I didn't do any fishing today. I was working with the "Cast For Kids" program sponsored by the Poggie Club. It was a wonderful day watching 300 kids catch a fish or 2. For many it was their first fish. I was at the Kiitsap Fly Anglers table tying flies. This is a wonderful program that exposes children to the sport of fishing. Each child went home with a fish or 2 and a new Zebco rod and reel.

Decided to head out and try Island for thr first time this year. We met some resistance at the boat launch as a metal post was put in front of it. As far as the fishing went it was very slow and only had a couple bites. I'm disappointed that we the fisherman are being punished for the choices others make by vandelizing the park. You can squeeze around the post with a small truck as my toyota tacoma barely made it. This is a great lake and one of my favorites and should be enjoyed by all without restrictions.

This is the first time I have caught a limt in a long time. The lake was planted Oct.19, 2011.

Decided to take the girls down the road a mile to Island Lake on Sunday after our Kids Fishing event on Saturday. We had a good time again on Saturday at the event so I thought "why not" I could use another limit of fish for the smoker. My oldest girl and I caught 5 in about 20 minutes and lost many more. These fish were still hanging around the swimming area. Brought the baby to get her introduced early. Could have stayed for more fish but wanted to leave plenty for all of the other folks to enjoy.

I got there with my little sister around 5:30 PM, and, having never fished there before, set up on the bank of the swimming area with her. We saw a few risers but they wouldn't take my Rooster Tail or her power nugget (I think I had it rigged incorrectly, actually). I asked around and found out where the dock was. We walked there, and got there as someone was pulling a little <7 inch rainbow out of the water. They were using Berkley Trout worms about 4 feet off the bottom. I cast my rooster tail around for about half an hour, letting it sink before slowly retrieving it but no luck. Apparently the powerbait nuggets don't float by themselves (my sister had to slowly retrieve hers along the bottom- no luck). I rigged up a green corky on 2 feet of leader with a 5" Luck-E-Strike worm and a couple nuggets. We packed up and left around 7:40. Nobody else got anything, and it was COLD.