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By: Capt.Longrod
Posted: 4/13/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/12/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Launched from the county park about noon and by 12:45 had the first of 4 muskie in the boat. He was also the biggest of the year. 53" long. I did not get the girth on him but know that his weight was ...
By: Deadeyemark
Posted: 9/12/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/10/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I guess I should have checked with Dilbert to see if 'Harass a Fisherman" week was still going on. Everybody wanted to drive by within flippin stick distance of me. I even missed the only strike of th...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 10/4/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/4/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Hey kids,
Hit the water at or about 10 a.m till 3pm. Got to park for free..was willing to pay the 10 bucks...no one at the booth.Free is always good for me. My son and I tried a little Musky hunting ...
By: Deadeyemark
Posted: 8/30/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/25/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I wanted to post a couple of pics from last Saturday's NW Tiger Pac's Lk Tapps musky tournament. There have been some questions on how we handle the fish to get measurements etc. The first pic shows m...
By: Deadeyemark
Posted: 9/2/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/2/2007
Hot Spots: 0
My wife said we had a couple hours before we had to be at our daughters for dinner so she made me take her musky fishin. Heck of a morning for her. Within 15 minutes she set the hook hard on a real he...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 8/6/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/4/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Hooked up with Kenster for what turned out to be a 14 hour day of musky hunting and smallie searchin'. This won't be a novel I promise...First off Kenster is a darn good guy and a pretty good fisherma...
By: Deadeyemark
Posted: 8/11/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/11/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Bad Esox and I got the bottom of the boat wet this morning but to no avail. A short strike and off on the hook set for us both was the total excitement for the morning. Ya just never know when the 10,...
By: beag
Posted: 7/15/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/15/2007
Hot Spots: 0
My friend Paul an I went to Tapps today. We targeted muskies. We did manage one small one. Maybe 27 inches or so. Didn't see any others. Last week I was there and caught about a 30 incher trollin...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 7/21/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/21/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Hey kids,
Me and fellow NW Tiger Pac member Mark H.headed out to try our luck for Tigers.Got on the water about 6:30 a.m. Mark was just happy to be out fishing for Skies again. It had been quite awh...
By: Deadeyemark
Posted: 8/18/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/18/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I had a great opportunity to fish with the "MAN". Jack Tipping. WDFW retired. Jack's the man that got the tiger musky program started in WA. After speaking at our Chapter meeting Thursday evening, we ...
By: Deadeyemark
Posted: 8/18/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/18/2007
Hot Spots: 0
These are the pics of the fish I caught while fishing with Jack Tipping. The lake report only allows 2 pics.
Mark
By: Deadeyemark
Posted: 8/1/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/31/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Seemed like a great afternoon/evening with that wind pounding some points and shorelines but my partner(bugle1in)and I got skunked. I'd have bet my next paycheck on tonight being a big fish night. Gla...
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: muskyhunter
Posted: 6/16/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/15/2007
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy and I hit Tapps, first time this year...Useable launch at North Tapps Park...$10.00, TEN BUCKS, Not 12 like Bonney Lake states....$10.00 to launch and park...get with it City of Bonney Lake....
By: Deadeyemark
Posted: 6/17/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/17/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the launch @ 6am and the wind was blowing straight into the launch. My battery was dead from whatever I did last time out. Probably left something on. Got a jump from a very nice musky fisherma...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 6/30/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/30/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Tapps Saturday Morning6 a.m. till about 3 p.m. Took CraigVM62 along for a 8 hour hunt for a possible Tiger. About a hour into it we saw our first Tiger. BIG Musky hit at the boat. I was fiddlin...
By: Deadeyemark
Posted: 6/23/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/23/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Tough bite early with no fish sited at all. Close to noon, my partner had a good fish follow but wouldn't commit. Just a bit later I caught a 45"x21" musky. CPR'd of course.
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 6/17/2007
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/17/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Hey kids,
Here is the photo of the smallie my buddy caught last Friday at Tapps. Nice, 2.8 lbs...enjoy the photo..see yah!!
By: CraigVM62
Posted: 6/21/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/21/2007
Hot Spots: 0
After stumbling upon this website and seeing the photo's of some big tiger muskies, I have been biteing at the bit to hit the water. I hit the water this morning at 5:00 AM in a little 9' Pontoon "...
By: Dave R
Posted: 6/21/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/21/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Nice day on the lake, caught a lot of smally mouths prior to catching the pig. 44inches, 26lbs.
By: Deadeyemark
Posted: 7/4/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/4/2007
Hot Spots: 0
A quick trip to Tapps early with my wife produced a 4th of July double for us. Within a 1/2 hr my wife CPR'd this nice healthy 40x19. About a 1/2 hour later I released this fat 42x20. We were off the ...
By: tmusky1
Posted: 7/1/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/30/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I took my 7 year old daughter to Tapps yesterday after hearing all the good things about this lake. We were going after smallmouth primarily but I did bring along all my musky gear. We go there at aro...
By: Bill G
Posted: 7/1/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/1/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Made a new friend on the lake today, Ken S. Tried to help him land his muskie but net snagged the lure out of the fishes mouth.
Got these pictures of him and the fish as we were coming over to help....
By: Deadeyemark
Posted: 7/15/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/15/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Half hour into the late morning(we slept in)I had a decent ski hit on/off a dbl showgirl. Only ski action. Switched to smallies about noon. Wife and I caught a half dozen with two being nice ones.
By: Deadeyemark
Posted: 7/8/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/8/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Went Sat with my dad. Skunked. If I ever figure out what turn's em on, I'm gonna bottle it.
Went this morning with a buddy(bugle1in). Cloudy skies. Looked really good for a triple or better day but w...