이번주 내내 워싱턴주의 첫 '배스주간(Bass Week)' 행사가 진행된다.
주 어류야생부(WDFW)는 배스 낚시 팁과 함께 배스를 잡기에 좋은 장소를 소개하고 페이스북과 인스타그램을 통해 배스낚시에 관한 일반인들의 질문에도 답해주고 있다.
워싱턴주 하천과 호수에는 다양한 배스가 많이 서식하고 있어 배를 타지 않고도 강가나 호숫가 또는 도크에서 배스낚시를 즐길 수 있다.
2018 지역별 배스낚시에 좋은 장소 '톱10' (WDFW 선정)
- Boundary Reservoir, Pend Oreille
- Box Canyon Reservoir, Pend Oreille
- Eloika Lake, Spokane
- Lake Roosevelt, Lincoln/Ferry/Stevens
- Lake Spokane, Spokane/Stevens
- Liberty Lake, Spokane
- Silver Lake, Spokane
- Snake River, Whitman/Columbia/Garfield/Asotin
- Sprague Lake, Lincoln/Adams
- Downs Lake, Spokane
- Banks Lake, Grant
- Evergreen Reservoir, Grant
- Washburn Island Pond, Okanogan
- Dry Lake, Chelan
- Moses Lake, Grant
- Palmer Lake, Okanogan
- Potholes Reservoir, Grant
- Wapato Lake, Chelan
- Whitestone Lake, Okanogan
- Roses Lake, Chelan
- Granger Pond, Yakima
- Hanford Reach, Benton/Franklin (Columbia River)
- I-82 Hwy. Ponds 1-7, Yakima
- Lake Umatilla, Benton/Klickitat
- Lake Herbert G. West, Franklin/Walla Walla (Snake River)
- Lake Wallula, Benton/Franklin/Walla Walla (Columbia River)
- Lower Yakima River, Benton
- Powerline Lake, Franklin
- Scooteney Reservoir, Franklin
- Lower Wallula, Franklin/Walla Walla (Snake River)
- Flowing Lake, Snohomish
- Lake Cavanaugh, Skagit
- Lake Goodwin, Snohomish
- Lake Roesiger, Snohomish
- Lake Sammamish, King
- Lake Sawyer, King
- Lake Samish, Whatcom
- Lake Washington, King
- Lake Whatcom, Whatcom
- Lake Terrell, Whatcom
- Bonneville Pool, Skamania (Columbia River)
- Carlisle Lake, Lewis
- Horseshoe Lake, Cowlitz
- Kress Lake, Cowlitz
- Lake Umatilla, Klickitat
- Riffe Lake, Lewis
- Silver Lake, Cowlitz
- Swofford Pond, Lewis
- Lacamas Lake, Clark
- Vancouver Lake, Clark
- Island Lake, Kitsap
- Lake Kapowsin, Pierce
- Lake Leland, Jefferson
- Lake Tapps, Pierce
- Long Lake, Thurston
- Lake Nahwatzel, Mason
- Summit Lake, Thurston
- Ohop Lake, Pierce
- Patterson Lake, Thurston
- Long Lake, Kitsap