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By: wescooper2003
Posted: 8/8/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/7/2009
Hot Spots: 2
When out to Tapps this morning got there about 615 tried top water throwing a zara spook caught around 30 all were on top water. Fished around docks around points with stumps on them.
By: Skeeterpilot
Posted: 8/6/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/5/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished deeper water near a point on the north end, Caught this one on a 3" Berkley power grub, smoke color. While returning to the dock we noted lots of fish holding at around 15 to 30' and came back...
By: nx7k
Posted: 8/1/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My Grandson and I hit Lake Tapps early this morning and fished from about 6:15am until about 10:00am. Caught 15 keepers. This one my grandson caught went 2 1/2 lbs and was best of the lot. Mainly o...
By: gdrees
Posted: 7/31/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went out in the morning with my son-in-law and one granddaughter. Fished on the north end of the lake and got into some schools of smallmouth bass. Caught a bunch of eight to ten inchers, had a lot ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/29/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/29/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My nephews came over to go swimming and the youngest asked if he could fish while the rest of us swam. So I set him up with a small rod with a 4" senko and flipped it out in the water for him. then ju...
By: nx7k
Posted: 7/28/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/28/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Lake Tapps this morning from North Pierce County Park. Using tubes in 10 to 18 ft of water on points had a great day. Had several SMB in the 3/4 bl to 2 1/2 pound range. Bite was steady until a...
By: rwohlhueter05
Posted: 7/24/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/24/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Got out on the lake around 4:30pm and spent time near the inlet of the lake had a few bites right away and ended up with a nice big mouth bass and a nice 2-3lb crappie in the Church Lake section of La...
By: Skeeterpilot
Posted: 7/22/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/22/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Got out a little ealier today under a foggy sky cover. Used a spinnerbait all day and managed to hook a few but lost them before I could get them to the boat. Wife was using a small rubber fish that...
By: Skeeterpilot
Posted: 7/21/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Got a late start on Tapps today, headed for the area around the inlet again. Used Berkley power grubs, smoke color. Hit two small (about 1lb) SMB right off in the first 10 minutes. Had lots of hits...
By: wescooper2003
Posted: 7/20/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/14/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished tue, wed, thurs, fri, and sun on Tapps outstanding Small mouth fishing on tue caught about 40 smb biggest around 3.5 or 4 Ibs. caught 3around that size also caught several 3 Ibs. They were on a...
By: nx7k
Posted: 7/19/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/18/2009
Hot Spots: 1
Launched from Pierce County Park at about 6:10am. Fished Docks near 8 to 15 ft of water and points. Found fish about 10 ft deep. They ate up a Yamamoto 3.5 inch Watermelon Tube.
My wife was with...
By: cannondaler12
Posted: 7/17/2009
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Tapps for the first time this year. I got my first Muskie just west of Allen York ramp. 14" muskie then a 1# SMB hr later..nothing else the rest of the day..
By: KIRK BYSHEIM
Posted: 7/12/2009
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/12/2009
Hot Spots: 0
MY SON & I HIT LAKE TAPPS TODAY,HAD A GREAT DAY,CAUGHT TWO TIGERS,32X15 & 30X13,AND PRETTY GOOD SMALLIE ACTION TOO.
By: Skeeterpilot
Posted: 7/8/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/8/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Blasted off at around 10:00am and headed for the inlet channel again. This time my partner and I both hooked tiger muskies within the first 10 minutes, both around 16-18" just small guys. Another la...
By: Skeeterpilot
Posted: 7/6/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/6/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Headed for the flume inlet today. Worked the cove and within about 10minutes I had hooked what I would estimate to be about a 1lb bass on a Storm Swim Shad. Fish broke water about half way to the bo...
By: Skeeterpilot
Posted: 7/2/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out about 10:00am for the south side of Snag Island. Moved slowly westward around the shoreline. Partner was using small spinnerbait, I was using 5" Yamamoto Senco. Both of us had hits right...
By: Staffola
Posted: 7/2/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/2/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Got to Tapps about 6:00 headed to our favorite flat, no luck so we decided to head to another spot. On the way acrossed the lake we ran acrossed a nice weed bed in about 12 feet of water that was h...
By: FishingFool
Posted: 7/1/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
1st time at Lake Tapps, probably wont go back. $15 to launch!
Got on the water by 9AM. Started fishing right away along the right side along Dike 4. Was in the relatively shallow waters. <15ft....
By: Ski
Posted: 6/25/2009
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I caught this very sick 47 x 21 1/2 tiger last weekend. It was my personal best but sure didn't fight much. Thanks again to another Skeeter owner and his son for taking this picture for me. I wante...
By: tobeka
Posted: 6/21/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Tapps this morning. Got out on the lake at about 6:00 am. Fished around a small island for a bit. Tried fishing for both bass and muskies with Bucktails, Senkos, Top Water and spinner baits...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/13/2009
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/13/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Did the 5:00-8:00 am shift this morning.I had a nice muskie 40+ drill my spinner at the boat he went nuts after he got hooked up. After a brief crazy fight he came unbuttoned. BUMMER! Probably the bes...
By: carnahkj
Posted: 6/13/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/12/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went out with the fellas yesterday on Tapps. We got out there at 4:30 which is earlier then normal because I thought we might be able to catch the bigger ones earlier. The size did not change most ave...
By: Knox
Posted: 6/5/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/5/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Lake Tapps after work today. Got there at 5:30ish, Fished off of Dike 3's bank. second cast I made I got a little smallie, and the trend continued. Left at 7 PM. Caught in total 7 fish, 6 sma...
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 6/5/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/4/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Not one bite. But I did manage to drag in a Rug and get a duck tangled in my line, eventually hooking (on accident) it when it decided to run. I eventually cut my line when I decided hauling the duck ...
By: 2000subaru
Posted: 6/2/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went out with some of the fellas and spent the day on the lake. No bass of any considerable size were caught, but I had many runs of back to back to back casts and catches. All in all, I would saw 2...