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By: esox54277
Posted: 7/29/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
This evening I got the opportunity to fish with soaking wet feet, thanks to a rather large boat that has a whole lake to run on but decides to zoom between me and the structure I was casting to, needl...
By: tacfisher1
Posted: 7/29/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/29/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went out this morning to spend the last day my son had before he started his first job.Dint get a hit but son saw one.That was it for the few hours we were out.Had one of the guys from shore tell me h...
By: kevinb
Posted: 7/8/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Had a small window this evening to chuck some baits. Heavy boat traffic,no surprise there. Had a few follows but from smaller tigers,nothing over the low 30's inch range. Still no complaints. Made a n...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/17/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
man it was windy out there today but got my first smallie about a half an hour in after i tired of trying to keep my small flat bottom going in the direction i wanted. finding protection from the wind...
By: topdawg47
Posted: 4/11/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Here is the picture from yesterdays catch
By: procaster
Posted: 1/30/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I haven't been fishin for a couple weeks because the rivers have been too high. So, I figured I would have a better chance getting a smallie than large mouth. The only problem is North tapps parks i...
By: kevinb
Posted: 3/27/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Only my 2nd time out musky fishing this year. Ended my shift this morning and decided to try Tapps for a couple hours, mostly just to fine tune the gear. Tried a variety of lure options, basically any...
By: kevinb
Posted: 6/10/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
First off,my apologies for the creepy look in the pic,I was born lacking a central nervous system which causes me not to smile for pictures and I also lack sleep but new babies tend to do that. Fished...
By: kevinb
Posted: 5/25/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Only fished Tapps for about an hour or so. Caught two muskies,both on a large spinnerbait. First fish was smaller (under 30 inches) and then hooked up this bigger one. Certainly a good fighter. Ended ...
By: topdawg47
Posted: 5/17/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fun stop by Lake Tapps today. Caught about 4 Rock Bass, 1 small Tiger Muskie, 1 Small Mouth. I missed another small mouth. Also, missed a nice Crappie bite. I was kicking myself in the butt for missin...
By: Bmastro777
Posted: 6/27/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
YIKES! Very tough morning on Tapps. Fished docks and a couple points. My boy got 1 smallie on a senko and had a couple other bites. Seems the fishing here has took a downward spiral! I got the big...
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: 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: 7/12/2013
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: 7/15/2013
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: _Sergiy_
Posted: 7/21/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/20/2013
Hot Spots: 3
Went to Lake Tapps in the morning until the evening. But i didn't pull any fish out until the evening when i first got a 3/4 pound, 10 1/4 inch sm bass and then my smallest which i didn't measure and ...
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: 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: 5/14/2013
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: 5/15/2013
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: 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: 6/13/2013
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: 6/14/2013
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: 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...
