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TEE LAKE
By: Bob Johansen – October 2007
Mason County’s Tee Lake covers 38 surface acres, reaches depths of about 17 feet
(Depending somewhat on time of year and weather conditions) and is located at 390 feet of elevation. The water is clear and has limited aquatic vegetation. There are lots of shoreline reeds in places, a few scattered pads, and some areas of thick bottom weeds.
The fish species include largemouth bass, yellow perch and planted rainbow perch. Trout fishing is fair to good during the early spring, including some limited bank fishing opportunities. Trolling your favorite lure or still fishing with Power Bait, eggs or worms are also effective. I have even also hooked trout on Rapalas. Perch fishing was very good several years ago but I don’t really know how it has been in recent years.
Bass fishing also ranges from fair to good during the spring through the fall seasons. On a personal note, I have had some very good days of bass fishing to (Ugh, I hate to say it) skunks. One of my better days was on July 15, 1997 when I caught a beautiful 21 ½ inch, 5 pound, 15 ounce largemouth on a black spinnerbait while fishing from a canoe. Most of the bass that I have caught were under a pound but a few have ranged between one pound and 2½ pounds. Most fish hit floating Rapalas. Long casts in clear water lakes are usually quite effective lures.
Public access is provided by the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife.
The quite small access is located down a long narrow, rough gravel road. There is limited but usually adequate parking space and enough room to maneuver a tow rig and trailer to back down to the lake. The boat access area is gravel and shallow. I have to put my rear wheels in the water to float my Bass Tracker off the trailer. I would highly recommend a four wheel drive for launching trailered boats. Hand carried craft can be launched with ease and on a small lake they are usually quite adequate for fishing.
Among the signs posted at the public access is one that reads: Speed limit 6 mph between the hours of 7 PM to 11 AM. That is a good start and does allow time for anglers to fish in peace. However, I think most anglers would agree that that a lake this small should have a speed limit 24 hours a day.
Unfortunately there are no toilet facilities at this access. There was an old wooden toilet there when I first started fishing this lake back in the 1970’s but it has long been gone. The old sunken pit is still visible back in the bushes.
Good maps will show the way to get there but some additional information can be helpful so here goes: From Belfair, travel Highway #300 west for 3.7 miles to the Belfair-Tahuya Road. Turn right, up the hill on the Belfair-Tahuya Road for about 7.6 miles to the N.E. Dewatto Road. Turn right onto N.E. Dewatto Road for only .3 mile to N.E. Tee Lake Road. Turn right onto N.E. Tee Lake Road for 1.1 miles to public access road on the left.
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