PNWbasser : Fishing Forum Posts

I fish alot of lakes/ponds in the 300 acres and under range in the state of Washington (western side) The main forage is bluegill/perch and in some of the lakes crawdads. We don't have shad or anything like that in most of these lakes and no river/creek channels in a lot of the ones I fish. Do bass still school in bodies of water like that? A good day on the water for me is getting a couple 2 to 4 pounders and maybe a 5 pounder once a year skipping docks and catching isolated bass. Lots of advice on finding schools from tons of experts, but I don't know if that's common in smaller bodies of water.

Any good video suggestions to watch would be appreciated as well. I would love to go and and have more success than I have been. Summer fishing is hard here and I feel like everyone is tossing senkos under docks and frogs through pads. If I felt confident that I could find schooling bass in deeper water, I would put the time in to learn it. Just curious what other people's experience has been.

Same problem I'm finding. Generally only catching isolated bass

What part of western Washington you live in? I'm near the everett area