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By: muskyhunter
Posted: 6/14/2008
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/14/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Hooked up with the Western Bass Club for our first "Fish in". Met a bunch of really cool dudes who are just as dedicated to bass as we Chapter 57 guys are to the Tigers. Great time on and off the wat...
By: Rosann G
Posted: 4/5/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/5/2009
Hot Spots: 0
It was good to get out for the first time this year and we took our dog for her first time in the boat too. It was more of a shake down cruise for us and the dog and she had a great time. We also we...
By: Rich McVey
Posted: 4/6/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/6/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Tapps after work. We decided to use Executive Athority and call "Date Night". Launched about 4:00. Surface temp was 49.
We trolled between the county park and NE point of Tapps Island. The find...
By: sturgeongenerall
Posted: 11/14/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/13/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I fished from about 10:30 am to about 3:30 pm. I found a couple smallies near driftwood point running a firetiger jointed shad-rap at 25 to 30 feet. Didn't see another fisherman, just a couple folks o...
By: t-hughes
Posted: 12/7/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/7/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Mybuddy and I have been goin fishin, lookin for new spots. Not much luck...we did find a new killer spot tho for the summer. Then we were fishin and found a crappie floppin around on the top of the wa...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/27/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went to this little spot by bankers tonight. first time out in about a month. I ended up hookin into a decent sized smallie, a pound or two. I also got 2 suckers. Hooked a rock bass, and a monster sm...
By: 2000subaru
Posted: 4/9/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/9/2009
Hot Spots: 0
First fish of the year! I had a few hours without the children and was able to spend it on the lake between sprinkles. Found this one in 3 feet of water under a jet-ski dock, my usual hunting ground...
By: boatdude
Posted: 4/11/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/11/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit tapps with Bret from the musky club this morning and tried about every spot possible, Wind was blowing from west and continually picked up as the morning progressed. Saw one tiger in the shallows ...
By: shepdog_1300
Posted: 4/12/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My friend and I went up to Tapps and fished the shore line to the right of the boat launch. GOT NOTHING! I was fishing with a green and red X rap, kastmaster, and even some crazy hulla popper wannabe ...
By: boatdude
Posted: 5/9/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/8/2009
Hot Spots: 0
No pics yet, but myself and another auburn sports emloyee caught 6 small mouth in 45 minutes with a big boy pushing over 5 lbs. better get up there and fish it cause the lake is coming on right now w...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/10/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I went to Lake Bonney around noon today and only got one small large mouth, but then I stopped by Lake Tapps to to some quick smallie fishing from shore and got this 19" smallie. She hit pretty slow a...
By: Fishaholic
Posted: 5/17/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to tapps with a friend and absolutly slayed them. Caught about 30 bass in 3 hours mostly in the 1-2 pound range. Awesome start to the summer.
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: 2000subaru
Posted: 5/21/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
No pictures today as no trophies were caught. Took the 3year old out with me this morning. He wanted to kiss a fish, so who am I to deny him. We caught and released 8 fish from 2 pounds to almost n...
By: Jerrodious
Posted: 5/22/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/20/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the south end of the lake and cought 4 smallies from about 3:00 to 6:00. This was the trophy of the day and was caught off a stump in about 8 feet of water. The rest were around two pounds and...
By: Knox
Posted: 5/27/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Headed over to lake tapps today. First time being there. We caught 3 smallmouth bass, in about 2 hours. Overall a nice change of pace around here. (i am used to oregon fishing).
Will be going back...
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 ...
By: Rosann G
Posted: 5/30/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Bill and I went smallie fishing this morning for a little while before the boat traffic and launch got crazy. Got there about 8:00 am and left about 11:00 am and the launch was crowded by then.
We c...
By: JAYDOG
Posted: 5/30/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Took the wife out this morning to chase some smallies around before the KAMAKAZIES took over the lake. We launched from Driftwood Pt and started trolling rapallas as we made our way around the island....
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 5/30/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Good day on Tapps. Didn't even need a boat, just a hook and a few grubs. Caught 4 lost three all while drinking beers and swimming at a friends house.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/30/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/2/2009
Hot Spots: 1
caught this one with a bobber and a night crawler.
By: 2000subaru
Posted: 6/2/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went out with some of the fellas and spent the day on the lake. No bass of any considerable size were caught, but I had many runs of back to back to back casts and catches. All in all, I would saw 2...
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 6/5/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/4/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Not one bite. But I did manage to drag in a Rug and get a duck tangled in my line, eventually hooking (on accident) it when it decided to run. I eventually cut my line when I decided hauling the duck ...
