Gardom Lake has a population of rainbow trout, which are stocked each year and are purely game fish.

Gardom Lake is on average 8.8 m. deep[1] but has a maximum depth of 23.7 m.[1] The total area of the lake is 1.27 km2[1] Along with a population of rainbow trout, Gardom Lake also has red painted turtles, black bears, bald eagles, white-tailed deer, loons, mallard ducks, hummingbirds and occasionally barn owls.

The turtles hatch in May–June and make their way to the lake, some times the mothers bury their eggs on dirt roads.

Also migratory birds stop at Gardom Lake to feast on the local trout population.

In addition to these animals, every third spring barn owls arrive to raise their chicks.