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By: cudaman
Posted: 4/13/2011
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Tapps today to test out some new glide baits for muskie .But all i caught was bass and found a small muskie that looked like it got bit the picture is with my polarized glasses put up to the l...
By: RENTON STUNNA
Posted: 9/9/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/7/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Got an itch to take the 1970 Glastron to Tapps the other day to do a little fishing with the old man and turned out to be our best outing yet. we caught a lot of smaller bass but plenty of larger ones...
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 8/15/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Spent 15 minutes fishing at Tapps, while waiting for the wife to gt back from the Texco station. Hooked two, landed one small one.....not bad for 15 min :)
Also got in some fam time, toobin, lake s...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/27/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/25/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I finally got the boat out on Lake Tapps.The water level is coming up fast,and the boat launch is good.We fished hard all day for these two,and we missed four other bites.We were dragging p...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/13/2010
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/10/2010
Hot Spots: 0
slow morning hit the lake at 6:00 am fishin was slow untill we hit this little cove towards the NE side of the lake casting towards the shore with a grub expecting to catch a bass and wham!! hooked in...
By: cannondaler12
Posted: 7/17/2009
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Tapps for the first time this year. I got my first Muskie just west of Allen York ramp. 14" muskie then a 1# SMB hr later..nothing else the rest of the day..
By: Staffola
Posted: 7/2/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/2/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Got to Tapps about 6:00 headed to our favorite flat, no luck so we decided to head to another spot. On the way acrossed the lake we ran acrossed a nice weed bed in about 12 feet of water that was h...
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: Capt.Longrod
Posted: 4/7/2009
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/7/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Started the morning by the county park and hit a bunch of spots throughout the morning all over the lake from shore before picking up a little muskie that was 37". he was a little on the skinny side b...
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: 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: 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...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 4/17/2016
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/17/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Hard fishing today. Started out trolling. Planer boards and one flat line. No strikes. Nadda thing. Got to play with the lowrance. Water temps were in the low 60's. A little casting had one hot follo...
By: Spaceyak1000
Posted: 5/3/2016
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/2/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the water at 7 AM. It was a glorious day out there. Threw buck tails and glide baits. Trolled a jointed shad rap. Crickets. Did not see any or have any follows. Had a 8" rainbow trout fo...
By: al3x
Posted: 7/20/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/20/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the water at 5 stayed until 11. Had a good run around stumps and docks. Used some canks and some plastics. Silver with some black seemd to work the best. Majority between 14 to 18 inches caught 14...
By: kevinb
Posted: 6/24/2013
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
On the water around 12:30 with buddies muskyhunter and Ryan. Began finding active fish shortly thereafter. Most active spots we found were in or near weed beds close to deep water. Had multiple follow...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 6/29/2013
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/29/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Kevinb and I hit Tapps early this morning till 1230pm. The cloudy cool weather was a pleasant surprise with a little rain that really felt pretty good. Fished hard with crank baits and worms. Water te...
By: kevinb
Posted: 6/30/2013
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/29/2013
Hot Spots: 0
This report coincides with muskyhunter's 6-29 Lake Tapps report.
Found active fish along weedbeds and rock points. I tossed a variety of gear including spinnerbaits,chatterbaits and crankbaits. The...
By: bigalila
Posted: 7/6/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/6/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Had a decent day out at Tapps. Got on the water around 0730. About an hour in my wife pulled in 4 small bass, one right after another. It was quiet then for about 2 hours. We hit another spot in 1...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 7/7/2013
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/7/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the morning with my "muskyhuntress" trying to put a good fish in the net. Tapps is great for small fish right now. Lots of 30" and under fish now. The bigger fish are far and few in between and ...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 8/1/2013
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/30/2013
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for the past Tuesday the 30th. Put a 44 in the frabill. Had a window in the evening and it paid it for me. Hit a fish about 40 inches and missed it. Had another come out of the weeds di...
By: kevinb
Posted: 8/5/2013
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Had the pleasure of fishing with some good friends,muskyhunter and Uncle Wes. Not the best fishing but we were able to get a few in the net. First musky hit on my Rapala Super Shad Rap(Perch) and mh's...
By: PintSizedLucille
Posted: 8/21/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/21/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I just got a small fishing boat and like near Tapps, so I've been on the hunt to learn how to fish for SMB and also to learn the lake. I've been reading all your posts about the lake, what to use, whe...
By: kevinb
Posted: 5/12/2013
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
On the water around 6:30 with my buddy Ryan. Had a pretty good day fishing slightly deeper water(approx. 20 feet) went 4/5 with muskies in the net and a few follows.Most of the fish were smaller but d...
By: kevinb
Posted: 8/25/2013
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
On the water around 8am with muskyhunter. Within minutes mh found a large musky giving interest in a bucktail but no hookup. Started working rock points and I ended up catching this 44x19 tiger on a D...