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By: Deadeyemark
Posted: 5/25/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/25/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I finally broke the ice folks. Darn it's taken a while this year. I guess all I had to do was put on my Ducktail Lures hat and team up with Craig. Heck of a net man to say the least. 42" X 20".
By: kevinb
Posted: 5/25/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/25/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Cut our Canadian adventure short and got into town in the late afternoon. We decided to hit Tapps for smallies. Arrived around 4:30PM. Being an ESOX guy,I tossed a few times for tigers but then switch...
By: Kenster
Posted: 5/26/2008
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/25/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Tapps about 2pm. Original agenda was to catch and photograph an unknown black-stripped fish that I had seen schooling/spawning on huge beds in massive numbers in the "New" Party Cove. We got distr...
By: bigfish84
Posted: 5/26/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/26/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Tapps again mid morning. Catching is still hot on smallies. Got to the county park around 8:30 and was off the water around noon, not as busy as I would have expected it. Partner skipped out on me...
By: Deadeyemark
Posted: 5/26/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/26/2008
Hot Spots: 0
WOW! My personal best to date and I'm still excited. Craig, you're a great fishin partner and top of the line net man. You're welcome aboard any day.
It took half the day to put one in the net but ...
By: kevinb
Posted: 5/26/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/26/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Tapps around 10:30AM going for smallies again. Using my Kastmaster(see previous report) Hooked into a little smallie(under a pound) Began switching back and forth to muskies and smallies. Had seve...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 5/26/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/26/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Got out early...pretty blase' day just nice to get out on the water. Met dilbert and 2000 nice couple of dudes...caught a bunch of dink smallies. Saw 2 mid 30 inch Tigers. One followed to the boat the...
By: nx7k
Posted: 5/27/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/26/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I went to Lake Tapps with my wife. I caught ten Smallmouth with the largest weighing two pounds seven ounces. The other nine all were in the pound to pound and a half weight range. Used a Watermelo...
By: HammerinHonkers
Posted: 5/27/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/27/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Tapps today. Weather was cloudy when we started then got nice and sunny and warm. We were fishing docks around tapps island. We were drop shotting senkos and throwing green curly tail grubs. T...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/27/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/27/2008
Hot Spots: 0
we went 8 for 12 today it was fun we also saw about a 30in musky follow my sinko up to the boat our average fish weight was about 3lbs not to bad but it was a real fun trip
By: Blade
Posted: 5/28/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/27/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Since hearing about the action at Lake Tapps, decided to take the family fishing since they were so nice to do their chores without being asked. Arrived just in time to be turned away by the park, sin...
By: Fishaholic
Posted: 5/28/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/28/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to tapps a couple times the past week when my account was suspended. Not nearly as hot as the weekend before but still caught a few smallies.
By: Rich McVey
Posted: 5/30/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/29/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the water about 5:15pm and was out by 7:30. Water temp 60.8.
The kid caught a nice 3 pound rock, was a keeper but we felt sorry for it and let it go. (C&R baby...)
I caught a medium SM along ...
By: dilbert
Posted: 6/1/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/1/2008
Hot Spots: 0
None of my usual fishing partners could make it today (grounded), so I went out solo. The weather was overcast and cooler. Water temp was in the upper 50's to low 60's in some areas. I caught plenty...
By: bigfish84
Posted: 6/1/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/1/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Well, got bored this afternoon after running around gathering up some more yamato cinnamon colored grubs, man they're hard to find these days. Any ways, hit Tapps. Didn't find them around the stumps t...
By: 2000subaru
Posted: 6/4/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/4/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Another decent day on the water. Took the niece for her first trip, and I actually put her on some fish. I'm starting to think that I have a few places on this lake that I can catch a fish even on t...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 6/5/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/5/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Hey kids,
Got out to Tapps today. Fished from 9:30 till 5 pm. Yup the weather was kinda nasty. Not windy though..perfect weather for fishin...Hooked up and put a 37 x 16 Ski in the net. Off of a we...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/5/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/5/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Well it been a long dry spell on the musky front for me. In the last few weeks I've had at least a dozen good follows without a single hookup. At least my girls are having fun with the carp and sucker...
By: Rich McVey
Posted: 6/9/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/8/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake about 7, ran into Kenster and Mtsview at the docks. Light cool breeze, water 60.8 according to the Garmin.
Total from the 4 of us on my boat, we only caught 1 small SM (along dike 4...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/9/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/9/2008
Hot Spots: 0
well so far this summer me and my friends have caught 5-6 muskies and a lot of smallies. all we do is troll right out the back of a canoe so just to lets u guys know, u dont need some 30,000 dallar ba...
By: kevinb
Posted: 6/9/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/9/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Took my son up to Tapps and met up with a buddy that got a new boat(toy). We launched out of the North Tapps Park and began working(drifting)northward on dike#4 and started hitting some smallies in ab...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/10/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/10/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Well it's been a frustrating spring for me on the muskie front. I've had at least a dozen good follows to the boat without a single hookup. I tried figure 8's, big circle's, jigging, speeding up. All ...
By: shepdog_1300
Posted: 6/14/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/13/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Me and my homie went out to tapps with a big 5 person raft and fished the area around the boat launch and rock area (dike 4 i think). GOT NOTHING. My friend was using some live maggots which didn't wo...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 6/14/2008
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/14/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Hooked up with the Western Bass Club for our first "Fish in". Met a bunch of really cool dudes who are just as dedicated to bass as we Chapter 57 guys are to the Tigers. Great time on and off the wat...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 6/15/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/15/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went out with new Tiger fisherman Maury today. "He got the itch too!" Anyway, nice day on the water for Father's Day. Saw a Tiger in the early a.m And finally got one in the net around noon. Maury is...
