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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: 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: 7/10/2013
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: 7/9/2013
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: 7/15/2013
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: 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: 8/2/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Tapps from about 6:30 till 3:30. Still great fishing, though the fish have moved off into 20 to 22 feet of water and aren't feeding as aggressively as a couple days before. But I'm certainly no...
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: 8/6/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Tapps this morning. Didn't catch the numbers I did on the last couple trips, but how can one complain about a 22 fish day. Caught four that went from 3.0 to 3.12, which is the biggest smallmo...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 8/15/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/15/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Back to Tapps for one last trip this week. Rained far more than what the weather man was calling for, but that was alright. I had rain gear and the lake stayed flat all morning. Caught 17 smallies, wi...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 8/13/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/13/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Tapps this morning. Was on the lake by 7:00. Fishing was spotty. Caught 18, but they came in bunches with long periods without a bite. All caught on a Carolina rig with a curly tailed grub or ...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 8/21/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/21/2013
Hot Spots: 2
All I can say is, WOW! It was just one of those days. Decided to start off on the hump just out in front of the speed limit buoys at the boat launch. Caught 5 there, including one 3-0. Started moving ...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 8/22/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/22/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went back to Tapps this morning. Water was flat all day. On any other lake, today's fishing would have been great. But for Tapps it was so-so. What can I say? I'm spoiled. Fished till 11:00. Caught 21...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 8/26/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished my home lake, Tapps. Tough day. Started out on the pocket in front of the boat launch. Caught two. Then went to Driftwood Point without catching a fish, then went to the point south of Banker's...
By: PintSizedLucille
Posted: 8/28/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/27/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Finally had a breakthrough day! (A lot of thanks go out to Rickydbasser)
Started fishing about noon and things were slow as I trolled with a curly tail grub about 20-24 ft deep. I switched to a water...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 8/24/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Took my son fishing with me to Tapps. Had a pretty good day, other than my son has a tendency to not only set the hook on fish, but also stumps he drags over. If there were such a thing, he would have...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 9/3/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Launched my boat at around 7:00 AM. It was sprinkling and the lake was flat as glass. Started fishing the edges of the pocket right in front of the boat launch. Caught 5 in the first 20 minutes. Only ...
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...
By: bassman72
Posted: 4/7/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
fished Tapps today. had to wait for the kids to get off to school so I was not on the water till after 10:30. fished hard all day trying everything I could think of for spring conditions and the wife ...
By: the piranha
Posted: 4/30/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/29/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I didn't get to the lake until 11. I caught 3 right away all on d shot on shallow points. Missed one on a white hula grub. That was it. I fish until 3. I forgot my front sonar and the one at steer...
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 ...