Thanks fishen1, the info is very accurate and very helpful...I am new to the whole bass scene and I am just waiting to catch my first one (I have caught some bass here and there trout and perch fishing), and I have found a few perfect beaches that I was swimming and snorkeling at over the summer and I have seen some big bass their. The beaches have docks, rocky bottoms, rocky points, dropoffs, some seaweed, points, ledges, crawdads, perch, and some other forms of cover like sunken logs and cement blocks that make it look like a perfect smallmouth spot and I have sure seen a few around these places. I am also wondering if people find any luck with Senko's, they seem to be in a lot of people successful posts on washingtonlakes.com