WE are in an interesting area, two warm for trout to be tasty, they will live but I cant stand trout from water above 60 degrees and two cold for a lot of warm water species. I know they have WE in quite a few of the ponds on the main land (we are on whidbey island) but I havent caught any locally. Now we rarley ice over for more than a week at a time, but summer water temps are likley to hover under 70. Are temperature is so moderate it makes it very unlike most of the country. YP inhabit just about every puddle in the area and I know of a couple of minnow species that should do quite well. We plan on harvesting the lake for food but it would be nice to have some natural reproduction with minimal cost in restocking and feeding. I know we are going to have to do both but I really want to creat a complete food chain... right up to my dinner plate.