Search
Kapowsin Fishing Reports
Change View:
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/12/1997
Species:
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/12/1997
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I fished Kapowsin on Sat. April 12th. We used spoons, Mepps, pop gear, and powerbait and the spoons proved the best. We had some VERY powerful strikes but were unable to land anything. (Dul...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/24/1997
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/24/1997
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing on Lake Kapowsin on 8/24/97. Didn't get started until 1 p.m. Caught 2 Large-Mouth Bass along the bank using the Banjo Minnow (the large green and black minnow) with medium weedless hook. ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/7/1998
Species:
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/7/1998
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy and I tried Kapowsin on Saturday Feb 7th from about daylight until around two in the afternoon, from shore. First we started out there at Erickson's Dock. Low clouds but no wind at daylight...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/27/1998
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/27/1998
Hot Spots: 0
The only place on the lake is Erikson's. I've been all around the lake and have never seen any resorts. It's locked up by the railroad on the west side and Champion Forestry on the south and bordered ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/1/1998
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/1/1998
Hot Spots: 0
I went fishing on Kapowsin lake near Eatonville wash 5-1-98, caught bluegill and rock bass on worms. But when I got back to the dock a guy caught a wild rainbow trout right as I was docking that must ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/3/1998
Species:
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/3/1998
Hot Spots: 0
Me and my buddy went fishing at Kapowsin lake in Pierce county. We got out there about 7:00am. We fished for about four hours and only had one strike. We were fishing for bass, and spiny rays. Maybe i...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/9/1998
Species:
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/9/1998
Hot Spots: 0
I went fishing at kapowsin lake on 5/9/98 and whatever you hear from other people its probably not true. Me and my buddy fished the whole lake for 10 hrs and caught 3 fish, one 12inch bass, 8inch trou...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/7/1998
Species:
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/7/1998
Hot Spots: 0
Got an early start @ 5:00 a.m. till 2:30 p.m. . .
If you want bass this is the lake to go to. I could of
easily filled a 5 gallon bucket with bass. I was using a
red and white jig(1/32) with magg...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/14/1998
Species:
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/14/1998
Hot Spots: 0
Not much biting. Used plastic worms, Rainbow glitter power
bait, marshmallows, and spinners. Nothing worked. Was on
shore and didn't get a nibble.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/17/1998
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/17/1998
Hot Spots: 0
It was a nice hot sunny day, so I figured the warmwater fishing would pick up in the shallows. I float tubed the area near the old public boat launch (now closed to vehicles but people often carry sm...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/20/1999
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/20/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Kapowsin is a great lake for bass,panfish and trout.I have caught Largemouth Bass and Rainbow Trout while still fishing with a worm and marshmellow.Nice trout in the teen's trolling with a weddin...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/11/1999
Species:
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/11/1999
Hot Spots: 0
A friend and I fished the Old Closed Boat Launch Sunday afternoon. Fishing was slow but I did have several good bites and landed a nice 14" Rainbow on yellow Powerbait.Earlier in the afternoon I land...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/16/1999
Species:
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/16/1999
Hot Spots: 0
The water temp was mid 50's,a little cool yet.There was no one catching anything all day.Good caddis hatch was on but only a few rises.I concentrated on the north side of the island(from the boat laun...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/26/1999
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/26/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Fished for about 3 hours caught three fish two rockies and one large mouth about 2 lbs.
The fact that there is no longer a boat launch on the lake is really helping the population of fish.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/1/1999
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/1/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Just wanted to make a point. If you are just looking for a lake to keep the younger kids busy and interested go to Kapowsin. It's hard to keep the Rock Bass and Bluegill of the hook. It's a great plac...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/21/1999
Species:
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/21/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Surface temp. at south end of lake, @7:00 P.M., was 72 degrees, measured from float tube. Prolific weed growth and hatches at the surface of the lake, but the only action was watching all the swallows...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/28/1999
Species:
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/28/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at about 7:30 AM rented a boat from Ericksons boat house. Fished for bass and perch most of the day, had little luck until afternoon with the exception of some 5 inch bass. We found a huge s...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/26/2000
Species:
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/26/2000
Hot Spots: 0
What a beautiful spring day, temps in the hig 50's couldn't resist one last fishing trip on our old license - new ones due April 1. Paked up the gear and went to one of our favorite lakes - Kapowsin. ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/21/2000
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/21/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Slightly overcast day arrived at Eriksons about 10:00 am only two other boat renters on the lake. I was with my fishing buddy talking with the rental person about the recent shocking of the lake. W...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/30/2000
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/30/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the lake with a partner for about 8 hours. Using wedding
spinners tipped with worm, we caught and released about 12 rainbows ranging from 8-12 inches. Seen quite a few bass in the shallows one...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/10/2000
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/10/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Kapowsin for about 9 hours just messing around, caught a
largemouth bass about 3 pounds on a small plastic worm. Later caught 4 rainbows on orange power eggs. A wet day over all.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/15/2000
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/15/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Me and my brother went out on a couple of float tubes. We were
using clear bobbers with about a 5 ft. leader and a fly at the end. I
caught four Rainbow Trout that were between 10 and 11 inches. ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/17/2000
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/17/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Took Dad out for Dad's day fishing. Hit the East marshes first,
about 6am. Around 7 nailed the first 2 pound lg mouth with a chartreuse and orange popper. No more hits for quite a while. Found some s...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/9/2000
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/9/2000
Hot Spots: 0
If more lakes were like this western WA would rival Eastern WA for fishing quality. Got out about noonish caught some bluegill and one bass on a 6 inch worm. Had many takers just was pulling the trigg...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/23/2000
Species:
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/23/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the Lake around 11am and started trolling and didn't get one single taker so we decided to still fish for a spell with only two bites. This went on for about 7 hours so we decided to take the lil...
