You are right, Spanaway has a healthy population of Smallmouth. The Largemouth are even healthier. I'm guessing that the next state record Largemouth will be coming out of Spanaway. If you are serious about the Smallmouth though, try American Lake. Four Years ago they planted something like 30,000 smallmouth into the lake. I'm hearing that they are getting some size to them now, up to 5lbs. I am going to be giving American Lake a try in the near future, I've been waiting for the Smallmouth to grow up. Let me know how you do if you try American Lake. Both of those are in your backyard. JACK