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By: esox54277
Posted: 7/29/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
This evening I got the opportunity to fish with soaking wet feet, thanks to a rather large boat that has a whole lake to run on but decides to zoom between me and the structure I was casting to, needl...
By: tacfisher1
Posted: 7/29/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/29/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went out this morning to spend the last day my son had before he started his first job.Dint get a hit but son saw one.That was it for the few hours we were out.Had one of the guys from shore tell me h...
By: esox54277
Posted: 8/20/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/20/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Less than favorable conditions tonight, but I got in the boat with a new friend. He has never caught a muskie.... tlak about pressure!! Second cast... big fish missed my bucktail... then nothing...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 9/28/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Tapps is still kicking out smallies. Went Wed. solo. Caught 17, including this beautifully colored 3 lber. All caught dragging a Carolina Rig in 20 to 24 ft of water. Then went again Thursday with a f...
By: the piranha
Posted: 3/24/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/20/2013
Hot Spots: 0
nNo fish, at least you can launch now. Water was 44. Fished on wed. late report Pole is down so it is free, not sure how long that will last.
Posted: 3/26/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Caught first small mouth of the season, 2 lbs 35' deep slow fishing
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 4/4/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Tapps. Beautiful day. Fished from 7:00 till noon. Water was flat and a surprising 53 degrees on the surface. That's 6 degrees warmer than this time last year. But didn't touch a fish. Went dee...
By: saintsenn
Posted: 9/17/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
fished tapps this morning,really slow,threw crank baits,spinners,plastic worms and plastic shad.finally got this lil' guy using shad rigged carolina style. would of liked to hook up a muskie but no lu...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 4/16/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/16/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Began fishing around 8 in the morning. Fished shallow, fished deep. Nothing. Finally, between 11 and 12 o'clock I caught three in around 25 ft of water. Nothing big. Then our weather guesser's forec...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 4/26/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Tapps. Started out deep, fishing at around 25 ft. Saw lots of fish on the graph, but no takers. Began pounding the shoreline. Caught three in the pound range on a swimbait. Then four others on...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 5/5/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/5/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Was on Tapps when the gate opened at 6:00. Fished till 11:00 when the ski boats and jet skiers began showing up. Wind was a hassle, but fishing was great. Caught 17, including three 3 lbers, four 2's ...
By: nwmondou
Posted: 5/5/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/5/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Awesome weekend fishing tapps. Pulled in 12 all together most ranging from 1 to 2 pounds. The highlight came on Sunday when my pole got slammed by a nice 4 pound smallie. One of the bigger fish I've c...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 5/6/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
As I said, returned to Tapps. Caught nine, with three in the two pound plus range. Nothing bigger. Six on a curly tailed grub, and two on a Stick-o. With water temps now pushing 65.0 degrees, am seein...
By: needs2hunt
Posted: 5/6/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/5/2013
Hot Spots: 3
My boy and i decided to hit lake Tapps this morning... only 2 other guys were launching at 6am, and both i think were Walakes members...
We started out directly south of the launch and caught our...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 5/7/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Returned to Tapps again. Not as good as yesterday, but did catch 9 smallmouth, with three in the 2 plus pound range. All caught shallow on both grubs and Stick-0's. With water temps yesterday at 64 de...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 5/1/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/1/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Tapps. Fishes shallow around docks and wood. Did catch 7 smallies, all but one were in the 2 lb plus range. The photos show the average. That was good, but a lot of casts for the fish I caught...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 5/8/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/8/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 6:30 till only 10:30 because of prior appointment. But a great four hours. Caught 20 smallmouth. None that would go 3 lbs, but only a couple dinks. Most caught on a weightless Stick-0, wit...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 5/9/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Tapps from 6:30 till 10:00. Tried a new area first without success. Went back to the same area I've been pounding for the last four days. Caught six, with one being my biggest smallmouth so far...
By: waflyboy
Posted: 5/12/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Howdy! Been watching this site for a while and finally decided to post a report:
Arrived at the North park ramp around 6am on Saturday. I think there was a tournament going on, because the ramp w...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 5/13/2013
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Tapps Saturday in my buddy's bassboat. Of course we were fishing for smallies. And then it happened. While fishing a swimbait I got a tic and set the hook. Early in the fight I thought to myse...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 5/14/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 6:30 till 11:30. Had a very good day. Caught 16 smallmouth with over half of them over two pounds, and one 3-2. Only caught two dinks. All caught on my home-made 4 inch straight worms in w...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 5/15/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/15/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Because of a promise to watch my grand urcants, sorry, grandkids, I was only able to go out for a couple hours. Because my time was limited I went straight to the point across the lake to the left, a...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 5/16/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/16/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Back to Lake Tapps, and, as usual, still kicking out smallies. Decided to try some locations I had never fished before with little success. Ended up going back to my old haunts, catching 12 with half ...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 6/5/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Lake Tapps. Sunny skies and flat water. Nice. I wish I could say the same for the bass fishing. Lake Tapps is in that terrible transition period which happens every year about this time. Most ...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 6/13/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/13/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Tapps this morning. Tough fishing. Still no fish out on the main lake humps and ridges. Never caught or saw a fish shallow. Ended up catching 5 out on steep dropping shorlelines in between 18 ...