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Tapps Lake Report
Pierce County, WA

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08/13/2015
66° - 70°
Bottom Fishing From Boat
Smallmouth Bass
Green
Cloudy
Plastics
Morning
71° - 75°
08/13/2015
2
1033

Finally made it back to Tapps, been 4 years. Got 4 Smallies with biggest at 2.73 pounds.The others were between 8" and a pound or a little more. Very slow soft bite. LOTS of time between bites. Jesusfish got a Muskie, I didn't. And he got some Smallies. But I had 3 muskie bites, my first ever. The first one took my rattle trap with him. I couldn't find my wire leader yesterday. The second one got off another rattletrap. The third one had the dropshot good, but as I was wondering, and getting ready to lip it, it got off.


Ok, ok, I WASN'T going to lip it, just getting ready to gill it. lol


Comments

the piranha
8/13/2015 7:01:00 PM
I live in orting, but have been so busy with work and family I have hardly fished, plus the boat was at limit out for 2 weeks. Maybe in September I will be able to get up there.
Larry3215
8/13/2015 10:22:00 PM
Sounds like Tapps is doing pretty darn good under the circumstances. Thats great to hear.
Larry3215
8/13/2015 10:39:00 PM
How is the water level and clarity doing?
Amx
8/14/2015 11:17:00 AM
Water is a little clouded, light greenish, temp 75. I don't remember it ever being that warm in the past, but that was 20 plus years ago, early '90s, before the next 3 trips in '10 and '11.
Sideburns
8/14/2015 2:54:00 PM
must be filled entirely now, huh? Wonder what the storm will do to the bite?
Amx
8/14/2015 3:51:00 PM
I think the fish are too deep to worry about a storm.
muskyhunter
8/14/2015 6:13:00 PM
Hiyahs,
Water level is at 542.85 per USGS...water is actually covering the dam at the inlet.. Glad you got out AMX..how big was jesus' tiger? The tigers are there..not that deep either..just use your imagination where to look and you'll get em..couple good fish caught by a local out there. AMX..get some leaders man! I've got a bunch track me down and I will give you a couple..I will be out tomorrow for sure..work sucks keeps me off the water..see yahs!
Amx
8/14/2015 6:18:00 PM
Ya, I bought a couple leaders back when they first put tigers in Mayfield. Never made it there. I ran across the leaders a few times over the years, and set them aside somewhere so I could find them easy, but ya know how that goes. I was at the goody store Tues. and didn't even think of leaders, guess I'd better put them on my shopping list.

Jesus' fish was about 18", I guess. He has a picture of it.
Amx
8/14/2015 6:30:00 PM
Just found one leader, a silver one, but not the black one in the package I was looking for. A magnet picks it up, so I guess it's a good one and not plastic. lol It's coated in plastic or something.
Amx
8/16/2015 9:16:00 AM
Just found some black ones - that I didn't even know that I had. lol Ya, they were right where they should have been, but in a small package instead of the long narrow pack I have been looking for. Still can't find that one. Don't need it now. Off to Tapps again sorta soon.
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