Well, you're not alone. We're here in Washington state as well. Yes, the guy who built this site is in Washington. Go figure!
So I completely understand your frustration with the inability to find any decent tackle stores; or finding boat dealerships that know how to work on high performance engines, let alone the unique issues of bass boats (such as fluid-filled trailer bearings).
BUT, on the flip side, there's relatively little competition for bass fishing. Most lakes have little pressure - even the more popular lakes like Moses, Potholes, Banks, Washington, etc. have relatively light pressure. Here in WA, if you pass somebody on the road towing a bass boat, you probably know them.
Now go to the Southeast U.S., where's there's seemingly a bass boat in every driveway, and you'll find 200+ bass boats on a lake during the week! It's nuts. Stranger still is to find boat launches were ONLY bass boats area allowed to use.
Aside from the horrible mismanagement of our warmwater fisheries, I've come to enjoy the relatively obscurity bass fishing enjoys in WA.
