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By: nx7k
Posted: 10/10/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Made our last trip to Tapps this year. Water level is falling fast. Caught eight SMB mostly in about 20 ft of water using Senkos Texas Rigged fishing on points. Will return to Tapps next spring whe...
By: procaster
Posted: 11/3/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/3/2009
Hot Spots: 0
fished Tapps on sunday from 1000 to 1430. Didn't catch any, not even any strikes. Fished from 9ft to 57ft mostly vertical jiggin. Talked to a couple other boats none for them either. Water was 54....
By: 2000subaru
Posted: 11/10/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/4/2009
Hot Spots: 0
We had about two hours to fish before we picked big brother from kindergarted, so we hit Tapps for some cool weather smallies. Fish were biting from 28 to 12 feet, finally picked one up shallow on a ...
By: procaster
Posted: 4/3/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well It looks like i'm the first Tapps report of the year. I only had from 2pm to 4pm to fish. I got lucky and found one smallie, it was about 2lbs. Got it on a purple/white x shad rap 8 to 10 foot...
By: Skeeterpilot
Posted: 8/29/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Another slow day on Tapps. Headed back to the south side of Tapps island where I had a follow the week before from a nice sized bass, started 2 docks away from where I had seen it and on about the 2...
By: Skeeterpilot
Posted: 8/29/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to fish the west side of the lake today. Used Yamamoto Hula Grubs, spinners and finally Yamamoto Sencos. Faster presentations are not working all that well here and the fish of any size that...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/2/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/31/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Was on the lake at 6:45am, with my buddy Bill Green. We left the ramp in a fog! I ment the lake was fogged in. Got lost, on with the GPS. Started fishing and the fish were on from the start. The mag...
By: nx7k
Posted: 9/17/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Lake Tapps this morning. Departed from Pierce County Park at about 640am. Used Senkos in about 8 to 15 ft of water around points and slayed em. We boated about twenty or twenty five with the la...
By: nx7k
Posted: 9/22/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/20/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Lake Tapps Sunday Morning with a friend from Puyallup Hawg Hunters and fishing was slower due to cold front that had just passed but we boated 18 or 19 with largest about two pounds or just over. ...
By: nx7k
Posted: 9/27/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Lake Tapps again this morning. Bite was later in the morning, I guess due to cooling water. Bite didnot turn on until about 945am. Water was 64 degs. Used Senkos in about twenty ft of water, T...
By: rwohlhueter05
Posted: 7/24/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/24/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Got out on the lake around 4:30pm and spent time near the inlet of the lake had a few bites right away and ended up with a nice big mouth bass and a nice 2-3lb crappie in the Church Lake section of La...
By: nx7k
Posted: 7/28/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/28/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Lake Tapps this morning from North Pierce County Park. Using tubes in 10 to 18 ft of water on points had a great day. Had several SMB in the 3/4 bl to 2 1/2 pound range. Bite was steady until a...
By: gdrees
Posted: 7/31/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went out in the morning with my son-in-law and one granddaughter. Fished on the north end of the lake and got into some schools of smallmouth bass. Caught a bunch of eight to ten inchers, had a lot ...
By: nx7k
Posted: 8/1/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My Grandson and I hit Lake Tapps early this morning and fished from about 6:15am until about 10:00am. Caught 15 keepers. This one my grandson caught went 2 1/2 lbs and was best of the lot. Mainly o...
By: Skeeterpilot
Posted: 8/6/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/5/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished deeper water near a point on the north end, Caught this one on a 3" Berkley power grub, smoke color. While returning to the dock we noted lots of fish holding at around 15 to 30' and came back...
By: tobeka
Posted: 6/21/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Tapps this morning. Got out on the lake at about 6:00 am. Fished around a small island for a bit. Tried fishing for both bass and muskies with Bucktails, Senkos, Top Water and spinner baits...
By: Skeeterpilot
Posted: 7/8/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/8/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Blasted off at around 10:00am and headed for the inlet channel again. This time my partner and I both hooked tiger muskies within the first 10 minutes, both around 16-18" just small guys. Another la...
By: nx7k
Posted: 7/19/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/18/2009
Hot Spots: 1
Launched from Pierce County Park at about 6:10am. Fished Docks near 8 to 15 ft of water and points. Found fish about 10 ft deep. They ate up a Yamamoto 3.5 inch Watermelon Tube.
My wife was with...
By: wescooper2003
Posted: 7/20/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/14/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished tue, wed, thurs, fri, and sun on Tapps outstanding Small mouth fishing on tue caught about 40 smb biggest around 3.5 or 4 Ibs. caught 3around that size also caught several 3 Ibs. They were on a...
By: carnahkj
Posted: 6/13/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/12/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went out with the fellas yesterday on Tapps. We got out there at 4:30 which is earlier then normal because I thought we might be able to catch the bigger ones earlier. The size did not change most ave...
By: FishingFool
Posted: 7/1/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
1st time at Lake Tapps, probably wont go back. $15 to launch!
Got on the water by 9AM. Started fishing right away along the right side along Dike 4. Was in the relatively shallow waters. <15ft....
By: jsb7273
Posted: 5/18/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Got on the lake at 6am. Water was between 59-62, depending on what cove you were in. Caught some smallmouth around rocky/muddy points near shore. Was using crankbaits (sexy shad) and lizzards (green a...
Posted: 5/18/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Wife and I went to Tapps . Started out fishing the shallows and caught a lot of small males around 1 -2.5# and seen a lot of spawning beds between 2 - 8 ft of water. Decided to hunt for the hens aroun...
By: Denman
Posted: 5/21/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Jeez, you'de think I'd learn to take the camera once and awhile, but I forgot again in my haste to get out onto the water. I tried out my usual productive holes around Snag Is. but for some reason, t...
By: red
Posted: 5/30/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
It was a great morning on Tapps today. Fishing senkos in the stump fields I probebly caught 25 smallmouth in about 2 hours.Nothing bigger then 2-3 pounds. Then after I got my fill of catching fish I ...