03-27-2004, 11:15 PM
I used to fish Kapowsin a lot. It's one of my dads favorive spots. Now that I live in Utah, I only get up ther once a year. Usually the first part of Sept. My dad and I {he's now 81} still fish it every year. What his trick is, is we either take his boat or rent one at Ericksons, and use an electric motor. We leave Ericksons and head down toward the Island. All we use is half a nightcrawler with no weight. We troll just fast enough to get action out of the night crawlers. We each usually have a fish or two by the time we get to the island. Then we troll past it and make a wide circle and come back the same way. There have been countless times we seen fisherman that have been there for hours with out a bite. We have always left with our limits in time to have lunch at the tavern. Which has now burnt down. So now we go back to Orting. Give it a try. Half a nightcrawler threaded on the hook leaving about 3/4" of a tail and troll just barley fast enough to get action. The speed is real critical. My dads motor had variable speeds any mine had slow, med, fast. If we took my motor, we came home without fish. Good luck. Al
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