where my big boat can't go. Lake Desire turned out to be a nearby fishery that provides a serene fishing e...
By: Juicy
Posted: 5/16/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/14/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Great fishing there Wednesday went with a friend both got our limit. thur went at 730pm got 4 trouts in 30 min the central east bank of the lake is full of fish
By: gregh987
Posted: 4/24/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Anyone else feel this is one of the few lakes left that needs to be stocked and stocked heavily. I have fished at this lake for many many years and have had much luck at this lake. But this year the s...
By: robert4681
Posted: 4/11/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Launched my 12' boat at 10:30 am and trolled with pop gear and a night crawler the length of the lake two times with only one hit which didn't stay hooked. Every other fisherman I talked too said it h...
Posted: 3/7/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/7/2014
Hot Spots: 3
Since the sun peek out today I figure I go fishing. Been reading the reports on Washington Lakes and Green Lake was in mind. As I headed out toward the free way, it was traffic time. I'll say around 2...
By: robert4681
Posted: 7/10/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Launched my 12' foot boat at 8:00 am and trolled pop gear with a nite crawler had 5 nice rainbows by 10:00 am.
By: missxheather5
Posted: 6/23/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/23/2013
Hot Spots: 2
So I've been here all week, improved my bait types, improved my time of day, got a new pole even (my other was a bit small and couldn't cast out far) and I've only caught TWO fish haha decent sized. B...
By: Ohcanada_00
Posted: 9/12/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/10/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Two teams of two set out early in the morning. I was in boat two trolling crank baits with my boat buddy doing the same. We trolled mostly the south end of the lake after a few runs around the north ...
By: TBear_fishin
Posted: 7/8/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I really would rate this outing 4 stars for the totally awesome weather we are currently having. Fishing from the dock at the boat launch with 2 other gentlemen, Tried a variety of methods, but settle...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/26/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/20/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Wow... what fun with 10-12" bows using black wooley bugger trolled on a light fly rod... bigger fish at the southeast end for sure, but fish everywhere! Kept 3, released a ton... a surprise for this l...
By: scout637
Posted: 6/4/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
This lake use to have bass in it. What happened? Did they poison them out? Sure has plenty of trout. You have to try real hard not to hook a trout. The trout are fun to catch but generally they are al...
By: Himself
Posted: 5/27/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Another great day on the lake...Friday was a bit tough, avoiding a nasty thunderstorm that came through. Saturday however produced more bites than i've had in a while. Only on the lake for an hour or...
By: WazzuBaker
Posted: 5/26/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Another great day on the water at Desire. Took a good buddy out to catch some fish around 1:30pm or so and got off the water by 3:00 pm. We trolled slowly with flatfish and brought 6 rainbows in the b...
By: gregh987
Posted: 5/23/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing was good to me today. Though the weather was nasty for this time of the year, I had my limit in a little over an hour. One of which actually snapped my line about 10 feet from the dock. Looked...
Posted: 5/15/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/14/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Caught 2 trout just before it was pitch black. Started at 7 stopped at 9.
By: WazzuBaker
Posted: 5/6/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/5/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got onto the water at 6:15 am, nice overcast conditions but the air temp had to be in the low 40's... glad I brought a beanie and warm jacket. Trolled for a solid 2 hours and snagged a couple decent r...
By: WazzuBaker
Posted: 4/15/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got on the water today by 7:00 am and had a bite on the first cast, knew it was going to be a good morning on Desire. Trolled slow in about 8-12 feet of water for a good couple of hours. Found one are...
Posted: 4/14/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/14/2012
Hot Spots: 0
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It was a beautiful day out and I decided to take my chances and ...
Posted: 10/30/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/30/2011
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy and I started out the day fishing the Green River for salmon but that didn't go to well. We checked out a spot we had good luck before and got nothing in the 1 hour or so that we fished ther...
By: tim crothers
Posted: 10/28/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/27/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to Desire today with some brand new Rapala type lures with hopes of landing my first ever Bass. It was about 2:00 and I had the dock all to myself wich is good as I was hoping to get some cas...
Posted: 10/23/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/23/2011
Hot Spots: 0
So the weather hasn't been all that great lately in western Washington and I still feel like we got ripped off on our Fall Bass Fishing Season. But it was nice out today and my buddy and I decided to...