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By: Bmastro777
Posted: 6/4/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Second time fishing this lake. Unfortunately my boy couldnt go this time. Got to the lake around 3pm and started fishing some docks. Caught one on a jig maybe 10ft of water that went a pound and a hal...
By: nx7k
Posted: 5/13/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Met up with RickyDBasser and we hit Tapps at about 6am. Fishing started off kinda slow but was pretty good a little later. We finished with about 25 SMB caught mostly 1 lb to 3 lb range. Rick hooke...
By: nx7k
Posted: 5/13/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Lake Tapps with a new friend from the BAss Club. We had a good morning. Started off slow but after about 45 minutes it heated up good. We caught about 30 SMB with ten being over 2 lbs and p...
By: needs2hunt
Posted: 5/11/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake this morning with a buddy...
good times caught a dozen smallies, all averaging 2 lbs... seen some much bigger fish just couldn't get them to bite... A few were caught off there beds w...
By: bassaholic253
Posted: 5/4/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went out on tapps after work yeterday. On the water at 6. Stopped at a spot over by Allen York to get some smallies. Got hit hard first cast so I threw my drop shot in the same spot and got hammered. ...
By: 06Roush
Posted: 5/7/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Tapps all day with my nice day off! Ended up being my first 20 fish day, woo hoo. Caught all fish in the shallows and the majority were all guarding beds. I started off just casting and cruising d...
By: bassaholic253
Posted: 4/29/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/29/2013
Hot Spots: 0
A friend and I launch from the County Park, which is still free, around 11. Fiished around tapps island bridge, nothing. fishing along dike 12. hit 3 fish really quick from 2-3.5 pounds on drop shot. ...
By: nx7k
Posted: 4/25/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Lake Tapps and launched around 9:30am. Water was 52 to 53 degrees. Caught 6 SMB with largest slightly over 2 lbs. Caught 4 on Rattletrap Type Lure and 2 on a Jerkbait. All fish caught in 9...
By: 06Roush
Posted: 4/26/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
So I hit the water the evening of the 25th for a few hours and for the morning today. Temps yesterday hit 60.5 and today when I got out there they were down to 56 and 58.6 by the time I left around 11...
By: 06Roush
Posted: 4/21/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/21/2013
Hot Spots: 0
On the water by 6:30 and left around 12, the temps were steady around 51-52. Caught 1 and had a few bites from others nothing of any size. All bites were on a wacky rig senko and the catch was on a sh...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/18/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went to tapps with a buddy and fished all new spots for me because he has a bass boat. It was slow though, My buddy caught one smallie about 2.5 and I caught one about 1.5. the rest were dinks we fi...
By: JesusFish
Posted: 4/6/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Got on Tapps by 7:30 at the North Park outside Auburn. Couple other boats on the lake. Gate is open, but no guard shack collecting money yet. Hit 3 spots without a bite about mid lake. Went to the...
By: 06Roush
Posted: 4/10/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I braved the wind and rain out on Tapps today with nothing to show for it. Temps were around 51 and the only bite I got was in about 15ft of water. I fished the inlet by the Lion house because it was ...
By: 06Roush
Posted: 4/11/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Only caught a few fish but did catch a trophy wile I was at it. Water temps started out at about 50 and then got as high as 53. Spent most of the day flipping docks as the sun came out and started war...
By: 06Roush
Posted: 4/15/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went out hoping to find some more monsters...no such luck. Found a few dinks in deep water 15-25ft of water. Temps dropped below 50...hopefully these next few days of warmer weather bring the temps ba...
By: nx7k
Posted: 9/30/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
A friend from Wenatchee came over fo rthe weekend and we hit Lake Tapps this morning. It is the last day fo rthe Pierce County North Park to be open.
Fishing was pretty good. We caught about 25 f...
By: the piranha
Posted: 10/11/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/11/2012
Hot Spots: 1
I changed my username because of password issues. I was procaster. I met a friend at the boat launch and we worked our way north fishing. It was pretty slow I caught one small one on a tube and my ...
By: motodmast
Posted: 8/30/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
it was a slow day at tapps. we went out the week before and caught about 30 sm in a couple hours. today no so much..
i got a nice 3pdr on a jig in about 10ft of water, and my dad got 2 1pdrs dragging...
By: KevinS
Posted: 9/2/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
On the water from 7 AM to 5 PM at Lake Tapps. Lost 2 fish at the boat and about two hours later got the biggest Smallmouth of my carrier - 17 inches (see photo). Got my second smallie (12 inch) in t...
By: KevinS
Posted: 9/9/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Lake Tapps from 8-11 AM. Was using a Gitzit 3.5 inch brown tube. Got a couple of hits but only one fish landed (16-inch smallie) from 20-foot depth. Then nothing but snags. Didn't have any ...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 8/7/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great day on Tapps. Fished from 6:15 till 11:00. It stayed cloudy, and the lake stayed flat. Caught 17 smallmouth, the the largest weighing 3-4. Also had four in the 2 lb plus range. Fish were v...
By: russmcdonald
Posted: 8/8/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
So this was my first time on Tapps. Father-in-law was up from California so I decided we would try a new place. Hit the lake around 9 am. Through crank bait for a hour or so, nothing. Father-in-la...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 8/9/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Back to Tapps. Was on the lake at 6:15 and quit at 11:00. Fishing was alittle slower than last time out, but did catch 14, with one 2-11 and a 3-2. Both pictured. Use a nosed hooked curly tailed grub ...
By: nwmondou
Posted: 8/9/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished all morning the other day and got rewarded. Caught countless smallies and three muskie. The largest smallie was 3 lbs and muskie was about a 30 incher. All caught on wacky rigged worms baby bas...
By: nx7k
Posted: 8/11/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/11/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Lake Tapps with My Great Nephew and his Dad. We had an outstanding day. Caught 35 Smallmouth Bass with largest one going about 3.5 lbs. Photo is attached. We caught several others over 2 l...