Lake Kapowsin fishing: Rainbow Trout, Bluegill

Target species: Rainbow Trout, Bluegill
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Lake Kapowsin, 1 lane.

The lake

Lake Kapowsin covers 522 acres in Washington, across Pierce County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 25 feet (7.6 m). Our records hold 8 species for this water.

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Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 25 ft (7.6 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 65 depth contour lines for this water.

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  • 0–2 ft: 2.6% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 4.5% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 6.1% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 7.5% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 9.7% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 8.5% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 8.3% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 8.5% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 5.8% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 8.4% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 9.7% of the water
  • 22–24 ft: 5.1% of the water
  • 24–25 ft: 15.5% of the water

2 target fish, led by Rainbow Trout

  • Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.

Also recorded here: Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead.

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1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

  • Lake Kapowsin — 1 lane, restrooms. WDFW.

The place listed has no fee or opening hours on file: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.

What is hard here

Only 1 public ramp is on file, so the launch decides where you fish.

Where this data comes from

  • Washington State Department of Ecology — Washington State Department of Ecology: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • Webster, K.E., McCullough, I.M., Soranno, P.A. LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0, EDI, doi:10.6073/pasta/64ddc4d04661d9aef4bd702dc5d8984f (CC BY 4.0); Cheruvelil et al. LAGOS-US LOCUS v1.0 (EDI) — LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0: Lake depth for 17,675 lakes in the conterminous U.S.: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.