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By: chris martos
Posted: 5/25/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/25/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Went out on Tapps again to catch some more smallmouth bass. My friend and I caught 20 or so and caught one musky around 24 inches and lost another one that was well over 50 inches that broke me off. T...
By: ninjarider84
Posted: 5/29/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/28/2007
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy Clinton and I came out around noon. He caught a nice 8 or so inch bass within an hour of us being there. I got a big hit after that but didn't land him. We left and came back to the same spot...
By: rynobuzz16
Posted: 6/5/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/2/2007
Hot Spots: 0
My friend and I headed out around 2pm to go do some small mouth fishing. Before we launched the boat we took a few casts and got 3 right off the bat. The weather was great and no boat traffic to deal ...
By: nx7k
Posted: 8/13/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Lake Tapps with a friend from the BAss Club. We had a fantastic day. We stopped counting at 40 SMB all C & R. Largest was a little over two pounds. We also caught a Musky photo attached. ...
By: Jekbate
Posted: 6/11/2020
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/11/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from shore at Lake Tapps Park in the one bay that is open for fishing. Most areas are closed due to COVID 19 or construction. Boat launch is open, and there were 4 rigs parked when I left at 11...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/22/2020
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/21/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Fished for a few hours had some good bites and landed a nice Small mouth
By: odie11974
Posted: 8/6/2018
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/5/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Great day on the water, caught fish from 6:30 - 2:00 pm. Fished mainly off of points in 20-30 ft of water using Ned rigs and neko rigged 3”senkos.
Lots of smallies, some very decent fish caught.
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By: Washingtonian
Posted: 9/3/2018
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/3/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Hit up Tapps first thing this morning looking for some smallmouth action. We were the second ones on the lake and started out fishing some rip rap to see if anything had come up shallower yet. Coupl...
By: stevenjf3
Posted: 10/25/2018
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/20/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Wife and I went to Lake Tapps for only the second time and caught probably 20 to 25 smallmouth in 6 hours. Weather was cold and it was extremely foggy...at times could only see maybe 50 feet out from ...
By: odie11974
Posted: 11/26/2018
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/24/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Caught several smallies using ned rigs between my dad and I. Fished all day, launched around 8 off the water just after 3:30 pm. Most fish we caught were in 30-40ft of water, although we did catch a ...
By: KevinS
Posted: 5/1/2019
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/30/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Tapps for 3 hours, Tues afternoon. Water temps were 58-59 degrees. Caught three smallies - 2 on a clown X-rap and 1 on a red wiggle wart. The largest smallie was 18 inches and put up a good ...
By: odie11974
Posted: 5/12/2019
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/11/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Awesome day at Lake Tapps. Found most fish in 7-20’ of water. Used Ned Rig, rage swimmer 2.75 and senkos wacky rigged. Probably caught between 30-40 fish all told, largest was just a shade under 5lbs....
By: odie11974
Posted: 7/15/2018
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/14/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at 6:15 AM- fished till 2:00 pm. when the lake turned into mayhem from all the jet skis/ski boats.
Dad and I never went more than a few minutes without a fish on. Smallies were scattered...
By: odie11974
Posted: 7/24/2018
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/24/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out at 7:30 AM. Caught fish pretty much all day. Used ned rigs and neko rig in shad color and green / orange.
Hottest areas were rocks just by the boat ramp in early afternoon, and around s...
By: Kenaiwild
Posted: 5/6/2018
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/6/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Kid wanted to fish today... waded through a couple dinks and he got thi one.
By: gentrys
Posted: 5/27/2018
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/27/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing with the Wife for smallies. We caught 12 in 2 hours. She caught the biggest at 15".
Most fish caught in 15-18' of water with drop shot.
By: Mr Fitten
Posted: 7/19/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/17/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to Lake Tapps with my bro Rob to Fish Rainier Bass Clubs open tourney. Didn't get my first spot but did get my second choice to fish. It was a grind to get 5 but did with one goodin. Thew mos...
By: toadythekid
Posted: 6/15/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/28/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Two friends and I hit Lake Tapps earlyish on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend. Gorgeous, summerlike weather, so we only had a couple hours before the speedboaters and jetskiers started tearing up th...
By: nwmondou
Posted: 9/14/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/13/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to see if I could coax up some smallmouth that may be feeding up shallow. Wasn't expecting much this time of year, but ended up having a pretty awesome day. Came away with one undersized smal...
By: Andy
Posted: 9/23/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/22/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Up to Tapps with Ron. Wa. temp 61*-65*. Vis. 7'-9'. Very light winds until about 2:00. Fishing was tough but did manage to catch about 20 with one pretty nice smallie. Lots of 6" to 10" smallies. Most...
By: triton21
Posted: 10/10/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/9/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 330 to 600 and it was slow fishing. Had some small light bites until the picture fish which weighed 4-14. Hardly felt the bite just a heavy weight on the end of the line. Was fishing in 2...
By: triton21
Posted: 10/16/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/15/2017
Hot Spots: 0
The wife and I fished from noon to 4 on a beautiful fall day. The wife caught 2 fish that weighed 2 1/2 pounds each. I caught 6 fish 2 1/2 pounds also and 3 that weighed 3 lbs. I also caught my person...
By: danyole
Posted: 11/20/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/18/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Had an awesome fall day of fishing! Didnt put on a lot of fish but to catch atleast 1 after not fishing for over a month, it feels amazing!
Vlogged it!
[youtube]https://youtu.be/6NmCDQE2j10[/yo...
By: danyole
Posted: 4/8/2018
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/31/2018
Hot Spots: 0
First trip of 2018 and was able to get some smallies in short amount of time! Vlogged it of course!
By: 502300
Posted: 7/5/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/4/2017
Hot Spots: 0
On the water around 7:00 am. Started with a wacky rigged KVD dream shot and that's what I used all day. I caught 5 LMB in the 5-12 inch range I caught them all on wind blown concrete faces. Also caugh...
