Growing up I fished Steilacoom Lake Off the Interlaken Bridge almost every day during the summer. During this time I met or heard of several of the lake legends. First there was iceman. He would show up every morning at 7am with sixer of Hamms Ice(hence iceman). It wasn't his fishing skills that made him a legend, it was his ability to put down the entire six pack by 7:45am, that made him a legend. Then there was Jenkins king of all hooksetters. Legend had it he once set the hooks so hard he broke his arm. If you ever saw him set the hook, you could see the legend was probably true. Next came an old timer only known to my buddies and me as Velveeta. He received this name because he swore up and down that Velveeta Cheese was the best bait ever. I never did see him catch a fish on that mystical product. And lastly there was Heller, the greatest fisherman the south sound had ever seen. He reached cult status on the bridge. Heller had reportedly caught numerous trout pushing the 10# mark in almost every lake in the county. Although myself or any of my friends never did see his legendary efforts, we still considered him the greatest of all time.
Any other local legends out there?