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.

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.

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.

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