Hi lemme start by sayin that this is a great site and forum. i juss recently found it a few days ago and ive stopped to check it out bout every free chance I get. Ive wanted to go catfishing in Wa for jeez Id say bout 3 years but never knew of any places to go cept for the two lakes I was told about which are Black Lake and Lake Kapowsin. last summer I went to these lakes prob not at the best time in the middle of the day and drove around checked them out and made a few casts, but had no luck. When I did the search on Catfishing and checked out the topo list I saw that it said Harts Lake, Silver Lake, and Alder lake all had catfish in them. My questions are when is ususally a good time to go during the year? Also if I was to go out say tonight or tommorow what places would you reccomend? Or should I wait a few more months for warmer weather? Im not tryin to ask for peoples Fishin holes but if you could kinda point in the the general area of where I may get lucky Id greatly appreciate it. Or if you know of any other places Perferably in Western Wa bout places that aint much further then an hours drive or so from the Tacoma/Lakewood area that would be helpful. Im tryin to get something to take home for the the skillet and really dont wanna have to go to Johnnys to buy catfish. I apologize for writing this short novel and askin 20 questuins but juss really anxoius to check out some of these place maybe Ill see some of ya on the water, thanks agian