Mirror Lake

Pend Oreille River Drainage

  • Recommended Fishing Water

Mirror Lake in Bonner County is 84.9 acres.

Facilities

Motor Restriction
Yes
Boat Ramp
Yes
Dock
No
Toilet
Yes
Campground
Yes
ADA Access
Yes

Directions

Boat ramp use is free of charge, but dock, restroom, and camping requires a fee.

Recommended Game Fish

Species Observed in Surveys

Fish Stocking Records

Date Species Quantity General Size
2023/05/25 Rainbow Trout 776 Greater than 6 inches
2023/05/16 Rainbow Trout 574 Greater than 6 inches
2023/05/11 Westslope Cutthroat Trout 5,060 Less than 6 inches
2023/05/10 Rainbow Trout 810 Greater than 6 inches
2022/09/14 Rainbow Trout 1,829 Greater than 6 inches
2022/06/02 Rainbow Trout 1,080 Greater than 6 inches
2022/05/19 Westslope Cutthroat Trout 7,200 Less than 6 inches
2022/05/03 Rainbow Trout 1,080 Greater than 6 inches
2021/09/28 Rainbow Trout 612 Greater than 6 inches
2021/06/02 Rainbow Trout 1,080 Greater than 6 inches
2021/05/13 Rainbow Trout 1,080 Greater than 6 inches
2021/05/12 Westslope Cutthroat Trout 4,992 Less than 6 inches
2020/09/24 Rainbow Trout 785 Greater than 6 inches
2020/05/29 Rainbow Trout 1,080 Greater than 6 inches
2020/05/08 Rainbow Trout 1,080 Greater than 6 inches
2020/05/04 Westslope Cutthroat Trout - Triploid 5,007 Less than 6 inches
2019/09/19 Rainbow Trout 1,080 Greater than 6 inches
2019/06/20 Rainbow Trout 1,080 Greater than 6 inches
2019/05/21 Rainbow Trout 540 Greater than 6 inches
2019/05/16 Rainbow Trout 540 Greater than 6 inches
2019/05/08 Westslope Cutthroat Trout 5,000 Less than 6 inches
2018/09/21 Rainbow Trout 1,080 Greater than 6 inches
2018/06/07 Rainbow Trout 1,920 Greater than 6 inches
2018/05/22 Westslope Cutthroat Trout 4,997 Less than 6 inches
2018/05/21 Rainbow Trout 1,080 Greater than 6 inches
2017/09/20 Rainbow Trout 1,080 Greater than 6 inches
2017/06/16 Rainbow Trout 1,190 Greater than 6 inches
2017/06/05 Kokanee 3,555 Less than 6 inches
2017/06/02 Westslope Cutthroat Trout 2,002 Less than 6 inches
2017/06/01 Westslope Cutthroat Trout 1,920 Greater than 6 inches
2016/10/06 Rainbow Trout 1,080 Greater than 6 inches
2016/06/01 Rainbow Trout 1,080 Greater than 6 inches
2016/05/27 Kokanee 5,188 Less than 6 inches
2016/05/10 Westslope Cutthroat Trout 5,957 Less than 6 inches
2016/05/04 Rainbow Trout 1,079 Greater than 6 inches
2015/10/14 Rainbow Trout 1,002 Greater than 6 inches
2015/10/06 Rainbow Trout 1,800 Greater than 6 inches
2015/05/27 Rainbow Trout 801 Greater than 6 inches
2015/05/08 Kokanee 5,000 Less than 6 inches
2015/05/08 Rainbow Trout 1,007 Greater than 6 inches
2014/06/02 Kokanee 5,265 Less than 6 inches
2013/06/12 Kokanee 5,000 Less than 6 inches
2012/06/15 Kokanee 6,342 Less than 6 inches
2011/06/05 Kokanee 5,109 Less than 6 inches
2010/05/10 Kokanee 5,485 Less than 6 inches
2009/09/18 Rainbow Trout 1,560 Greater than 6 inches
2009/06/04 Kokanee 5,114 Less than 6 inches
2009/06/01 Rainbow Trout 2,000 Greater than 6 inches
2009/05/07 Rainbow Trout 1,950 Greater than 6 inches
2008/06/16 Rainbow Trout 1,956 Greater than 6 inches
2008/06/06 Kokanee 5,088 Less than 6 inches
2007/06/25 Rainbow Trout 1,500 Greater than 6 inches
2007/06/04 Rainbow Trout 1,175 Greater than 6 inches
2007/05/14 Kokanee 5,104 Less than 6 inches
2007/05/10 Rainbow Trout 825 Greater than 6 inches
2006/09/17 Rainbow Trout 2,000 Greater than 6 inches
2006/06/21 Rainbow Trout 1,000 Greater than 6 inches
2006/05/30 Kokanee 5,070 Less than 6 inches
2006/05/28 Rainbow Trout 1,000 Greater than 6 inches
2006/05/07 Rainbow Trout 2,000 Greater than 6 inches
2005/09/09 Rainbow Trout 2,000 Greater than 6 inches
2005/06/09 Rainbow Trout 2,000 Greater than 6 inches
2005/05/31 Kokanee 5,036 Less than 6 inches
2005/05/25 Rainbow Trout 2,000 Greater than 6 inches
2004/09/20 Rainbow Trout 2,000 Greater than 6 inches
