bigwill
7/8/2009 9:37:00 PMHey skeeter can you give me some places I might want to try for largemouth somewhat close to vancouver. Ive just moved here from Arizona and dont know where to start. Thanks!
Skeeterpilot
7/8/2009 9:54:00 PMbigwill,
Sorry to say it but I have spent most of my time fishing in eastern WA as the warmer waters over there are more conducive to largemouth. I am not all that familiar with the lakes around Vancouver either. Unfortunately Washington states game and fisheries management are all screwed up. This state believes that "everyone wants trout" and to that end they kill off some really good bass lakes (which are also horrible trout lakes) in order to plant trout which "everyone" wants to fish for in their eyes. Bass are not cultivated and managed in this state like others do. Until just recently this state didn't even have a warm water fisheries biologist! Bass groups in the state have been trying to get things changed for years with very slow results. I have only started fishing Lk Tapps here locally and it is a very "bassy" looking lake with lots of good habitat and structure. My advice for you would be to look for reports on this site for lakes near you and if you see that others are catching bass at those lakes then get out there and wet the line. If you don't see bass being taken from a given lake it could very well be a "kill off" lake planed only with trout.
Good luck, tight lines....
Sorry to say it but I have spent most of my time fishing in eastern WA as the warmer waters over there are more conducive to largemouth. I am not all that familiar with the lakes around Vancouver either. Unfortunately Washington states game and fisheries management are all screwed up. This state believes that "everyone wants trout" and to that end they kill off some really good bass lakes (which are also horrible trout lakes) in order to plant trout which "everyone" wants to fish for in their eyes. Bass are not cultivated and managed in this state like others do. Until just recently this state didn't even have a warm water fisheries biologist! Bass groups in the state have been trying to get things changed for years with very slow results. I have only started fishing Lk Tapps here locally and it is a very "bassy" looking lake with lots of good habitat and structure. My advice for you would be to look for reports on this site for lakes near you and if you see that others are catching bass at those lakes then get out there and wet the line. If you don't see bass being taken from a given lake it could very well be a "kill off" lake planed only with trout.
Good luck, tight lines....
bigwill
7/9/2009 8:02:00 PMThanks skeeter, Ive hit as many lakes as I can lately and have caught some bass but im just looking for the best lakes to start with. Anyway im gonna try somewhere new this saturday.