Question for you...

If you had to prioritize these lakes as to their value or reputation as "crankbait lakes", what order would you put them in?  That is, which appear better suited to cranks and which are least known for crankbait catches?

1) Banks
2) Silver Lake
3) Moses
4) Potholes
5) Lake Washington

So reorder them with the best crankbait lake (yes - includes topwaters) getting a 1) and the least getting a 5).  After I get some opinions, I'll tell you why I asked.

1) Potholes
2)Banks
3)Moses
4)Silver
5) Washington

Eeenteresting so far! Keep the votes coming!

1. Banks
2. Washington
3. Silver
4. Potholes / Moses ??? have not used crankbaits on these lakes

1. Banks
2. Potholes
3. Silver lake
4. Lake Washington
5. Moses Lake because I have know idea.

Daryl

Good question!  But now it's too late...  

I was asking because I was doing an article on re-evaluating those lakes that the majority of locals have deemed "not a crankbait lake".  

John Sewell who lives on Silver Lake is one of the few anglers who fishes it regularly with crankbaits and does very well.  VERY WELL!  

After you read the article you can see why he does so well.  It's not a definitive piece on Silver Lake - but as one or two of you have quietly discovered on your own (you sly dogs) that cranks can be dynamite on shallow basin lakes when you buck local assumptions.  

Thanks for the input!

http://crankbaitcentral.com/index.html

1 BANKS
2 WASHINGTON
3 POTHOLES
4 SILVER
5 MOSES

Acreage corrected - 2,996 acres according to WashingtonLakes.comc

As to "sneaky, tight lipped character" - as long as you have been in the club, I should have known you were holding out on us!  

If I WERE to write about WBC and the people in it, they would force me to list it under "Fishing fiction" or put it right next to "Bigfoot" and the "UFO's" section of the book store.  No one would believe what goes on in this club!  And you, Mr Government Official, would get a whole chapter just to yourself!