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By: KevinS
Posted: 9/9/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Lake Tapps from 8-11 AM. Was using a Gitzit 3.5 inch brown tube. Got a couple of hits but only one fish landed (16-inch smallie) from 20-foot depth. Then nothing but snags. Didn't have any ...
By: saintsenn
Posted: 9/17/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
fished tapps this morning,really slow,threw crank baits,spinners,plastic worms and plastic shad.finally got this lil' guy using shad rigged carolina style. would of liked to hook up a muskie but no lu...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/18/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went to tapps with a buddy and fished all new spots for me because he has a bass boat. It was slow though, My buddy caught one smallie about 2.5 and I caught one about 1.5. the rest were dinks we fi...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 9/28/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Tapps is still kicking out smallies. Went Wed. solo. Caught 17, including this beautifully colored 3 lber. All caught dragging a Carolina Rig in 20 to 24 ft of water. Then went again Thursday with a f...
By: nx7k
Posted: 9/30/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
A friend from Wenatchee came over fo rthe weekend and we hit Lake Tapps this morning. It is the last day fo rthe Pierce County North Park to be open.
Fishing was pretty good. We caught about 25 f...
By: the piranha
Posted: 10/11/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/11/2012
Hot Spots: 1
I changed my username because of password issues. I was procaster. I met a friend at the boat launch and we worked our way north fishing. It was pretty slow I caught one small one on a tube and my ...
By: kevinb
Posted: 3/3/2013
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Possibly the worse fishing report ever! Enjoy!
Not much time to work with but was able to finally wet a line after several months. Just made some casts from the shore for about 45 minutes. Nothing ...
By: the piranha
Posted: 3/24/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/20/2013
Hot Spots: 0
nNo fish, at least you can launch now. Water was 44. Fished on wed. late report Pole is down so it is free, not sure how long that will last.
Posted: 3/26/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Caught first small mouth of the season, 2 lbs 35' deep slow fishing
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 4/4/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Tapps. Beautiful day. Fished from 7:00 till noon. Water was flat and a surprising 53 degrees on the surface. That's 6 degrees warmer than this time last year. But didn't touch a fish. Went dee...
By: JesusFish
Posted: 4/6/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Got on Tapps by 7:30 at the North Park outside Auburn. Couple other boats on the lake. Gate is open, but no guard shack collecting money yet. Hit 3 spots without a bite about mid lake. Went to the...
By: 06Roush
Posted: 4/10/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I braved the wind and rain out on Tapps today with nothing to show for it. Temps were around 51 and the only bite I got was in about 15ft of water. I fished the inlet by the Lion house because it was ...
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...
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: 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: 4/21/2013
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 5/5/2013
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: 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...
