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By: rickydbasser
Posted: 6/11/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/11/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Was on the water by 6:30, and fished till 11:00. Tough fishing. Managed to catch 5 smallmouth. Nothing of any size. All caught in 18-20 ft of water. Saw lots of others on my graph, holding close to th...
By: kevinb
Posted: 6/10/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
First off,my apologies for the creepy look in the pic,I was born lacking a central nervous system which causes me not to smile for pictures and I also lack sleep but new babies tend to do that. Fished...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 6/6/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Tapps this morning. I knew they were calling for wind, but I hoped for the best. When I got to the boat launch at 6:30, there were two foot waves coming into the launch, and the lake was white...
By: kevinb
Posted: 6/5/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/5/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the water with a buddy from work. He chucked a tube for smallies and I tossed a spinnerbait for muskies. Caught a small musky approx.25 inches on the outside edge of a weedbed. Water is very stain...
By: nwmondou
Posted: 5/28/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went out this morning again for a little while. Started off cloudy, cold, and windy. But by about 10 the sun started peeking out. Not alot of action, a couple soft bites at first. Finally pulled in so...
By: lingking1
Posted: 5/27/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/27/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Had fun paddling a yak around and letting the lady fish! rappla on the end of a dodger. 1 lb maybe 1 1/2 lb bass she had fun, we were just out for a paddle with couple of hits and 1 solid bite that ...
By: nwmondou
Posted: 5/27/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from my boat for about an hour this evening. Caught a big smallie on black with blue speckled worm hooked sideways. Fish was 2+ pounds. Hooked into a larger one but lost it about 3 feet from bo...
By: nx7k
Posted: 5/27/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Lake Tapps with a buddy from Bass Club. Fished shallow. Caught 32 or 33 SMB mostly in the pound to 2 lb range. Fish have spawned out but still a few on beds. All fish caught in 6 ft or less wa...
By: kevinb
Posted: 5/25/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Only fished Tapps for about an hour or so. Caught two muskies,both on a large spinnerbait. First fish was smaller (under 30 inches) and then hooked up this bigger one. Certainly a good fighter. Ended ...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 5/24/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/24/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Went to Tapps this morning. Water temp has dropped at least 4 degrees. Fishing was tough. Managed to catch 7. All on a weightless StickO, and nothing over 1 1/2 lbs. Couldn't get a bite on anything el...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 5/18/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/18/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Went to Tapps this morning. Began very windy. Tough fishing. Then about 9:30 the wind lessoned and the fish turned on. Caught 21, 16 after the wind calmed. Dinks in the beginning, with bigger fish lat...
By: nx7k
Posted: 5/17/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Took my nephew and went to Lake Tapps after he got home from school. We got on the lake at 330pm and fished till about 6pm. CAught 12 SMB ass about 1 to 2 lbs. All caught up shallow. These were ma...
By: topdawg47
Posted: 5/17/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fun stop by Lake Tapps today. Caught about 4 Rock Bass, 1 small Tiger Muskie, 1 Small Mouth. I missed another small mouth. Also, missed a nice Crappie bite. I was kicking myself in the butt for missin...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 5/12/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Spent a few hours on Tapps today. Great day to be on the water. Rainier was magnificent. The sun was warm. And I finally put the 1st tiger of 2012 in the Frabill. A hard fish fighting battle. Trying t...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 5/11/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/11/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing about 6:30 am. Only had two by 10. But from 10 to 12 caught 10 more, with one 3-2 and three over 2. All caught on tubes in watermellonseed.
By: T&T's Gigs
Posted: 5/10/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Me and my buddys hit Tapps around 7am and where there till 330 caught at least 30 smallies avg was 1.5 biggest was 4 was a great day going back out this sunday all on drop shot and a few on gigs that ...
By: topdawg47
Posted: 5/8/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Stopped by Tapps after work, North Tapps launch. Caught four. 3 Smallies and 1 Rock Bass. Missed one other Smallie. All on the smaller side, but I rather catch something than get skunked, lol.
Used...
By: nx7k
Posted: 5/7/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Took my wife and went to Lake Tapps. Arrived about 1130am. Weather was sunny but windy and cool. Water temp was 55 to 57 degrees. Fishing was spotty but caught six nice SMB all up shallow. All si...
By: Keith34
Posted: 5/5/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/5/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Hit Taps 7am to 12:30. Caught 7 biggest going 2 pounds all on drop shot. Weather went from cloudy to partial sun then some pouring rain. Oh then back to partial sun. Bite was best 7am to 8am. After t...
By: Keith34
Posted: 4/28/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/28/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Hit the lake @ 7:30 am under partly sunny skies. My son caught his first fish about 1 pound on a worm he hand poured last night. I wish I had it because I couldn't begin to describe the color. Lol but...
By: nx7k
Posted: 4/23/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at Lake Tapps North Park at 2pm. Launched and fished till 4:15pm. Caught 12 SMB all in 1 to 5 ft of water. Water TEmp was 64 to 65 degrees. All caught on tubes. No big fish. I think the...
By: nx7k
Posted: 4/22/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/21/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Lake Tapps with my newphew and fishing was slow, however when we caught fish they were good ones. Water was about 57 degrees. All fish caught in 3 to 8 ft of water with red crankbaits.
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 4/21/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/21/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Tapps today from roughly 9 am till 530pm. Raised 2 fish only. One mid 30 incher the other a bigger mid 40+ tiger. Couldnt get either one in the net. Great day to be on the water. sunny and warm...
By: Ryan44
Posted: 4/21/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/20/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went with a friend yesterday to Tapps. Fished in the rain for the first half of th morning ten kind of nice. Only caught 2 fish both around 2-3 pounds, both in 8 feet of water or less. First time out ...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 4/18/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
A friend and I went to Tapps. Started about 11:00. Weather deteriorated fast. Wind and rain. Did catch 9 smallies and one 5-2 largemouth. And had one muskie bust a crankbait at the boat, but quickly s...