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By: bassman72
Posted: 7/22/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Wow what a great day on the water. Weather was great not to hot. Got a late start but the lake was quiet not a lot of boats out. Just bought my now 6 year old a new Jimmy Huston camo pole and had to b...
By: bassman72
Posted: 7/14/2014
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/14/2014
Hot Spots: 0
After reading another post about perch at American I decided to give it a go. Didn't get out till noon fortunately it was overcast and not hot YET. Only caught 5 but they were all over 13 in. All cau...
By: bassman72
Posted: 7/12/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/12/2014
Hot Spots: 0
We'll after catching some fish at clear lake yesterday my boy got the bass bug and insisted on getting up early with mom and dad early and go fishing. The boy was hot. I set him up with a drop shot a...
By: bassman72
Posted: 7/11/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/11/2014
Hot Spots: 0
This was not a planned fishing trip. Took my oldest daughter and her friend out to swim and ride on the tube. They could only spend about an hour and had to leave. My 6 year old son was also With us. ...
By: bassman72
Posted: 7/10/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/10/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Good day today. Caught about 25 fish. Nothing of bragging size though mostly 1 pounders and a couple dinks. Action was hot about 8 this morning when I located some weed beds in about 12 ft of water th...
By: bassman72
Posted: 6/30/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/30/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Decent day on Tapps today. Was not sure how it would be after the rains but the wife and I managed about 6-7 average ones a piece. Most we're caught on the drop shot and Carolina rig in 18-20 feet of ...
By: bassman72
Posted: 6/27/2014
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/24/2014
Hot Spots: 0
So I took the family camping at the TPU campground on Mayfield. I highly recommend it very nice campground and very clean. I'm Not a musky fisherman but decided to give it a try with what. Limited kn...
By: bassman72
Posted: 6/10/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/10/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Had a few hrs after the kids left for school. Caught a handful of average fish nothing extraordinary but we caught some and had a good time. Fish seemed scattered caught one here one there kinda days ...
By: bassman72
Posted: 6/2/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/2/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to try American lake this afternoon. Did a lot of searching not a lot of finding. Did catch a few nice ones though which made up for lack in numbers. The best part was my son caught his first ...
By: bassman72
Posted: 6/1/2014
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/31/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Only had about two hours to fish from about 6-8 pm after pulling the kids around on the tube for a while. Punching a jig n pig (black and blue) in the pockets of the pads near timber. Caught one nice...
By: bassman72
Posted: 5/29/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/29/2014
Hot Spots: 0
First time fishing clear lake for smallmouth. Water temp was a consistent 65. There is a huge algea bloom mostly 0-10 feet. Found a few shallow spots without much algea and caught a few dinks. Did man...
By: bassman72
Posted: 5/26/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/24/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Took the kids out for some fast action trout fishing. We went the week before with the same results and the kids have been begging to do it again. Waited till evening. Hit the water about 5:30 which w...
By: bassman72
Posted: 5/22/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/22/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the water about 10:00 this morning. Beautiful sunny sky's and the mountain looked huge today. It was a bit of a challange today because I had knee surgery less than a week ago and I'm still not th...
By: bassman72
Posted: 5/12/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/12/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Not a bad day but not the best. we caught a few (5) and lost a few (3)and had a good time I guess that's what really counts. water was between 62-65 on the surface. all fish were caught in less than 1...
By: bassman72
Posted: 4/29/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/29/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Didn't hit the water till about 10:30. Really had to work hard the first few hours to get a couple which came on a lipless crank. I started out working the shallows about 0-7 ft. The rains must have d...
By: bassman72
Posted: 4/22/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
We'll my plan was to bass fish but I had my 5 year old son with me after he go home from school. I wanted to make sure he caught some fish and had fun. He does not yet have the patients for bass fishi...
By: bassman72
Posted: 4/18/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/15/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Sorry for the late report. Had Tues. off and only had a few hrs in the evening to fish. Figured since the weather was cooperating to this point I would give it a try since the rest of the week looked...
By: bassman72
Posted: 4/7/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
fished Tapps today. had to wait for the kids to get off to school so I was not on the water till after 10:30. fished hard all day trying everything I could think of for spring conditions and the wife ...
By: bassman72
Posted: 9/16/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake in the afternoon. On the water by about 1:00 and it was still overcast. Water surface temp was about 72. Started out on the point furthest to the right of the county park before it opens ...
By: bassman72
Posted: 8/20/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/20/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well not my best day on Tapps. It was windy which made it tough to keep the boat in position. Not sure if it was all the fishing pressure from the weekend tournament or what but I struggled to locate ...
By: bassman72
Posted: 8/15/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/15/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well not quite the numbers today as yesterday but boy the big fish were biting. Hit the water at about 0700. Hit a new spot I never fished on a point off Snag Island. Fish were busting the surface aft...
By: bassman72
Posted: 8/15/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Tapps in the morning from about 0700 to about 1200. I caught about 12-15 smallies. Used a 5" KVD finesse worm in watermelon color/coffee scented. 15-20 feet of water. The worm was Carolina rigg...
By: bassman72
Posted: 8/4/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I have never fished Tapps before so decided to give it a try. I have primarily been a shallow water fisherman but wanted to expand my skill set. Was looking on my sonar for fish in deeper water (15-30...
