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Hi Everyone,

I have been in touch with some people at the WDFW who were approached by BASSmaster magazine for a list of the top ten bass fishing lakes/rivers in Washington state. I am interested to hear everyone's thoughts on their top lakes, a list will suffice, but if you want to put together a quick reasoning on why the lake is in the top ten I'm sure they would be interested to hear that as well.

I'm going to ponder my list for a bit, but in no particular order the following come to mind:

  • Potholes
  • Columbia River (Tri-Cities)
  • Chelan
  • Whatcom
  • Washington
  • Banks
  • Moses
  • Sammamish
  • Riffe
  • Terrell 

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We should categorize more specifically. .... Some lakes are awesome only in the spring and then the fish seem to disappear others seem like you only get the real giants in the fall, if you are talking year round fishing I would not pick Moses, it's great from April through June after that nothing and then it's frozen all winter.
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Ronald Hobbs, Jr. said:
You can call it what you like but is still classified as the wallula pool...... If I took Zachary and your train of thinking I could count the Dunes and Potholes as 2 different bodies of water I could take Cour de lane as 4 or 5 different bodies of water so that gives me 6 or 7 choices. It's one body of water just saying, you are just getting specific of where. Like me saying one of my top 10 choices is East Channel area


troy kelly said:

Ya me too.  That's why I listed it.  
 
Zach Chandler said:

In my minds eye I see Hanford and Tri Cities as two diff areas, I don't know why but I just do



Ronald Hobbs, Jr. said:
Seen a couple Hanfords.....pretty sure part of wallula.. but maybe there is a dam that I have been missing all these years!
  • The River (Wallula Pool) - Best numbers and Size both species
  • Banks Lake - Its about the numbers, the surroundings, weather.
  • Roosevelt - Great Smallie  factory. Lots of water to fish, great size. Great weather and vistas.
  • Potholes - Diverse fishery, fun to fish the dunes, Size and numbers both species
  • Moses Lake - Size and numbers. Two of the biggest bags in the state that I am aware out of this fishery
  • Silver Lake (Cowlitz)- Has declined as of late but still tough to beat as a fun Largemouth lake to fish.
  • Sammamish - Hard fighting and big smallies and quality largies.
  • Washington - Lots of Quality fish both species. Lots of water to fish.
  • American - Its the about the quality of the fish there, toads.  Fun to fish.
  • Riffe - Good numbers, can produce excellent size in both species.

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