Maybe the board members could draft a letter and send it off recommending such a transfer.  Maybe somebody would volunteer to aid in the pickup and transfer also.  Seems a waste to kill good bass... we need to keep the bass alive and quit wasting our resouces for peets sake...How about it board members?

Chuck P

I've fish that lake but never for bass.  I think it would be a great way for the higher ups with the state to back up what they are preaching about at Banks.  Its maybe a half hour drive (slow mo) to Banks from Park.  If there are truly those kinds of fish and number in there I think they would jump on the chance to bring up some largemouth to replenish the stock.

Well let me put it this way from my experience there I felt that a state record could be in that lake from what I saw.The lake is ultra clear & I could see schools of huge SM. No one bass fishes that lake.

Howdy Kirk,

I actually don't know a thing about Park Lake. To be honest, I didn't know it had good bass in it, either.

Cost-wise, it wouldn't be too bad to haul fish to Banks. A couple of hatchery trucks with water, and an electrofishing boat or volunteer angler crew to catch fish with two or three biologists for a day. It all depends on how important it is to people... My personal view is that available spawning and rearing habitat is way more important for bass than planting fish, but putting a few fish to use that would otherwise die doesn't seem like a bad idea.

Chris

Hey, Chris.  How would they accomplish something like that?  Shock and haul?  Who would pay the freight?  I am sure the department does not have a budget for that.  Also, did not know that Park Lake had bass of any size, w hat do you recall from your days in Ephrata.

Hi all,

I don't have time to look for a link, but if you have feelings to express on the lakes proposed for "rehabilitation", I believe WDFW will be taking comments on their list very soon. One of the contacts would be Jeff Korth at the regional office in Ephrata. I think it would be great to ask them if the fish could be transplanted into Banks Lake. It only makes sense if the state/volunteer groups are spending a lot of money on largemouth structure.

Chris

To all Bass anglers in the central WA area seems WDFW is going to kill Park Lake (not far from Banks Lake)this fall. There are a lot of huge Bass in there I have seen them & got a few smallmouth in the 4+ range one was so big it snapped my brand new 8lb fireline.
Fish the side straight across from the boat launch there are some large boulders there then just work your way along the road.
For largemouth go to reed beds on the other side & work around the small island. To bad the WDFW wont come in and shock the lake for the largemouth & transplant them into banks lake must make more sense to them to spend 1000 on trying to help the largemouth in banks.

Park Lake (346 acres): North of the city of Soap Lake in Sun Lakes State Park. Last Saturday in April through September 30 open season. This popular lake is stocked annually with up to 120,000 rainbow  and brown trout fingerlings. Their survival has been poor, though, due to an over-population of perch, bullheads,  and other warmwater species. Larger fingerlings were stocked last fall and more catchable-size rainbows will be stocked for this year’s opener.  This should provide at least a fair fishery for nine- to 10-inch yearlings. Last rehabilitated in 1996, Park Lake will be proposed again for treatment in 2006.  In addition to the state park, there is a resort.