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By: Capt.Longrod
Posted: 7/5/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/4/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Got out on the water at 7am and fished til 7pm. Landed 7 muskies and about 20 smallies. The biggest muskie was only 32" and the other 6 were under 30". The biggest smallie was only about 2.5. The litt...
By: esox54277
Posted: 8/20/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/20/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Less than favorable conditions tonight, but I got in the boat with a new friend. He has never caught a muskie.... tlak about pressure!! Second cast... big fish missed my bucktail... then nothing...
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: 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: kevinb
Posted: 5/12/2013
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
On the water around 6:30 with my buddy Ryan. Had a pretty good day fishing slightly deeper water(approx. 20 feet) went 4/5 with muskies in the net and a few follows.Most of the fish were smaller but d...
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: muskyhunter
Posted: 7/7/2013
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/7/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the morning with my "muskyhuntress" trying to put a good fish in the net. Tapps is great for small fish right now. Lots of 30" and under fish now. The bigger fish are far and few in between and ...
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: kevinb
Posted: 6/24/2013
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
On the water around 12:30 with buddies muskyhunter and Ryan. Began finding active fish shortly thereafter. Most active spots we found were in or near weed beds close to deep water. Had multiple follow...
By: nwmondou
Posted: 7/23/2013
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing with a couple buddies this morning/afternoon. Trolling for muskie on my little 10 foot fiberglass boat. Morning started off slow with no fish for about the first hour. Trolled past Tapps ...
By: kevinb
Posted: 8/5/2013
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Had the pleasure of fishing with some good friends,muskyhunter and Uncle Wes. Not the best fishing but we were able to get a few in the net. First musky hit on my Rapala Super Shad Rap(Perch) and mh's...
By: kevinb
Posted: 8/25/2013
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
On the water around 8am with muskyhunter. Within minutes mh found a large musky giving interest in a bucktail but no hookup. Started working rock points and I ended up catching this 44x19 tiger on a D...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 8/1/2013
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/30/2013
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for the past Tuesday the 30th. Put a 44 in the frabill. Had a window in the evening and it paid it for me. Hit a fish about 40 inches and missed it. Had another come out of the weeds di...
By: FishingTenor
Posted: 10/22/2013
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/20/2013
Hot Spots: 0
My brother Dale took me out on Lake Tapps for my birthday. We both wanted to hook a tiger muskie, but I heard there were a lot of bass in there too. I brought my largest trout net for bass, and also ...
By: kevinb
Posted: 4/21/2014
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/20/2014
Hot Spots: 0
On the water around 12:30 with muskyhunter. Worked a few different areas using a mixed bag of crankbaits,tubes and swimbaits. mh was able to get a tiger musky interested as it followed from a rock poi...
By: kevinb
Posted: 5/4/2014
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/4/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Weather conditions were brutal with heavy winds and monsoon caliber rains but my buddy Ryan and I powered through for what resulted in a pretty good day of musky fishing. Took some time but found the ...
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: 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: FishingTenor
Posted: 11/11/2014
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/26/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I am submitting this report late, but thought it was a unique experience and I had some photos worth sharing.
They have dropped the lake level 50 feet to work on the inlet. My brother reported to me...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 6/29/2013
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/29/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Kevinb and I hit Tapps early this morning till 1230pm. The cloudy cool weather was a pleasant surprise with a little rain that really felt pretty good. Fished hard with crank baits and worms. Water te...
By: kevinb
Posted: 6/30/2013
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/29/2013
Hot Spots: 0
This report coincides with muskyhunter's 6-29 Lake Tapps report.
Found active fish along weedbeds and rock points. I tossed a variety of gear including spinnerbaits,chatterbaits and crankbaits. The...
By: kevinb
Posted: 6/9/2014
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/8/2014
Hot Spots: 0
This is a consolidated report from Saturday evening and most of Sunday.
Hit the water with some buds, Ryan, Kent and muskyhunter. We all managed to catch muskies on a variety of lures from spinnerb...
By: red
Posted: 8/8/2015
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/8/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I caught my 2nd trophy musky in a month. Both 44-46 inches. Both on bucktails in 12 ft of water: I'm also posting a picture of a nice king I got at sekiu last month out of Olsons . 30 lb hatchery caug...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 4/17/2016
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/17/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Hard fishing today. Started out trolling. Planer boards and one flat line. No strikes. Nadda thing. Got to play with the lowrance. Water temps were in the low 60's. A little casting had one hot follo...
By: Spaceyak1000
Posted: 5/3/2016
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/2/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the water at 7 AM. It was a glorious day out there. Threw buck tails and glide baits. Trolled a jointed shad rap. Crickets. Did not see any or have any follows. Had a 8" rainbow trout fo...
