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By: rickydbasser
Posted: 7/23/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Hooked up with a fishing buddy and his bass boat, which is 8 ft longer than mine, and has a outboard of 214 HP more. Mine will do about 20 MPH, and his does somewhere around 72 MPH. Other than that, t...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 7/15/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/15/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Tapps this morning. Started out slow. Never put a fish in the boat in the first two hours. But that first fish was 3-2, which was my second bigest for the day. After that it was a couple fish ...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 7/12/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/12/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Wow, what a change. I guess this is why they call what we do fishing, rather than catching. Launched to water far less windy than the past two days. Overcast. How much more can a guy ask for? Well, mo...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 7/10/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went back out to Tapps today. Once again it was breezy in the morning then settling down in the afternoon. Caught 8 on a crankbait in around 12 feet of water, and 8 more on a Carolina rig in around 18...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 7/9/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/8/2013
Hot Spots: 0
After two weeks of activities that have kept me from fishing, I finally got out. Went to Tapps. The day began windy, making handling the boat tough on the main lake ridge I wanted to fish. Came up wit...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 6/17/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to St. Claire this morning. Fished from 7 am till 11:30. Caught 13 bass, most of them chunky pound to a pound and a half. Ten of them were caught in the first two hours. All caught on a weightles...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 6/14/2013
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/14/2013
Hot Spots: 3
Well, Muskyhunter, you should be proud of yourself. I did what you suggested. I went fishing for muskies. Never touched a smallmouth, but Lord I found some muskies. Went back to the east side of Snag ...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 6/13/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/13/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Tapps this morning. Tough fishing. Still no fish out on the main lake humps and ridges. Never caught or saw a fish shallow. Ended up catching 5 out on steep dropping shorlelines in between 18 ...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 6/7/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/7/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Haven't been to Lake Sawyer in forever so decided to give it a try. The park charges $5.00 to launch, but they have a convenient pay station that takes cash, change, credit or debit cards. Fishing beg...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 6/5/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Lake Tapps. Sunny skies and flat water. Nice. I wish I could say the same for the bass fishing. Lake Tapps is in that terrible transition period which happens every year about this time. Most ...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 6/1/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/31/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to take a break from smallmouth fishing on Lake Tapps, and see if I could catch some largemouth. First went to Whitman Lake. Fishing was tough. In 3 hours I only caught two, but one was 3-7, w...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 5/16/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/16/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Back to Lake Tapps, and, as usual, still kicking out smallies. Decided to try some locations I had never fished before with little success. Ended up going back to my old haunts, catching 12 with half ...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 5/15/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/15/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Because of a promise to watch my grand urcants, sorry, grandkids, I was only able to go out for a couple hours. Because my time was limited I went straight to the point across the lake to the left, a...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 5/14/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 6:30 till 11:30. Had a very good day. Caught 16 smallmouth with over half of them over two pounds, and one 3-2. Only caught two dinks. All caught on my home-made 4 inch straight worms in w...
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: rickydbasser
Posted: 5/12/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/12/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Took my son to Lake St. Claire. Had high expectations driving there, and even higher when I saw morning water temps at 68 to 69 degrees. Figured if the spawn wasn't on, at least they'd be cruising the...
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: rickydbasser
Posted: 4/24/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to St. Claire for the first time this year. Water temp ranged from 52 on main lake to 54 back in the fingers. Caught 6 bass, nothing big. Had only one bite on main lake. All were caught back in t...
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...