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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: Bill G
Posted: 9/9/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/12/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Dragging red Fatfish crank baits at 2.8 to 3.2 mph on the east side of Driftwood Point produced a 25" and 42.5 tigers and several smallies from 10 to 15 inches. We were fishing in 20 feet of water ...
By: Bill G
Posted: 9/9/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/31/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Rosann picked up a 11" and 13" smallies trolling ared Fatfish that she lost to a submerged tree in 20' of water. No muskies found in area around Driftwood and Bankers islands. I got skunked.
Bill
By: Bill G
Posted: 9/9/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/1/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Only had a few hours to fish went to the north end of Driftwood near the outlet. We were dragging crank baits that ran 16" over a 30' bottom. I hooked and landed a 44" tiger and 10 min later in the s...
By: Bill G
Posted: 9/9/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/2/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Today I have a new fishing partner from this site, Loris contacted me for a little help finding tigers. We didn't find any but he knows where to look for them. The smallies were falling for the lures...
By: Bill G
Posted: 9/9/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/3/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I was able to get my old friends out today. Smitty has been my cohort for over 25 years and Lou for 15 years. They have listened to my stories for the last 10 years about tiger fishing and finally we ...
By: Rosann G
Posted: 9/11/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/7/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Bill was able to take Greg out for the first time. Greg landed 9 smallies from 9 to 14 inches. No tigers found but still a great day. They were dragging crank baits that ran 10 feet deep over 16 fee...
By: Rosann G
Posted: 9/11/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/9/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Bill and I went to the lake to take out a new friend but got our wires crossed on meeting time and missed each other. We had time so we launched and tried a nw area only caught smallies 10 to 14 inche...
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: muskyhunter
Posted: 10/15/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/15/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Short snd sweet. Trolled Tapps today and got a nice 44 X 20 C-P-R'd this beast. Heavier than the 21 lbs with the LxG formula. Looks like she just filled up for the fall. Great fish..got it trolling o...
By: kevinb
Posted: 3/15/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/15/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Tapps around noon,fishing from the dock. Threw #5 Musky Buck(bright orange) Varied my speeds of retrieval. No luck today. Water is rising,might be full in the next month and a half. The weather wa...
By: kevinb
Posted: 3/21/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/21/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Tapps Friday evening going for Tiger Muskies again. Got skunked again but saw another smallie in the stumps off dike 6. Didn't throw anything to him, all lures I had were to big. As noted in previ...
By: Deadeyemark
Posted: 3/24/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/24/2008
Hot Spots: 0
This is the results of a musky fishing trip to Lk Tapps last year in June but wanted to post a pick of the beautiful fiberglass reproduction I had done by Lax taxidermy. Pics and measurements taken, f...
By: Capt.Longrod
Posted: 3/31/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/30/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Launched out of the north end and fished the majority of the western half of the lake. Fishfinder showed tons of fish. Did catch a few smallies drop-shoting nightcrawlers around bankers island and a c...
By: kevinb
Posted: 4/2/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/2/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Tapps around noon. Wanted to play with new crankbaits(toys). No fish today but only made around 50 casts. Spent most of the time just relaxing on the boat. In terms of fishing,this is a 1.However ...
By: kevinb
Posted: 3/7/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/7/2008
Hot Spots: 0
North Tapps. Well I'm not trying to waste anybody's time. I didn't catch anything, however saw alot of action off dike 6,about 50 yards out. I couldn't even see what species they were. From the ripple...
By: kevinb
Posted: 3/9/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/8/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went off dike 6 again. Used a mepps#5,bright red. Also threw some rapala's at varied depths. Caught a nice pile of weeds,most action my rod has seen in awhile. However, did see a smallie hanging aroun...
By: kevinb
Posted: 4/6/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/6/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Worked the North shoreline from Dike#3 down to Dike#6. Was using a #5 bucktail and switching back and forth to a bright red,orange and then a silver blade. I fished a spot where days before I saw a ti...
By: kevinb
Posted: 4/11/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/11/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Another fat 0 today. But water temp is rising. Might be a little early in the season but started working on a nice sized weed bed. I dipped my bucktail in the water to add some weight for my first cas...
By: kevinb
Posted: 4/12/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/12/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Tapps at 11:00AM on Muskyhunter's boat. Fished several spots with not much luck. Eventually got a nice follow from a tiger but couldn't seal the deal. We saw 2 total. Off the water by 5PM. I know ...
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: Capt.Longrod
Posted: 4/18/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/17/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Stopped by Interlake Islands for about 20 min on my way in to work. Had what appeared to be a smallie take a short whack at my spinner but that was it on my end. However, I do have some disturbing new...
By: teeerip
Posted: 4/21/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/20/2008
Hot Spots: 0
looking for info for catching musky in lake tapps. went out for about 5 hours on Sunday and never saw a one . only 1 smallmouth about 2 lbs. we have a private boat launch on property on inlet isl ...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 4/26/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/26/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Tapps on Saturday. Got to break in the new boat..it kicks ash!! Got to bomb around..quickly. Saw a bunch of other fishermen. That was good to see. I didn't see any Tigers. Had a 3 fish follow ...
