The Wife and I finally made our first trip to Lake Tapps. I, myself, had fished it with Bill G. one time last year. The wife and I were primarily targeting smallmouth bass and this was our first time on the water this year. We hit the water about 10:30 A.M. and fished until 3:30 P.M. The water was great and there was a light breeze most of the day. We started out by fishing the area north of Inlet Island but did not have any action there so we moved to an area to the southeast of Snag Island. I'm not real familiar with the lake, so forgive me if my directions seem a little off. For those of you that fish the lake more often, we went under the bridge by the birthing center and held the east shore, back into a snag and stump filled bay at the end. We fished primarily in about 4-5 feet of water or less. I threw a few cranks in areas that looked like they might hold a musky or two, but I did not catch any. I did eventually battle it out with a 38" tiger that couldn't resist my 5" Senko. Not huge, but on a 6'6" Loomis Bass rod and 6 lb. test mono, it was fun just the same. I released him successfully and for about 30 minutes, continued to fish cranks in the same area (with my bigger rod) to see if I could get another, but to no avail. I did, however, see one dash out from under the boat. We spent the rest of the afternoon fishing for smallmouth and caught 6 total. I was fishing with a wacky rigged, 5" Senko, cinnamon and Black. I caught a 2 pounder, a 2-1/2 pounder and one that tipped the scales at just over 4 pounds. My wife, fishing with a Texas rigged 4" grub, cinnamon and black, caught two, 2 pounders and one, 2-1/2 pounder. We caught fish, We had fun and We got to spend some quality time on a beautiful lake......Life is Good!

KUP

5/1/2008 8:00:00 PM

WTG, Mtsi!! Did you and the wife happen to get a pix of the musky? Congratulations!

mtsiview

5/1/2008 8:53:00 PM

Thanks KUP. No, we didn't get a picture of it because it was a little breezy and the spot we were in had a large tree snag directly in the middle of it. I have an auto pilot on my boat and the wife is not real good at operating it. I landed the tiger with my hand while the wife was still fumbling with the net because, as I stated above, I was only using 6 lb test and didn't have on a wire leader. I was afraid that he would cut my line, thrashing around! As luck would have it, I started drifting into the large tree stump and with my rod in one hand and the musky in the other, I was trying to keep my boat from getting scratched up by using my leg to push off! There were three residents and a couple children watching from the shore and I'm sure we looked like the two stooges out there, but with all of the excitement, we neglected to take a photo. We did get photos of some of the bass that we picked up earlier in the day. I will post some this weekend. Believe me, we will get pictures of the next one. I didn't enter him in my log because I didn't get the photo...........Oh well.

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