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By: Fishn4ever
Posted: 7/11/2011
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/8/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Caught my First Tiger Musky. It wasn't a Monster but it counts. This is a fish that I have never caught. Day started out cold and windy, ended sunny and warm. Fished for bass while my friend lee fishe...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/16/2011
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
man today is the reason i go fishing! i was targeting muskie. went staight across from allan york park throwing my " river to sea" six inch jointed trout crankbait wouldnt u know the one time i dont d...
By: cptlaurion
Posted: 7/17/2011
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
So my buddy and I decided to try out Lake Tapps for the first time tempt our luck with an elusive Tiger Muskie. We've never seen this body of water before and really didn't know anything more about it...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 7/17/2011
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/17/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Tapps today just by myself. first weather people..thanks for the great fishing weather..really. cloudy and rain perfect. 2 hours into the morning, noon..almost exactly. Lunch time. Put a Heavy ...
By: kevinb
Posted: 7/24/2011
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/24/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Tapps today and Friday. Friday had a few follows and picked up a 34 inch tiger on a Salmo Pike crankbait.
Sunday-Fished with muskyhunter for a couple hours. I ended up picking up this small ti...
By: kevinb
Posted: 7/29/2011
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/29/2011
Hot Spots: 0
One of my best fishing trips ever. Hit the water with muskyhunter and my boy,a few minutes in and I had a musky on and my little boy assisted in the reeling effort,not a beast but went 31 inches. Late...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 7/29/2011
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/29/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Met Kevin and his big time musky fisherman son Brett at North Park. 4 hours on the lake. Brett reeled in a nice 31 " Tiger. (Kevin will post his picture on his report) That made Brett A little tired ...
By: kevinb
Posted: 8/21/2011
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
After returning from a family camping trip,decided to give the Tapps tigers a try. Caught a sub 30 inch musky on a Salmo Pike crankbait. She was probably in the mid to upper 20's. After a brief battle...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 9/4/2011
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/4/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Spent a few hours on this crazy metro lake today with a gent who WAS on a mission to get his 1st musky ever. Last time out he had a follow and was pretty excited. Today I got him over and hooked up no...
By: BankBasser
Posted: 9/4/2011
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/4/2011
Hot Spots: 0
As with MuskyHunter's report previously, there was a mission to complete and was it ever completed.
7AM on the water. 4 other boats that we could see and none of them musky fishing. About an hour i...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 8/27/2011
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/27/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Tapps for a few hours Saturday morning. No Muskies caught. Did have a hot follow from a good 40. Couldn't get her to latch on. Spun her around a few times on a good sized loop. It was also goo...
By: kevinb
Posted: 3/27/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Only my 2nd time out musky fishing this year. Ended my shift this morning and decided to try Tapps for a couple hours, mostly just to fine tune the gear. Tried a variety of lure options, basically any...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 4/7/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Spent a few hours at Tapps today with Kevinb. Got my boat back and needed to work out the kinks in it and the shoulder. Put a nice 3lb smallie in the net. Water temp ranged only 47-49 degrees. Kinda c...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 4/21/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/21/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Tapps today from roughly 9 am till 530pm. Raised 2 fish only. One mid 30 incher the other a bigger mid 40+ tiger. Couldnt get either one in the net. Great day to be on the water. sunny and warm...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 4/8/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the noonish and afternoon period fishing with my bud Kevinb. Little windier today. East wind. Yikes! Kevin raised a 30" musky but couldnt get er' to committ. Fished the north end of the lake onl...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 5/12/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Spent a few hours on Tapps today. Great day to be on the water. Rainier was magnificent. The sun was warm. And I finally put the 1st tiger of 2012 in the Frabill. A hard fish fighting battle. Trying t...
By: kevinb
Posted: 5/25/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Only fished Tapps for about an hour or so. Caught two muskies,both on a large spinnerbait. First fish was smaller (under 30 inches) and then hooked up this bigger one. Certainly a good fighter. Ended ...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 4/15/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
So Mayfield not so good. Tapps well, is Tapps. Early April not so good for the muskies. But the bassers where out in force. Didnt see any muskies. No follows couldnt raise a fish today. Didnt try for ...
By: kevinb
Posted: 6/5/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/5/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the water with a buddy from work. He chucked a tube for smallies and I tossed a spinnerbait for muskies. Caught a small musky approx.25 inches on the outside edge of a weedbed. Water is very stain...
By: kevinb
Posted: 6/10/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
First off,my apologies for the creepy look in the pic,I was born lacking a central nervous system which causes me not to smile for pictures and I also lack sleep but new babies tend to do that. Fished...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 6/14/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the water about 8 am. Bought my season pass. Water temp was 63 degrees. Saw one good 45 inch musky laying around. bounced a jig off her beak couldnt get her to hit. Hit the south end of the lake 2...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 6/17/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Took a couple out yesterday first time on tapps. Pretty good day on the water for these fine folks. Netted a 30 incher. Hooked and missed a good 40 incher that jumped about 2 ft out the water. Good fi...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 6/17/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Tapps today perfect day. Wind, clouds and cool. Water temps in the 60's. Weeds coming up. Had 4 fish on today. all had the tail end of my Invader. what the heck. Fish musta been half hungry. Wo...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/17/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
man it was windy out there today but got my first smallie about a half an hour in after i tired of trying to keep my small flat bottom going in the direction i wanted. finding protection from the wind...
By: kevinb
Posted: 6/28/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Tapps late afternoon and into the evening. Other than a few jet skis and pleasure boaters,we had most of the lake to ourselves. Mostly chucked a Musky Innovations Shallow Invader and had a few ...
