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Tapps Fishing Reports

Tapps
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...
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Tapps
By: KevinS
Posted: 9/9/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Lake Tapps from 8-11 AM. Was using a Gitzit 3.5 inch brown tube. Got a couple of hits but only one fish landed (16-inch smallie) from 20-foot depth. Then nothing but snags. Didn't have any ...
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Tapps
By: KevinS
Posted: 9/2/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
On the water from 7 AM to 5 PM at Lake Tapps. Lost 2 fish at the boat and about two hours later got the biggest Smallmouth of my carrier - 17 inches (see photo). Got my second smallie (12 inch) in t...
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Tapps
By: motodmast
Posted: 8/30/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
it was a slow day at tapps. we went out the week before and caught about 30 sm in a couple hours. today no so much.. i got a nice 3pdr on a jig in about 10ft of water, and my dad got 2 1pdrs dragging...
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Tapps
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...
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Tapps
By: nx7k
Posted: 8/20/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I took my good friend Jim fishing to Lake Tapps fo rthe firt time this year. There is always the fear that when you take out a good friend you will have a horrible day or catch absolujtely nothing. ...
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Tapps
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 8/12/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Water temps were 71-74 degrees. Nice breeze in the morning. Mostly fishermen out this morning and a couple of skiers. Had a hot follow within my first 5 casts. Had a good follow by bout a 40 inch fish...
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Tapps
By: nx7k
Posted: 8/11/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/11/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Lake Tapps with My Great Nephew and his Dad. We had an outstanding day. Caught 35 Smallmouth Bass with largest one going about 3.5 lbs. Photo is attached. We caught several others over 2 l...
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Tapps
By: esox54277
Posted: 8/9/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Only one Muskie all night, hit a couple fish late, hard to tell if they were muskie or bass. Lots of bass around. Anyways beautiful nigh on the water!!!!
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Tapps
By: nwmondou
Posted: 8/9/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished all morning the other day and got rewarded. Caught countless smallies and three muskie. The largest smallie was 3 lbs and muskie was about a 30 incher. All caught on wacky rigged worms baby bas...
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Tapps
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 8/9/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Back to Tapps. Was on the lake at 6:15 and quit at 11:00. Fishing was alittle slower than last time out, but did catch 14, with one 2-11 and a 3-2. Both pictured. Use a nosed hooked curly tailed grub ...
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Tapps
By: russmcdonald
Posted: 8/8/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
So this was my first time on Tapps. Father-in-law was up from California so I decided we would try a new place. Hit the lake around 9 am. Through crank bait for a hour or so, nothing. Father-in-la...
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Tapps
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 8/7/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great day on Tapps. Fished from 6:15 till 11:00. It stayed cloudy, and the lake stayed flat. Caught 17 smallmouth, the the largest weighing 3-4. Also had four in the 2 lb plus range. Fish were v...
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Tapps
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 8/6/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/5/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Tapps Saturday by myself ..put a little 2 footer in the net. Sunday my bud Eli from Chicago finally made the move to Wa State. He brought a buddy with him, another guide from the flatlander state....
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Tapps
By: unforgiven72
Posted: 8/6/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/6/2012
Hot Spots: 1
We hit a couple of small smallmouth on a rattle trap, silver. bottom fish and picked up a good sized cat. pretty slow today!
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Tapps
By: esox54277
Posted: 8/4/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Beautiful Morning! Tough fishing though. Put this one 37-38 incher in the boat, but thats all I saw all morning. Tons of little bass that think they are big bad boys! Never thought I would say it ...
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Tapps
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 8/2/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got out of the house this evening with my netgirl trying to get her her first musky. No fish for the young lady but she again did a heck of a job netting a pretty good 41.5 inch tiger. Also picked up ...
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Tapps
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 7/30/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 6:00 till 11:30. Kind of nippy on the water, but, on the bright side, pretty much had the lake to myself. Started shallow with no results. Found a cove somewhat protected from the cold win...
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Tapps
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...
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Tapps
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...
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Tapps
By: mtsiview
Posted: 7/28/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I hit Tapps today, started at 8:00 and pulled off the lake at 4:30. I boated three tigers, 33", 41" and 41-3/4"! On top of that, I missed two, one on a short strike and one on a figure 8 when a wake...
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Tapps
By: esox54277
Posted: 7/27/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Another afternoon/evening on the water, again no trouble getting the little guys in the boat, heck I even tried pulling away from one really little guy and this fish literally ate my bait 6 inches out...
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Tapps
By: nx7k
Posted: 7/25/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Lake Tapps with my Grandson. Arrived at lake at 6:30am. Fished until 11:30am. CAught 20 SMB with Largest going a little over two pounds. Photo attached Water temp still around 69 to 70 de...
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Tapps
By: tacfisher1
Posted: 7/24/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/22/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Son and I went out to see if we could get him his first Tiger.Didn't get his but I got my second. He did have one on and lost it at the boat when it took off as I was getting the net.Son also had 3 or...
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Tapps
By: Natebg1
Posted: 7/23/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/22/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Sunday with a good buddy of mine from work who had never even fished for Tiger Muskies on Lake Tapps. What is even better is that He caught his very First One, 28 inches on the old school Red a...
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