Hi Joel,
Too bad you had such a bad experience. There are better places to go than others. Off the top of my head for shore fishermen I can recommend Pine Lake in Issaquah. It has a great fishing pier and county park. Also consider some of the piers scattered throughout lake Washington. Alsio Deep Lake down by Flaming Geyser park is very nice. Theres others that I can't recall right now.
Good luck!
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