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By: kevinb
Posted: 4/2/2017
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/1/2017
Hot Spots: 0
On the water around 10AM. Water temps ranged from 47-49.5 degrees. Much to my surprise, found a some healthy weedbeds at various locations. Found many muskies suspended off points ranging in depths f...
By: 502300
Posted: 4/11/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/11/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Hit tapps today (around 7:45am) in the kayak trying to catch some large mouth, or small mouth. Threw jerk baits chatterbaits senkos crankbaits but nothing seemed to have any interest. Switched to a ni...
By: 502300
Posted: 5/7/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/6/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Took the kayak out on Tapps. Going after SMB threw wacky rigged night crawlers, and caught lots of small 4-8 inch SMB then a nice little 14 inch 1.5 SMB on a trout magnet. Fun day on the water.
By: nx7k
Posted: 5/9/2016
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/7/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Took my wife to Lake Tapps and had a pretty good morning. We caught 12 total. I caught a 5 1/2 lb Largemouth and a 3.75 lb Smallmouth. The Largemouth was already spawned out but the big Smallie was...
By: Lord Of The Fly
Posted: 5/30/2016
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/30/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Fished hard with crankbaits, plastics on dropshots, jigs, spinnerbaits and senkos but no luck. Weather was sunny and temps in the 50's. Water temp was 62-63 degrees in areas that were 20 feet or less....
By: Amx
Posted: 8/13/2015
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/13/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Finally made it back to Tapps, been 4 years. Got 4 Smallies with biggest at 2.73 pounds.The others were between 8" and a pound or a little more. Very slow soft bite. LOTS of time between bites. Jesus...
By: Sideburns
Posted: 9/20/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/19/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Spent a few hours on the lake with no luck several day ago, and went back out yesterday morning, with similar results... Until I went to ask advice from another fisherman anchored up near bankers isla...
By: JesusFish
Posted: 7/10/2015
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/9/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Tapps for the first time since like September???
Was not great. I caught 2, another guy said they got 12 between the 2 guys on the boat. The fish were SKINNY and SUPER PALE. They looked lik...
By: bassman72
Posted: 7/11/2015
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/11/2015
Hot Spots: 0
First trip of the year to Tapps. Had low expectation after hearing other reports about water clarity. We did better than expected but had to work at it. Caught about a dozen smallies today. Had to fi...
By: ARMYGUY88
Posted: 7/11/2015
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/11/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Went out to Tapps with a buddy, for the first time since it opened back up had good time. Smallmouth were biting. no real pattern, they struck multiple style baits and presentations, i caught a 2lb on...
By: KevinS
Posted: 7/17/2015
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/15/2015
Hot Spots: 0
First time out on Tapps this season. Fished 3-6 PM. Caught 3 SMB - two 6-inchers and one 17-inch (pictured). The water is pretty milky. All fish caught in 10-15 feet. The big SMB was off the shor...
By: bassman72
Posted: 7/19/2015
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/18/2015
Hot Spots: 0
was hoping the water would clear up a little more by now. It was slightly better than last week but not much. Got to the Co. launch at 0600. tried some topwater right away after an hour I only had one...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 7/24/2015
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/23/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Tapps is awaking a bit. Took my son and grandson out for some smallie action. Parked up under the Tapps Bridge. Ended up with 8 good fish. Missed about 5 or 6 others. Used 4"sinkos. Whacky rigged minu...
By: Sideburns
Posted: 9/13/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/11/2014
Hot Spots: 0
On the lake before sun up, maybe my tenth trip to nearby lakes trying to catch bass. Third or forth trip to tapps. I grew up on tapps and have never caught a bass bigger than my hand. Caught my first...
By: Sideburns
Posted: 9/15/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/14/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Went back out to tapps last night, fished for about two hours with my dad. Brought home a couple of nice perch, but no bass. Going back out this evening, looks like I'll be fishin alone. Starting t...
By: bassman72
Posted: 9/17/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/15/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Did not get to the lake till about 10:30. Did not know this was the day they started drawing down the lake, it was about a foot down. Fished shallow around the weed lines and deep 20-25' as well. The ...
By: bassman72
Posted: 9/4/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/4/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Average day today caught about 15-20 bass. Most we're caught On the drop shot. Few on a C rig and a jig. Fish seemed a little scattered had to search a bit more that usual. I'm thinking they are start...
By: nx7k
Posted: 9/1/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/1/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I took my grandson and went to Lake Tapps this morning. We arrived about 745am, launched and started fishing. We ended the day with 32 SMB in the boat, largest 3.25 lbs, we had two over 2 lbs and ab...
By: bassman72
Posted: 8/19/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/19/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Another good day on the lake. I love having week days off. Week day mornings on the lake are so peaceful. Between the wife and I we caught about 25 fish most between 1-2 lbs with a few dinks mixed in....
By: nx7k
Posted: 8/23/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/22/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I took my wife fishing to Tapps friday morning. Fishing was great. She beat me but I have an excuse. It is always an adventure when I take her with me fishing. Anyway she caught 14 and I caught ...
By: bassman72
Posted: 4/29/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/29/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Didn't hit the water till about 10:30. Really had to work hard the first few hours to get a couple which came on a lipless crank. I started out working the shallows about 0-7 ft. The rains must have d...
By: bassman72
Posted: 6/10/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/10/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Had a few hrs after the kids left for school. Caught a handful of average fish nothing extraordinary but we caught some and had a good time. Fish seemed scattered caught one here one there kinda days ...
By: nx7k
Posted: 6/30/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/30/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Lake Tapps this morning with my good friend Jim and we did okay. We caught 15 SMB, all C & R. about half of them were about 1/2 to 1 lb and the rest were pretty good. Largest was 3 lb 5 oz....
By: bassman72
Posted: 6/30/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/30/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Decent day on Tapps today. Was not sure how it would be after the rains but the wife and I managed about 6-7 average ones a piece. Most we're caught on the drop shot and Carolina rig in 18-20 feet of ...
By: nx7k
Posted: 7/7/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/5/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Took my Nephew Adam to Tapps Saturday and we caught 22 SMB ranging in size from1/2 lb to 3 lb 6 oz. All caught on Carolina Rig with a Lizard and a Dropshot. Caught about 50/50 between the Dropshot a...