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By: rickydbasser
Posted: 5/19/2014
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/19/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Made my first trip of the year to Lake St. Claire. Water temp was between 61 and 64 degrees. Though very scattered, caught 8 bass, with three in the 2 lb range, the rest between 1 and 1 1/2, with one ...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 5/17/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/16/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Wow. What a difference a day makes. Thursday it was as if there was a bass next to every dock and behind every stump. I even caught 4 bass on 4 casts. Yesterday I returned to the lake with my fishing ...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 5/15/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/15/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Was on Tapps about 7:30. Had a good day...Well, kind of. Caught 25 smallies, 5 of them close to or over 3 lbs. But I lost one smallmouth next to the boat the was over 4. To make matters worse, fished ...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 4/12/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/12/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Lake Sawyer this morning. Launched about 9:00 AM, and fished until a cold biting wind over-road my one fish morning. Caught the pictured which weighed an honest 2 1/2 lbs. Caught it on a steep...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 4/10/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/10/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Made my first trip of the year to American Lake. The lake was flat and calm when I first arived around 9 AM, but within an hour a brisk cold breeze pushed across the lake. Never touched a fish. Tried ...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 1/26/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/25/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Though there was frost on the grass in the morning, by 11:00 the sun felt warm and the wind was calm. And I thought, what the heck. So I hooked up the boat and went to American Lake. I figured if I co...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 10/25/2013
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/25/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Back out to American Lake today for some more perch. Went back to the south end of the lake again, and it didn't let me down. Probably caught 50 perch and kept 21 that were between 10 and 13 inches. A...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 10/21/2013
Species: Perch
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/21/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Went to American Lake this morning, wanting to fish for perch. Went to the south end of the lake and caught all that I wanted. Probably caught somewhere around 50 perch, keeping 22 that were in the 10...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 10/18/2013
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went back out to American Lake, wanting to put more perch filets in the freezer. Ended up catching just enough for a good dinner that night. Had a terrible time finding a school. They had totally vaca...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 10/16/2013
Species: Perch
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to American Lake with the idea of fishing smallmouth. Couldn't find a fish. But I continued to find school after school of perch showing up on my graph recorder at around the 45 ft level. Why not...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 9/26/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/26/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Went back out to American Lake this morning. Was on the water by 8:30. This time I was wearing my new PFD. Water temp was 65 degrees, down 5 degrees from this time last week. Never hooked a smallmouth...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 9/19/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/19/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Decided to go for quality rather than quantity. Forsook my favorite lake, Tapps and drove over to American Lake. It didn't let me down. I only caught 7, but four of them were 3 lbs or bigger, with the...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 9/13/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/12/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Tapps yesterday morning. Was on the lake at 7 AM. A thick fog covered the lake. Because I have no guidance system in the boat, I fished the pocket in front of the launch until the fog began li...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 9/10/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/9/2013
Hot Spots: 3
Arrived at Tapps at 7 am. Dense fog on the water. For that reason I fished the ridge and pocket directly in front of the boat launch. Caught five there. Nothing big. Once the fog began to lift motored...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 9/3/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Launched my boat at around 7:00 AM. It was sprinkling and the lake was flat as glass. Started fishing the edges of the pocket right in front of the boat launch. Caught 5 in the first 20 minutes. Only ...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 8/26/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished my home lake, Tapps. Tough day. Started out on the pocket in front of the boat launch. Caught two. Then went to Driftwood Point without catching a fish, then went to the point south of Banker's...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 8/24/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Took my son fishing with me to Tapps. Had a pretty good day, other than my son has a tendency to not only set the hook on fish, but also stumps he drags over. If there were such a thing, he would have...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 8/22/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/22/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went back to Tapps this morning. Water was flat all day. On any other lake, today's fishing would have been great. But for Tapps it was so-so. What can I say? I'm spoiled. Fished till 11:00. Caught 21...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 8/21/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/21/2013
Hot Spots: 2
All I can say is, WOW! It was just one of those days. Decided to start off on the hump just out in front of the speed limit buoys at the boat launch. Caught 5 there, including one 3-0. Started moving ...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 8/15/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/15/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Back to Tapps for one last trip this week. Rained far more than what the weather man was calling for, but that was alright. I had rain gear and the lake stayed flat all morning. Caught 17 smallies, wi...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 8/13/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/13/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Tapps this morning. Was on the lake by 7:00. Fishing was spotty. Caught 18, but they came in bunches with long periods without a bite. All caught on a Carolina rig with a curly tailed grub or ...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 8/6/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Tapps this morning. Didn't catch the numbers I did on the last couple trips, but how can one complain about a 22 fish day. Caught four that went from 3.0 to 3.12, which is the biggest smallmo...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 8/2/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Tapps from about 6:30 till 3:30. Still great fishing, though the fish have moved off into 20 to 22 feet of water and aren't feeding as aggressively as a couple days before. But I'm certainly no...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 8/1/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/31/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing yesterday with a friend in his bassboat. Was on the lake at 6:00. I've had some great days on Lake Tapps. But it out did itself this time. My partner caught somewhere over 30 smallmouth. ...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 7/28/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/28/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well, they did it again! Time to sling the ole's Rodeo weed killer on Ohop Lake and totally kill everything including the bass fishing. It never fails. Just about the time my once favorite bass lake b...