Tanwax Lake is open Year-Round and offers good opportunity to harvest hatchery stocked rainbow trout, naturally reproducing largemouth bass, black crappie, yellow perch, brown bullhead catfish, and pumpkinseed sunfish. Crappie is managed with a 9-inch minimum size and a 10 fish bag limit.
A WDFW access on the south shore provides a paved boat ramp and toilets. Two private resorts also provide boat rentals, dock and bank access.
Two-pole fishing is NOT allowed
Shoreline access: Good - Multiple resorts and area around boat ramp provides adequate shoreline fishing access
Species you might catch
Lake information
County: Pierce
Acreage: 172.80 ac.
Elevation: 613 ft.
Center: 46.950231, -122.266436
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Catchable fish plants
Stock Date | Species | Number Released | Number of Fish Per Pound | Facility |
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May 15, 2024 | Rainbow | 5,000 | 2.5 | PUYALLUP HATCHERY |
May 1, 2024 | Rainbow | 1,000 | 2.5 | PUYALLUP HATCHERY |
Apr 15, 2024 | Rainbow | 9,000 | 2.5 | RAINBOW RESORT NP |
Apr 5, 2024 | Rainbow | 2,015 | 2.36 | EELLS SPRINGS |
Apr 5, 2024 | Rainbow | 9 | 0.2 | EELLS SPRINGS |
Apr 2, 2024 | Rainbow | 4,000 | 2.7 | PUYALLUP HATCHERY |
Nov 20, 2023 | Rainbow | 1,005 | 0.87 | EELLS SPRINGS |
Nov 9, 2023 | Rainbow | 195 | 0.73 | EELLS SPRINGS |
Nov 9, 2023 | Rainbow | 3 | 0.2 | EELLS SPRINGS |
May 15, 2023 | Rainbow | 1,000 | 2.5 | PUYALLUP HATCHERY |