My daughter has been in town and she had such a great time at Banks Lake, fishing for smallmouth bass that she insisted that we go back, and give it another try. I always worry when I try to duplicate a great fishing experience, but Banks Lake came through again. All three of us, my wife Eileen, Whitney and me caught at least a dozen smallmouth bass each. The fish ran a little bigger than they did on our last trip, and they still loved the small lizards we were casting. We fished the west shore about ten miles down from the Northrup Bay launch. We found fish on shallow, broken rock shorelines, or hiding among large sunken boulders. I also caught quite a few fish on crank baits and even a couple on top water plugs. My efforts when casting a spinner bait were didn’t impress a single fish. I should also mention that I gave Roses Lake a try recently, and it produced one largemouth bass, a crappie and a bunch of very nice sized bluegill, but no trout. It should really turn on by late September and October and be an excellent trout fishery going into winter.