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By: muskyhunter
Posted: 4/15/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
So Mayfield not so good. Tapps well, is Tapps. Early April not so good for the muskies. But the bassers where out in force. Didnt see any muskies. No follows couldnt raise a fish today. Didnt try for ...
By: topdawg47
Posted: 4/11/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Here is the picture from yesterdays catch
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 4/11/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
A friend and I went to Tapps. Nothing in the morning. Tried shallow and deep. Finally went south of Snag Island. Noticed almost a 5 degree increase in water temperature. That was the difference. There...
By: topdawg47
Posted: 4/10/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
First outing of year for me, stopped by Lake Tapps and hooked Into a nice smallie to kick of 2012 fishing season! Took about 6 or so casts and had a nice tug of Senko. Nothing else after that catch. C...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 4/8/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the noonish and afternoon period fishing with my bud Kevinb. Little windier today. East wind. Yikes! Kevin raised a 30" musky but couldnt get er' to committ. Fished the north end of the lake onl...
By: nx7k
Posted: 4/8/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Lake Tapps for first time this spring. Arrived at noon. Fished til 1800. Water temp was 48 to 49 degs upon arrival. Finally warmed up to 52 before we left. Was throwing crankbaits at shore ar...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 4/7/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Spent a few hours at Tapps today with Kevinb. Got my boat back and needed to work out the kinks in it and the shoulder. Put a nice 3lb smallie in the net. Water temp ranged only 47-49 degrees. Kinda c...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 4/3/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Weathermen were calling for wind yesterday. When there was sun and not a breath of wind at 11:00 decided to hook up and head for Tapps. The lake never had more than a ripple on it. Great weather. Wish...
By: kevinb
Posted: 3/27/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Only my 2nd time out musky fishing this year. Ended my shift this morning and decided to try Tapps for a couple hours, mostly just to fine tune the gear. Tried a variety of lure options, basically any...
By: procaster
Posted: 1/30/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I haven't been fishin for a couple weeks because the rivers have been too high. So, I figured I would have a better chance getting a smallie than large mouth. The only problem is North tapps parks i...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/16/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Grampa and grama said they'd watch the kids tell noon, so BAM! the boat was in the water at 7am. hit my first spot started around 15 foot huckin ratltraps and jerkbaits... nuthin... headed out to deep...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/10/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/8/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Ran out to Tapps to fish real quick on my usual bridge. I always seem to do pretty well there. Cnr'd two nice smallies (the one pictured was 17") and I had a smaller Tiger Muskie follow my grub. Got i...
By: nx7k
Posted: 9/25/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/24/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Took my nephew and went to Lake Tapps. We caught 17 SMB with largest goig three pounds.
Met up with a friend from the Bass club and he said fishing was good for size but fish were scattered. He ...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 9/23/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/22/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Tapps. Fished from 7 am till 12:15. Caught and released 13 smallies. Caught one 3-6 and a couple over 2. Am sorry to see the county park close on the 31st. The smallmouth fishing is still very...
By: nx7k
Posted: 9/23/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Tapps Wednesday morning and fished from about 745am until 1215pm. Only caught 5 fish but the five weighed about 16 lbs. All were nice fish but pretty scattered. All fish caught in about 16 ...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 9/16/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing Tapps about 7:00 AM. And it was cold. Fishing started off slow, but after an hour it began picking up, then it caught on fire. Betwee 8 and 1 caught 28 smallmouth. Nothing big. All in ...
By: BankBasser
Posted: 9/4/2011
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/4/2011
Hot Spots: 0
As with MuskyHunter's report previously, there was a mission to complete and was it ever completed.
7AM on the water. 4 other boats that we could see and none of them musky fishing. About an hour i...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 9/4/2011
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/4/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Spent a few hours on this crazy metro lake today with a gent who WAS on a mission to get his 1st musky ever. Last time out he had a follow and was pretty excited. Today I got him over and hooked up no...
By: nx7k
Posted: 9/4/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/4/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Lake Tapps this morning with my Grandson and my Nephew. We had our best day quality wise this year. We fished from about 645am until noon and caught 27 SMB. We had one fish 4 lb 2 oz, Two S...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 9/2/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/2/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Was at Tapps at daybreak. Caught 27 smallmouth, with 5 over two. No threes. Most caught in 18 to 25 ft of water. Would have been better if the wind wouldn't have become a problem.
By: WCCT
Posted: 8/30/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I was finally able to get out on the boat Sunday evening with the kids. My goal was to get the kids into some fish. I taught my two oldest (10 & 7) how to drop shot, and they put several in the boat...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 8/27/2011
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/27/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Tapps for a few hours Saturday morning. No Muskies caught. Did have a hot follow from a good 40. Couldn't get her to latch on. Spun her around a few times on a good sized loop. It was also goo...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 8/26/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Lake Tapps Wednsday and Thursday. Both days I was on the lake by 6:30 AM. The first day had to leave by 9:30 AM. Caught 9 the first day, the biggest about two pounds. The second day fished till...
By: nx7k
Posted: 8/22/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/20/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Lake Tapps with my lovely wife and my Nephew. My wife only stayed a couple of hours but in total we aught 34 SMB before we left with six fish 2 lbs and over. I threw a crankbait for a few mi...
By: kevinb
Posted: 8/21/2011
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
After returning from a family camping trip,decided to give the Tapps tigers a try. Caught a sub 30 inch musky on a Salmo Pike crankbait. She was probably in the mid to upper 20's. After a brief battle...