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Tapps Lake Report
Pierce County, WA

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06/15/2008
Trolling
Smallmouth Bass
None
Green
Surface Lure
Morning
06/16/2008
3
465

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 sure what species it is, lake trout or a Kokanee maybe. But it fought well.


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crankbait42
6/16/2008 9:06:00 PM
that is a kokanee. how big was it? nice fish.
Kenster
6/16/2008 9:48:00 PM
Hey Cody that's one nice looking smallie!! That koke must of gotton lost!! Did you fry it up for dinner? yummmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!! Nice job guys!! So theres Musky, lmb and smb, crappie, perch, carp, suckers (reg and tiger?), whitefish, rock bass and......? landlocked samon?
red
6/16/2008 10:47:00 PM
Sweet koke you caught there. Hey Ken you forgot catfish. haven't seen them for a while, but I've seen them. There also used to be some nice rainbows in here . There are still some landlocked Coho, Chinook and Steelhead in here. Pretty much anything that ever swam up the White had washed down the flume and made a home in Tapps.
Rich McVey
6/17/2008 7:44:00 AM
The Kokanee was about 18 inches or so. The Bass wasn't as long but was heavier. I didnt have any measurement tools out so I guessing a bit. The Kokanee was still fighting as the camera man was trying to take the pic. I hope to run into it again soon but have my sights set on one of those long shadows I see pass under the boat from time to time.
Denman
6/18/2008 12:16:00 PM
haven't seen many of those kokes in there for a few years. Obviously, they're still around. We used to catch them in the spring in the river above the lake. Since Puget Sound Energy put in the turbines, and a Tsunami dam (wtf?), the population has declined. Nice fish and I bet it tasted great!
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