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By: Bill G
Posted: 6/17/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/17/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake about 6:15 am just after Deadeye, KUP and Bad esox. Our friends B and T came with us. We decided not to fight the wind so we went to the north and east sides of Tapps Island to drag ...
By: usmcfishnut
Posted: 6/24/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/24/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the lake with my buddy Steve and we always get a lot of bass but it was my lucky day! Got this tiger muskie on the west side of Tapps island. Sorry the pics are so small there on a camara pho...
By: Skippyh2o
Posted: 7/23/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/22/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Went with a friend that just bought a 18' smokercraft river boat on sat. Saw a few others fishing. Caught a few smallies and had a great day with friends.
By: Skippyh2o
Posted: 7/24/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/22/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Cought a few smallies on Tapps Sunday the 22nd. I already posted a report but forgot to add pics, sorry.
18' Smokercraft sportsman that a friend just bought Sat the 21st. Was really excited to get on...
By: Rosann G
Posted: 8/14/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/12/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Today was a relaxing day on the lake with overcast skies and a minimal amount of play boats. We did a little cast and retrieving with no success so kicked back and threw out the trolling gear. We tr...
By: Rosann G
Posted: 8/16/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/16/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Here's a picture of the 42" muskie that Bill caught last Sunday. I didn't get it in the initial report since I didn't hit the right button (upload). Duh!
By: Bill G
Posted: 8/19/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/19/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Weather was overcast and raining, sometimes substantially, rain gear was the uniform of the day. The fishing was ok but the company was great. I had the opportunity to take my old buddy Bob and my n...
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: 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: Rosann G
Posted: 5/2/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/2/2008
Hot Spots: 1
Bill went out with his old buddy Lee this afternoon. They were trolling five inch rapala's jointed jerk baits, black and gold. My lure ran about 10 feet deep in 14 foot of water. Lee caught this 38 ...
By: dorfie
Posted: 5/4/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/4/2008
Hot Spots: 0
good day on the lake. nice and warm. Me and my buddy got out in the morning, caught a few smallies trollin arround about 30 yards off the mank.
ive been fishing this lake for 3 years and I've only ca...
By: Rich McVey
Posted: 5/19/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/18/2008
Hot Spots: 0
First time on Tapps so today was mostly exploring. Water was clear and smooth when we put in and was quite choppy by 1-2pm. Only managed a small mouth today, caught by our 14yr old Austin. All in all,...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 5/16/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/16/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Met up with a bunch of brothers at Lake Tapps. PDXFisher and I spent the day Musky huntin'. Started out early finished late. Saw 3 Tigers, a couple in the 40 inch range and one in the mid 30's. Fish w...
By: cannondaler12
Posted: 5/24/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/24/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I was out on Tapps today. I noticed something floating on the southeast side of the lake. It was a huge Tiger Muskie belly up... It was 40+ inches..... must have been dead a few days due to the white ...
By: Rich McVey
Posted: 5/30/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/29/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the water about 5:15pm and was out by 7:30. Water temp 60.8.
The kid caught a nice 3 pound rock, was a keeper but we felt sorry for it and let it go. (C&R baby...)
I caught a medium SM along ...
By: Rich McVey
Posted: 6/9/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/8/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake about 7, ran into Kenster and Mtsview at the docks. Light cool breeze, water 60.8 according to the Garmin.
Total from the 4 of us on my boat, we only caught 1 small SM (along dike 4...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/9/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/9/2008
Hot Spots: 0
well so far this summer me and my friends have caught 5-6 muskies and a lot of smallies. all we do is troll right out the back of a canoe so just to lets u guys know, u dont need some 30,000 dallar ba...
By: Rich McVey
Posted: 6/16/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/15/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went out with the boys for a few hours. Mostly trolling around the North end of the lake. Cody picked up this nice SM with a lure that looks like a trout fry. I managed this silver fish, not really su...
By: Rich McVey
Posted: 6/19/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/18/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake about 4pm and trolled up and down Dike 4 (main motor died so cant go far from ramp). Most of the fish seemed to be in the 15 to 25 foot deep range but as you got closer to Dike 3 they all...
