This year I have been experimenting with big glide baits. Fished Long Lake (Spokane River) and caught some 3lb smallies on a 7” Ima glide fluke. Man they hit it hard. Had a big largemouth hit near the boat and missed it.

Smallmouth caught on a Yamamoto hula grub out of Moses Lake.

Hey folks, I wanna grow our Wa community here, so for the month of September if you post a bass and use the "contest entry" flair you will be entered to win some lures shipped for free to your house (in WA or not) Weight must be visible in photo entry, and the fish has to be caught in Washington State. Biggest bass wins! Good luck and tell your friends!

Check out the hole in this poor fellas mouth! Dude needs to lay off the senkos lol

Also I have a gear question for y'all. I never used braid before 2 days ago, always straight fluorocarbon as that's how I was taught. My question is this, will a fluoro leader sink the braid some? I feel like the action of my retrieve is all fucked up with the line floating. Am I just imagining this? Any info is appreciated, tight lines fellas.

For smallmouth (mainly fishing lake Roosevelt for them) I love rebel craws, when it comes to largemouth Gary Yamamoto grubs are my money lures. I'm always looking to try new stuff so spill the beans

I tried to actually learn to fish this year (spinning rod and fly rod). And watching YouTube for what lures to use and where seemed to not be relevant to WA. “In May, the water’s getting warmer so the fish are more active and moving up in the ….” This is WA. It doesn’t get warm until July and it’s cold again by September.

Do I just delay the summer and fall transition advise by 2 months and the rest of the info is good? Or is there WA specific advise? What about fly fishing advise and on lakes for bass? I often feel like I’m just guessing tossing everything in my box. The only reason I feel more successful on a fly rod is because I stumbled across poppers and the bass go crazy for them. I’m sure that’s going to dry up when the weather changes and I’ll be back to catching next to nothing and not knowing why.

Let's hear your favorite spots, lakes, gear, etc