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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: needs2hunt
Posted: 5/6/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/5/2013
Hot Spots: 3
My boy and i decided to hit lake Tapps this morning... only 2 other guys were launching at 6am, and both i think were Walakes members...
We started out directly south of the launch and caught our...
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: 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: 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: 5/9/2013
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: 5/1/2013
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: waflyboy
Posted: 5/12/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Howdy! Been watching this site for a while and finally decided to post a report:
Arrived at the North park ramp around 6am on Saturday. I think there was a tournament going on, because the ramp 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: the piranha
Posted: 9/17/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/16/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 11 to 5. With dinks included I caught a lot of fish. It was my best day ever for smallmouth. Biggest was 2.7. All on top shot average 20 ft deep. I was jumping points and rotating out ...
By: the piranha
Posted: 9/2/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/31/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I have been having fuel issues with the boat, I took the family to tapps hoping I fixed the problem. I still had fuel issues so we fish the hump in front of the boat launch. Right away my daughter ha...
By: JesusFish
Posted: 8/31/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/23/2014
Hot Spots: 0
And yes AMX...I know this report is a week late. I was busy catching more fish! Ha ha
Had the best day of fishing I've ever had in Western Wa. We had a 50 fish day! The biggest was just over 3lb...
By: bigdaddy3769
Posted: 8/18/2014
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/16/2014
Hot Spots: 1
I wasn't actually on the lake to fish. We were cruising around the lake and noticed a strong fish smell. That's when we spotted something floating in the middle of the lake. We pulled up and discov...
By: the piranha
Posted: 6/12/2014
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/10/2014
Hot Spots: 0
The weather was pretty chilly, my boat was running crappy, plus it was my first time targeting musky. After messing around with the boat for a while, I started throwing lures. I had some big crank ...
By: bassman72
Posted: 5/12/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/12/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Not a bad day but not the best. we caught a few (5) and lost a few (3)and had a good time I guess that's what really counts. water was between 62-65 on the surface. all fish were caught in less than 1...
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: 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: 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: 9/13/2013
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...