2004/06/22 Rainbow Trout 1,000 Greater than 6 inches
2004/06/11 Rainbow Trout 1,000 Greater than 6 inches
2004/06/03 Rainbow Trout 1,000 Greater than 6 inches
2004/05/17 Kokanee 5,076 Less than 6 inches
2004/04/17 Rainbow Trout 2,000 Greater than 6 inches
2003/09/30 Rainbow Trout 2,000 Greater than 6 inches
2003/06/12 Rainbow Trout 1,000 Greater than 6 inches
2003/05/30 Rainbow Trout 1,000 Greater than 6 inches
2003/05/12 Kokanee 5,041 Less than 6 inches
2002/07/16 Rainbow Trout 350 Greater than 6 inches
2002/07/01 Westslope Cutthroat Trout 3,624 Less than 6 inches
2002/06/20 Kokanee 5,064 Less than 6 inches
2002/05/24 Rainbow Trout 1,000 Greater than 6 inches
2002/05/17 Rainbow Trout 1,000 Greater than 6 inches
2001/10/17 Rainbow Trout 20,000 Less than 6 inches
2001/10/01 Rainbow Trout 500 Greater than 6 inches
2001/09/13 Rainbow Trout 2,500 Greater than 6 inches
2001/05/30 Kokanee 5,000 Less than 6 inches
2000/05/03 Rainbow Trout 10,000 Less than 6 inches
2000/04/25 Kokanee 5,145 Less than 6 inches
2000/04/04 Westslope Cutthroat Trout 3,000 Adults
1999/04/26 Westslope Cutthroat Trout 10,011 Less than 6 inches
1998/09/30 Rainbow Trout 2,700 Greater than 6 inches
1998/03/19 Westslope Cutthroat Trout 10,387 Less than 6 inches
1997/09/22 Brook Trout 6,131 Less than 6 inches
1997/07/03 Kokanee 1,470 Less than 6 inches
1997/05/22 Westslope Cutthroat Trout 3,312 Less than 6 inches
1997/05/21 Westslope Cutthroat Trout 6,699 Less than 6 inches
1996/09/09 Brook Trout 7,022 Less than 6 inches
1996/06/27 Kokanee 5,000 Less than 6 inches
1996/06/10 Westslope Cutthroat Trout 9,996 Less than 6 inches
1995/10/11 Brook Trout 6,052 Less than 6 inches
1995/07/03 Kokanee 5,000 Less than 6 inches
1995/05/01 Brook Trout 2,004 Less than 6 inches
1995/05/01 Westslope Cutthroat Trout 9,999 Less than 6 inches
1994/10/04 Brook Trout 7,014 Less than 6 inches
1994/05/12 Kokanee 5,000 Less than 6 inches
1994/04/18 Westslope Cutthroat Trout 10,000 Less than 6 inches
1994/04/06 Brook Trout 3,080 Less than 6 inches
1993/08/31 Brook Trout 7,000 Less than 6 inches
1993/06/03 Kokanee 10,084 Less than 6 inches
1993/05/21 Westslope Cutthroat Trout 10,000 Less than 6 inches
1992/09/17 Brook Trout 238 Less than 6 inches
1992/06/11 Kokanee 8,558 Less than 6 inches
1992/05/29 Rainbow Trout 3,640 Greater than 6 inches
1992/05/26 Westslope Cutthroat Trout 10,000 Less than 6 inches
1992/05/06 Rainbow Trout 10,710 Greater than 6 inches
1992/04/16 Rainbow Trout 1,890 Greater than 6 inches
1992/04/03 Rainbow Trout 3,900 Greater than 6 inches
1992/04/02 Brook Trout 5,209 Less than 6 inches
1991/06/20 Brown Trout 500 Less than 6 inches
1989/06/29 Brook Trout 2,100 Less than 6 inches
1989/06/29 Kokanee 5,000 Less than 6 inches
1989/06/23 Westslope Cutthroat Trout 4,935 Less than 6 inches
1989/06/20 Westslope Cutthroat Trout 22,560 Less than 6 inches
1989/06/15 Brown Trout 1,500 Less than 6 inches
1989/06/13 Westslope Cutthroat Trout 22,560 Less than 6 inches
1988/07/25 Kokanee 5,000 Less than 6 inches
1988/07/15 Brook Trout 15,484 Less than 6 inches
1988/07/12 Westslope Cutthroat Trout 5,330 Greater than 6 inches
1988/07/11 Brook Trout 10,000 Less than 6 inches
1988/07/08 Brown Trout 1,500 Less than 6 inches
1988/06/06 Westslope Cutthroat Trout 24,998 Less than 6 inches
1988/06/03 Westslope Cutthroat Trout 24,854 Less than 6 inches
1987/07/10 Westslope Cutthroat Trout 2,012 Adults
1987/07/06 Brown Trout 1,500 Less than 6 inches
1987/05/19 Brook Trout 49,600 Less than 6 inches
1987/04/21 Westslope Cutthroat Trout 9,825 Less than 6 inches
1986/09/23 Westslope Cutthroat Trout 4,050 Less than 6 inches
1986/09/19 Kokanee 1,002 Less than 6 inches
1986/07/17 Brook Trout 9,922 Less than 6 inches
1986/07/14 Westslope Cutthroat Trout 2,900 Greater than 6 inches
1986/06/04 Brown Trout 1,520 Less than 6 inches
