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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Apr 25, 2023 | Rainbow | 16,000 | 2 | RAINBOW RESORT NP |
Apr 10, 2023 | Rainbow | 5,100 | 3 | PUYALLUP HATCHERY |
Nov 21, 2022 | Rainbow | 1,002 | 0.78 | EELLS SPRINGS |
Jun 15, 2022 | Rainbow | 1,400 | 2 | PUYALLUP HATCHERY |
Apr 29, 2022 | Rainbow | 15 | 0.2 | EELLS SPRINGS |
Apr 29, 2022 | Rainbow | 2,500 | 2.5 | EELLS SPRINGS |
Apr 21, 2022 | Rainbow | 4,000 | 2.5 | PUYALLUP HATCHERY |
Apr 15, 2022 | Rainbow | 23,000 | 2 | RAINBOW RESORT NP |
Nov 22, 2021 | Rainbow | 1,060 | 0.71 | EELLS SPRINGS |
Jun 18, 2021 | Rainbow | 1,020 | 1.7 | EELLS SPRINGS |