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By: nx7k
Posted: 5/13/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Lake Tapps with a new friend from the BAss Club. We had a good morning. Started off slow but after about 45 minutes it heated up good. We caught about 30 SMB with ten being over 2 lbs and p...
By: nx7k
Posted: 5/13/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Met up with RickyDBasser and we hit Tapps at about 6am. Fishing started off kinda slow but was pretty good a little later. We finished with about 25 SMB caught mostly 1 lb to 3 lb range. Rick hooke...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 5/13/2013
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Tapps Saturday in my buddy's bassboat. Of course we were fishing for smallies. And then it happened. While fishing a swimbait I got a tic and set the hook. Early in the fight I thought to myse...
By: kevinb
Posted: 5/12/2013
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
On the water around 6:30 with my buddy Ryan. Had a pretty good day fishing slightly deeper water(approx. 20 feet) went 4/5 with muskies in the net and a few follows.Most of the fish were smaller but d...
By: waflyboy
Posted: 5/12/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Howdy! Been watching this site for a while and finally decided to post a report:
Arrived at the North park ramp around 6am on Saturday. I think there was a tournament going on, because the ramp w...
By: needs2hunt
Posted: 5/11/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake this morning with a buddy...
good times caught a dozen smallies, all averaging 2 lbs... seen some much bigger fish just couldn't get them to bite... A few were caught off there beds w...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 5/9/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Tapps from 6:30 till 10:00. Tried a new area first without success. Went back to the same area I've been pounding for the last four days. Caught six, with one being my biggest smallmouth so far...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 5/8/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/8/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 6:30 till only 10:30 because of prior appointment. But a great four hours. Caught 20 smallmouth. None that would go 3 lbs, but only a couple dinks. Most caught on a weightless Stick-0, wit...
By: 06Roush
Posted: 5/7/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Tapps all day with my nice day off! Ended up being my first 20 fish day, woo hoo. Caught all fish in the shallows and the majority were all guarding beds. I started off just casting and cruising d...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 5/7/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Returned to Tapps again. Not as good as yesterday, but did catch 9 smallmouth, with three in the 2 plus pound range. All caught shallow on both grubs and Stick-0's. With water temps yesterday at 64 de...
By: needs2hunt
Posted: 5/6/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/5/2013
Hot Spots: 3
My boy and i decided to hit lake Tapps this morning... only 2 other guys were launching at 6am, and both i think were Walakes members...
We started out directly south of the launch and caught our...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 5/6/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
As I said, returned to Tapps. Caught nine, with three in the two pound plus range. Nothing bigger. Six on a curly tailed grub, and two on a Stick-o. With water temps now pushing 65.0 degrees, am seein...
By: nwmondou
Posted: 5/5/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/5/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Awesome weekend fishing tapps. Pulled in 12 all together most ranging from 1 to 2 pounds. The highlight came on Sunday when my pole got slammed by a nice 4 pound smallie. One of the bigger fish I've c...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 5/5/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/5/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Was on Tapps when the gate opened at 6:00. Fished till 11:00 when the ski boats and jet skiers began showing up. Wind was a hassle, but fishing was great. Caught 17, including three 3 lbers, four 2's ...
By: bassaholic253
Posted: 5/4/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went out on tapps after work yeterday. On the water at 6. Stopped at a spot over by Allen York to get some smallies. Got hit hard first cast so I threw my drop shot in the same spot and got hammered. ...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 5/1/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/1/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Tapps. Fishes shallow around docks and wood. Did catch 7 smallies, all but one were in the 2 lb plus range. The photos show the average. That was good, but a lot of casts for the fish I caught...
By: bassaholic253
Posted: 4/29/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/29/2013
Hot Spots: 0
A friend and I launch from the County Park, which is still free, around 11. Fiished around tapps island bridge, nothing. fishing along dike 12. hit 3 fish really quick from 2-3.5 pounds on drop shot. ...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 4/26/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Tapps. Started out deep, fishing at around 25 ft. Saw lots of fish on the graph, but no takers. Began pounding the shoreline. Caught three in the pound range on a swimbait. Then four others on...
By: 06Roush
Posted: 4/26/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
So I hit the water the evening of the 25th for a few hours and for the morning today. Temps yesterday hit 60.5 and today when I got out there they were down to 56 and 58.6 by the time I left around 11...
By: nx7k
Posted: 4/25/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Lake Tapps and launched around 9:30am. Water was 52 to 53 degrees. Caught 6 SMB with largest slightly over 2 lbs. Caught 4 on Rattletrap Type Lure and 2 on a Jerkbait. All fish caught in 9...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 4/21/2013
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/21/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the day on Tapps hoping to hit the sunny weather and a musky or 3 or 4. Weather was perfect for fishing 50ish temp some good wind a little rain and not many folks on the lake. Water temps I foun...
By: 06Roush
Posted: 4/21/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/21/2013
Hot Spots: 0
On the water by 6:30 and left around 12, the temps were steady around 51-52. Caught 1 and had a few bites from others nothing of any size. All bites were on a wacky rig senko and the catch was on a sh...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 4/16/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/16/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Began fishing around 8 in the morning. Fished shallow, fished deep. Nothing. Finally, between 11 and 12 o'clock I caught three in around 25 ft of water. Nothing big. Then our weather guesser's forec...
By: 06Roush
Posted: 4/15/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went out hoping to find some more monsters...no such luck. Found a few dinks in deep water 15-25ft of water. Temps dropped below 50...hopefully these next few days of warmer weather bring the temps ba...
By: 06Roush
Posted: 4/11/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Only caught a few fish but did catch a trophy wile I was at it. Water temps started out at about 50 and then got as high as 53. Spent most of the day flipping docks as the sun came out and started war...