Thread: kapowsin tomorrow

I have caught them alot .there are some big ones in there if you look for them ..I usually hit one while fishing for something else then I switch over ..
I use a super ultra light setup for them .I have noticed I catch 5 - 1 over the other friends using stronger poles ..If they feel the rod they're gone .. fish like you would for walleye ..(shh I have caught a couple of them in lake wash too, as well as a sturgen and a lake trout ,sturgen almost killed me as I use a small boat. and have also had fish robbed by sea lions out in the lake ) I was planning another trip to kapowsin soon . with the sockeye thing lake washington is a no go for a few ...If you wanna hook up and go for perch let me know ..still trying to find a good crappie hole on lake washington too ..

Originally Posted by CK14

i hope the fishing is better for me when i go to the potholes monday :rolleyes: .

so i guess i'm not going to the potholes monday, i have to wait untill thursday (long story). so i'm gonna get up early and go out to cassidy for some bass....... and CRAPPIE :D

Good luck CK. I got into the Bluegills on Lake St. Clair this weekend and had a some good sized perch today on Clear lake. I had enough to fry some up so I am happy.

I'm thinking about hitting L. Wahington tomorrow and see if I can find some of them perch your always talking about.

Oh and I just remembered this weekend is the Sockeyefest on L. Washington so I won't be headin there tomorrow...Maybe next time I am off during the week.

Hrm now I have to think about where I'll be heading tomorrow morning...

jumbo perch : you fish like they are walleyes- in Lake Wash I troll wally pops with worm behind a bottom bouncer weight. sometimes as deep as 90feet! I prefer East channel and north end of Mercer. i got a 14" walleye under the bridge last november. This May I killed some giant perch in the north end of lake Sammy by bouncing a cha cha with worm in 35 feet of water off the weedline, remember not to troll too fast. oh there used to be a nice crappie hole off the log boom in east channel near the old lumber mill. there are a couple of rockpiles in 20 feet, usually loaded with slabs and smallies. -- tight lines!

all the fish in cassidy are stunted. got about 50 crappie and perch (mix in a couple pumpkinseeds) but most of them were under 7". only got 1 crappie over 9" (released). fun lake for little kids.

spud: thanks for the tips. how do you troll in 90' of water? and do you troll that deep during the summer? i was gonna go out to washington on thursday but since the sockeye fishing is gonna be re-opened i'm not going near there. anyone have suggestions on where to go? maybe sammamish.......

and i guess i'm gonna go to the potholes on sunday now . decided we didn't want to be there during the weekend croud :rolleyes: .

Hey cK, I troll for both kokes and perch using my bow mount electric real slow. On Washington I start just off the weedline in at least 25 ft and pass 10ft deeper each pass until I hit the size I want to keep then throw out the marker buoys and then switch to jigs with perch meat. in the winter or other cold months they can be found 65 to 115 ft-- the brighter the sun the better in cold months. trolling with bottom bouncers in this lake you will loose gear! but if I wanted a cheap hobby I wouldn't be a fisherman I know cK you like to release fish , but the fisheries guy I talked to at Kapowsin suggested we keep all the rock bass we catch, they are stunting themselves and competing with crappie and gills. Samething happened to st. claire and American. I don't think I've ever eaten a rock bass -- but they should be good like most sunfish. later

went out to cassidy again tonight for a few hours off the dock. the fishing wasn't very good. got a few perch and about 2 dozen little crappie. but i did get to try the bait pump i got the other day. they always talk about it on the main forum and it does work really well.