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Silverlake at a castle rock is awesome. Used fish it quite a bit. NowI like to get out there like couple times a year because it’s so far. Loaded with perch an croppie. Not sure where their staging now. Might be in canals for spawning. Pilings with plugs is fun for bass.
Pretty much all the Thurston County lakes are good for perch. (Lk St Clair, Black, Hicks, Offut, Long, Pattison). Crappie on the other hand, are more challenging to find and catch imo. Black and St Clair have crappie but I always found it hard to find them. Silver lake seems to have a large population of crappie. But for just action other species might be better targeted with just bobber and worm (perch, sunfish)