On the water at 1:30PM with 70F degrees and clear. Went to work with jigs with only one hit but no hookups. Then switched to my most productive Kapowsin lure,a white spinnerbait. Caught several mini bucketmouths,nothing over a pound but no complaints. Most fish were caught in approx. 6-10 feet of water near downed timber and stumps. I've always been a catch and release angler,especially with bass but must admit,it was very tempting to keep a few. I've chatted with many WDFW bios and it has been stressed that anglers should harvest a few of the smaller bass to combat the issues with a large stunted bass population that Lake Kapowsin has been suffering but I didn't want to hassle with that,so I released them. Lake Kapowsin holds some excellent bass but it seems like you have to catch a ton of dinks to get to the toads. Kapowsin is a great spiny ray fishery boasting large crappies,perch,bluegills,bass and even big rock bass but it seems like stunted bass is becoming more common and the hawgs are a bit more rare,they are there....just a bit more work to get to them. The forage base seems rather endless,so hopefully we will still see big bass. Anyhow,enough on that. Around 6PM a large rain storm arrived and I opted to get off the water and bs with some buddies and make a few casts at dockside,no such luck. Talked to a few guys trolling for trout,the census was the trout bite isn't as hot as weeks prior but they are still biting in limited numbers.

Toni

5/15/2011 8:57:00 AM

Thanks for the report and information.

BassDood

5/15/2011 9:10:00 AM

Great report Kevin

fishinChristian

5/15/2011 9:37:00 AM

nice report. No trouble with the frequent breakins? I love the lake but the car breakins have dissuaded me from fishing there. The parking lot is pretty when the light hits the glass particles just right! No Rock Bass this time? Good luck today!

kevinb

5/16/2011 11:31:00 PM

Thank you folks,no BIG bass on this trip. Hey fishinChristian,things are improving with the WDFW launch. A big round of thanks is owed to the Pierce County Sheriff's Dept.,they have been making regular stops in the parking lot along with WDFW Officers. But on the flipside,I'd hate to tell someone that everything is ok and then find out their rig was broken in to by some meth heads. I typically launch my small boat from Erickson's. It costs $5 and is well worth the piece of mind while on the water. I still use the WDFW launch every now and then and havn't had any issues but again,thats just me. No rockies on this trip but I know they are hanging out close to shore. My son has a good time catching them with a worm/bobber rig. I must admit,those rock bass put up a good fight for there size

fishinChristian

5/17/2011 7:22:00 PM

Good to know.

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