Triploid Trout Program...
In Spring 2001, 77 lakes throughout the state will be
stocked with large trout as part of a special program
passed by the state legislature. Purchased by the
Department of Fish and Wildlife, these triploid
rainbows average 1.5 pounds each. Called "triploid"
because they have three sets of chromosomes instead
of the normal two, these fish are naturally sterile, so
they put their feeding and energy into growth rather
than reproduction. Fish that "carry over," or are not
harvested and survive to the next season or beyond,
have the possibility to grow to trophy size. The
following lakes are scheduled to receive these fish.
- Asotin County: Golf Course and West Evans ponds
- Benton County: Columbia Park Lagoon
- Chelan County: Wapato Lake
- Clark County: Battleground Lake, Klineline Pond
- Cowlitz County: Horseshoe and Kress lakes
- Franklin County: Railroad Pond
- Grant County: Deep Lake
- Grays Harbor County: Aberdeen, Failor, and Sylvia
lakes
- Island County: Lone Lake
- Jefferson County: Gibbs and Horseshoe lakes
- King County: Angle, Geneva, Green, Meridian, Pine,
Rattlesnake, Steel and Wilderness lakes
- Kitsap County: Kitsap Lake
- Kittitas County: Mattoon and North Fio Rito lakes
- Klickitat County: North Rowland Lake
- Lewis County: Fort Borst Park and Mineral lakes
- Lincoln County: Fishtrap Lake
- Mason County: Benson, Haven, Phillips and Wooten
lakes
- Okanogan County: Spectacle Lake
- Pend Oreille County: Diamond Lake
- Pierce County: Bonney, Clear, Harts, Ohop, Rapjohn,
Spanaway and Tanwax lakes
- Skagit County: Clear Lake
- Skamania County: Icehouse, Kidney, Little Ash lakes
and Swift Power Canal
- Snohomish County: Blackmans, Bosworth, Flowing,
Martha (both Alderwood Manor and Warm
Beach), Silver and Storm lakes
- Spokane County: Amber, Badger, Clear, Fishtrap,
Liberty, Newman, Silver (north), West Medical
and Williams lakes
- Stevens County: Waitts Lake
- Thurston County: Clear, Deep, Hicks, McIntosh,
Munn, Offut, St. Clair and Ward lakes
- Walla Walla County: Bennington Lake and Quarry
Pond
- Yakima County: Mud and Myron lakes
