Last stocked
August 4, 2024
Plants on record
8
Since 2011
Species recorded
1
Average size
1.4 in
Elevation
5,935.2 ft
How Clayton Lake is stocked
The first plant of the year usually falls in the second week of August. In 2024 it was August 4, 2024, about when it usually is.
No plants recorded in 8 years between 2011 and 2024.
Handkerchief Lake (4.8 mi), Blue Lake (7.4 mi), and Lion Lake (13.7 mi) were stocked more recently. Handkerchief Lake is also stocked with Cutthroat Trout, Blue Lake is also stocked with Cutthroat Trout, and Lion Lake is also stocked with Cutthroat Trout.
Fish at Clayton Lake
Fishing Clayton Lake is most likely to be for Cutthroat Trout. All 8 plants on record are Cutthroat Trout.
Around the dates Clayton Lake is stocked, Open-Meteo's 2016-2025 archive puts mean air temperature at 58.5°F in August, 59.9°F in July, 49.5°F in September. That is air temperature at these coordinates, not water temperature. Open-Meteo
Cutthroat Trout 8 plants
- Plants
- 8 of 8
- Last stocked
- August 4, 2024
- Average length
- 1.4 in
Fish stocked per year
- 6,0002011
- 6,0002012
- 3,0002015
- 3,0002019
- 3,0002021
- 3,0002024
Stocking history
| Date | Species | Quantity | Avg. length | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 4, 2024 | Cutthroat Trout | 3,000 | 1.5 in | report |
| July 14, 2021 | Cutthroat Trout | 3,000 | 1.4 in | report |
| August 19, 2019 | Cutthroat Trout | 386 | 1.01 in | report |
| August 19, 2019 | Cutthroat Trout | 1,481 | 1.08 in | report |
| August 19, 2019 | Cutthroat Trout | 1,133 | 1.18 in | report |
| September 8, 2015 | Cutthroat Trout | 3,000 | 2.4 in | report |
| August 8, 2012 | Cutthroat Trout | 6,000 | 1 in | report |
| August 9, 2011 | Cutthroat Trout | 6,000 | 2 in | report |
Species stocked here
Depth-by-season, top lures, and bait notes for each species stocked here are on its own species guide, linked above.