1985/08/10 Kokanee 1,003 Less than 6 inches
1985/08/05 Kokanee 1,004 Less than 6 inches
1985/06/14 Brook Trout 26,682 Less than 6 inches
1985/06/14 Westslope Cutthroat Trout 840 Greater than 6 inches
1985/06/07 Brown Trout 1,390 Less than 6 inches
1984/07/09 Brook Trout 10,011 Less than 6 inches
1984/07/09 Kokanee 1,992 Less than 6 inches
1984/05/04 Westslope Cutthroat Trout 5,066 Less than 6 inches
1983/08/16 Brown Trout 5,100 Less than 6 inches
1983/08/11 Kokanee 2,264 Less than 6 inches
1983/08/02 Brook Trout 10,604 Less than 6 inches
1983/06/15 Westslope Cutthroat Trout 10,105 Less than 6 inches
1982/08/20 Brook Trout 4,000 Less than 6 inches
1982/07/26 Kokanee 1,672 Less than 6 inches
1982/06/07 Brook Trout 6,600 Less than 6 inches
1982/05/27 Brook Trout 5,900 Less than 6 inches
1981/07/13 Kokanee 1,572 Less than 6 inches
1981/05/20 Brook Trout 25,680 Less than 6 inches
1980/09/30 Brook Trout 35,316 Less than 6 inches
1980/03/17 Cutthroat Trout 343 Adults
1979/12/31 Cutthroat Trout 57,488 Less than 6 inches
1979/12/13 Cutthroat Trout 14,634 Less than 6 inches
1979/09/28 Cutthroat Trout 9,696 Less than 6 inches
1979/09/26 Cutthroat Trout 24,240 Less than 6 inches
1979/06/08 Brook Trout 26,500 Less than 6 inches
1979/05/03 Cutthroat Trout 3,276 Less than 6 inches
1978/06/19 Brook Trout 26,080 Less than 6 inches
1977/09/06 Cutthroat Trout 25,220 Less than 6 inches
1977/08/09 Brook Trout 14,760 Less than 6 inches
1977/02/22 Brook Trout 20,060 Less than 6 inches
1976/09/08 Cutthroat Trout 42,000 Less than 6 inches
1976/09/03 Cutthroat Trout 16,172 Less than 6 inches
1976/06/08 Brook Trout 8,100 Less than 6 inches
1976/04/13 Brook Trout 14,000 Less than 6 inches
1976/04/12 Brook Trout 6,800 Less than 6 inches
1975/09/03 Cutthroat Trout 25,956 Less than 6 inches
1975/04/18 Brook Trout 4,182 Less than 6 inches
1974/05/21 Brook Trout 10,600 Less than 6 inches
1974/05/08 Cutthroat Trout 27,221 Less than 6 inches
1974/04/10 Rainbow Trout 2,720 Greater than 6 inches
1974/02/18 Cutthroat Trout 30,680 Less than 6 inches
1973/05/02 Rainbow Trout 2,480 Greater than 6 inches
1973/04/25 Rainbow Trout 1,600 Greater than 6 inches
1973/04/16 Brook Trout 11,966 Less than 6 inches
1973/04/11 Rainbow Trout 2,640 Greater than 6 inches
1972/07/21 Rainbow Trout 998 Greater than 6 inches
1972/06/13 Cutthroat Trout 15,065 Less than 6 inches
1972/05/18 Rainbow Trout 1,620 Greater than 6 inches
1972/05/04 Rainbow Trout 1,600 Greater than 6 inches
1972/04/20 Rainbow Trout 1,760 Greater than 6 inches
1971/06/16 Rainbow Trout 735 Greater than 6 inches
1971/05/20 Rainbow Trout 1,840 Greater than 6 inches
1971/04/21 Rainbow Trout 2,000 Greater than 6 inches
1971/04/19 Rainbow Trout 1,600 Greater than 6 inches
1971/04/15 Brook Trout 10,010 Less than 6 inches
1970/08/20 Rainbow Trout 1,312 Greater than 6 inches
1970/07/28 Brook Trout 7,220 Less than 6 inches
1970/07/13 Brook Trout 3,016 Less than 6 inches
1970/07/13 Rainbow Trout 1,520 Greater than 6 inches
1970/06/09 Rainbow Trout 1,440 Greater than 6 inches
1970/05/11 Rainbow Trout 1,680 Greater than 6 inches
1970/04/24 Rainbow Trout 1,600 Greater than 6 inches
1969/08/25 Rainbow Trout 3,060 Greater than 6 inches
1969/08/14 Rainbow Trout 2,640 Greater than 6 inches
1969/07/22 Rainbow Trout 1,920 Greater than 6 inches
1969/07/01 Rainbow Trout 770 Greater than 6 inches
1969/05/27 Rainbow Trout 1,152 Greater than 6 inches
1969/05/13 Brook Trout 11,000 Less than 6 inches
1969/04/29 Rainbow Trout 2,240 Greater than 6 inches
1968/08/27 Rainbow Trout 1,100 Less than 6 inches
1968/07/15 Rainbow Trout 1,000 Greater than 6 inches
1968/05/14 Rainbow Trout 2,560 Greater than 6 inches
1968/05/08 Brook Trout 10,000 Less than 6 inches
1968/04/30 Rainbow Trout 2,560 Greater than 6 inches
1968/04/19 Rainbow Trout 1,190 Greater than 6 inches
Source: IDFG Fish Stocking Database.

