Bill's boathouse at American Lake has a dock that people do pretty well off of, if you are military or vet. you can access some shore fishing around the lake as well. Summit lake in Thurston Cty. has limited shore access around the launch. Lake Aberdeen has a great dock to fish off of. I would advise fishing these lakes during the week to reduce numbers of anglers taking up space, don't know from your post where you are located, I would start researching other sites, WA. Lakes for instance. Bob R