Hi Park enthusiasts, I'm your host Diambra.

In the case I'm going to tell you about today takes place near

Pothole State Park in Washington State,

an area of the United States that's known for having large depressions in the ground that floods carved out around the time of the ice age.

Many of these seep lakes, as they're commonly called, are referred to as potholes because they're just kind of here and there.

Some are deep and others are shallow.

Technically, the official pothole lakes are about 30 to 45 minutes away from the

boundary of the park itself.

But most people who visit them just sort of group them in

with the general area of Pothole State Park

and the nearby O'Sullivan Reservoir.

And when I say Reservoir, I don't mean like a little small reservoir.

It's actually a massive body of water that has 6,000 feet of shoreline touching the state park.

Some maps label the O'Sullivan Reservoir as just potholes reservoir.

Visitors are attracted to this park and its surrounding habitats like the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge

because these locations have a lot of places to

camp, boat, and fish. And when I say fish I mean like serious fishing.

Anglers can fish year-round for bass trout, walley, and much more.

In fact, just reading about how great a destination this place is for Anglers got me itching

to book a plane ticket and grab my tackling rod like yesterday.

However, I'm kind of thinking twice about that,

because in May of 1999, the lure of this part of Washington

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