Good info stacie.. thanks..

a quick review of a map reveals that I got some of my directions fouled up though...

the park is "Vancouver Lake Park" and it's on the west end of the lake off of lower river road which is an extension of 4th Plain Boulevard..

I'm assuming that the "area in front of the flushing channel" is on the far northwest end in front of the canal that works it's way up to ridgefield.........

will definitely be interested in a summary of your surveys... gonna be tied up with coho, chum, and winter steelhead fishing for the next few months.. but that form of entertainment usually starts tapering off in late February and Early March and that's when I start watching for a few warm days. Days warm enough to get the bass moving around in the shallows.