Licenses and Tags

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Fishing Rules, 2022 - 2024

All Waters Open All Year

Except as modified in Special Rules
Fishing is not allowed within the posted upstream and downstream boundary of any fish weir or trap.

Daily Bag Limits

The following daily bag limits apply to all waters within each region except as modified in the Special Rules. The possession limit is 3-times the daily bag limit after the second day of the season.

Special Rules

Mirror Lake
  • Electric motors only
Panhandle Region Bag Limits
Bass (Largemouth and Smallmouth)

  • Bass limit is 6, both species combined

Brook Trout

  • Brook Trout limit is 25

Bull Trout

  • Bull Trout limit is 0, catch-and-release

Burbot

  • Burbot limit is 6

Chinook Salmon (land-locked)

  • Chinook Salmon limit is 2, none under 20 inches

Kokanee

  • Kokanee limit is 15

Sturgeon

  • Fishing for or targeting sturgeon in the Kootenai River is illegal
  • Sturgeon limit is 0, catch-and-release

Tiger Muskie

  • Tiger Muskie limit is 2, none under 40 inches

Trout includes Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Golden Trout, Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout, Splake, Arctic Grayling, trout hybrids (e.g. Tiger Trout)

  • Trout limit is 6, all species combined
  • Does not include Bull Trout and Brook Trout which are listed separately

Whitefish

  • Whitefish limit is 25

All Other Fish Species includes bullfrogs and crayfish

  • No bag, size or possession limit
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