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Tapps Fishing Reports

Tapps
By: esox54277
Posted: 7/23/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/22/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the afternoon on the water, pulled three little guys in the boat. Really just spent a lot of time searching out areas with good weeds. Really curious if any of you guys have had luck on some of ...
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Tapps
By: esox54277
Posted: 7/20/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/20/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Very entertaining night, all together saw about 10 fish, three in the boat (2 30 inchers and a fatty 41), one upper 30s decided to try flying and spit my bucktail, one solid fish stuck for just a seco...
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Tapps
By: bass kickin redneck
Posted: 7/13/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/13/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake around 8 took my buddys new bass boat hooked a small smb on a rapala jointed shade rap red crawdad . my buddy hooked his first tiger muskie about 14" or so on a rapala dt 6 then i hook...
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Tapps
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 7/11/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/11/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Tapps today from 6:15 till 12:30. Caught 8 smallies and several rockbass. Nothing close to 2 lbs. All caught in 15 to 18 feet of water dragging a Carolina rig. Headed off to St. Claire tomorrow...
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Tapps
By: nx7k
Posted: 7/10/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I went to Lake Tapps today. Launched from Pierce County North Park at 6:20am. Fished until Noon. CAught 8 SMB with largest going 3 lb 5 oz. Only 1 real dink. Was an okay day. Used soft plastics ...
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Tapps
By: kevinb
Posted: 7/8/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Had a small window this evening to chuck some baits. Heavy boat traffic,no surprise there. Had a few follows but from smaller tigers,nothing over the low 30's inch range. Still no complaints. Made a n...
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Tapps
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 7/6/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Was on the lake shortely after 6:00. Tried shallow for an hour or so with no luck. Began dragging a football head in 18 to 20 feet of water. Was off the lake by 11:00. Only caught three. But one was c...
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Tapps
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 7/4/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Tapps today. Met Harry out there and his son. Pretty good day put a 42 x18 musky in the net. A couple follows. One an absolute piggy. Off the lake by 1 pm. Water temps was 65. Weeds growing som...
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Tapps
By: kevinb
Posted: 7/3/2012
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
This is a report for my son. Fished the bank at Tapps mostly looking for perch with eggs,hook and a bobber. He caught loads of perch,rock bass and sculpins. He started a little collection of fish in t...
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Tapps
By: kevinb
Posted: 6/28/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Tapps late afternoon and into the evening. Other than a few jet skis and pleasure boaters,we had most of the lake to ourselves. Mostly chucked a Musky Innovations Shallow Invader and had a few ...
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Tapps
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/17/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
man it was windy out there today but got my first smallie about a half an hour in after i tired of trying to keep my small flat bottom going in the direction i wanted. finding protection from the wind...
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Tapps
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 6/17/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Tapps today perfect day. Wind, clouds and cool. Water temps in the 60's. Weeds coming up. Had 4 fish on today. all had the tail end of my Invader. what the heck. Fish musta been half hungry. Wo...
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Tapps
By: steepanddeep
Posted: 6/17/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went out chasing tigers and smallmouths for a couple of hours. Saw no tigers and picked up a couple smallmouths on a crankbait that looked liked a smaller version of themselves. Bass tournament on t...
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Tapps
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 6/17/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Took a couple out yesterday first time on tapps. Pretty good day on the water for these fine folks. Netted a 30 incher. Hooked and missed a good 40 incher that jumped about 2 ft out the water. Good fi...
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Tapps
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 6/14/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the water about 8 am. Bought my season pass. Water temp was 63 degrees. Saw one good 45 inch musky laying around. bounced a jig off her beak couldnt get her to hit. Hit the south end of the lake 2...
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Tapps
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 6/11/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/11/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Was on the water by 6:30, and fished till 11:00. Tough fishing. Managed to catch 5 smallmouth. Nothing of any size. All caught in 18-20 ft of water. Saw lots of others on my graph, holding close to th...
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Tapps
By: kevinb
Posted: 6/10/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
First off,my apologies for the creepy look in the pic,I was born lacking a central nervous system which causes me not to smile for pictures and I also lack sleep but new babies tend to do that. Fished...
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Tapps
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 6/6/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Tapps this morning. I knew they were calling for wind, but I hoped for the best. When I got to the boat launch at 6:30, there were two foot waves coming into the launch, and the lake was white...
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Tapps
By: kevinb
Posted: 6/5/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/5/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the water with a buddy from work. He chucked a tube for smallies and I tossed a spinnerbait for muskies. Caught a small musky approx.25 inches on the outside edge of a weedbed. Water is very stain...
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Tapps
By: nwmondou
Posted: 5/28/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went out this morning again for a little while. Started off cloudy, cold, and windy. But by about 10 the sun started peeking out. Not alot of action, a couple soft bites at first. Finally pulled in so...
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Tapps
By: lingking1
Posted: 5/27/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/27/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Had fun paddling a yak around and letting the lady fish! rappla on the end of a dodger. 1 lb maybe 1 1/2 lb bass she had fun, we were just out for a paddle with couple of hits and 1 solid bite that ...
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Tapps
By: nwmondou
Posted: 5/27/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from my boat for about an hour this evening. Caught a big smallie on black with blue speckled worm hooked sideways. Fish was 2+ pounds. Hooked into a larger one but lost it about 3 feet from bo...
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Tapps
By: nx7k
Posted: 5/27/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Lake Tapps with a buddy from Bass Club. Fished shallow. Caught 32 or 33 SMB mostly in the pound to 2 lb range. Fish have spawned out but still a few on beds. All fish caught in 6 ft or less wa...
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Tapps
By: kevinb
Posted: 5/25/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Only fished Tapps for about an hour or so. Caught two muskies,both on a large spinnerbait. First fish was smaller (under 30 inches) and then hooked up this bigger one. Certainly a good fighter. Ended ...
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Tapps
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 5/24/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/24/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Went to Tapps this morning. Water temp has dropped at least 4 degrees. Fishing was tough. Managed to catch 7. All on a weightless StickO, and nothing over 1 1/2 lbs. Couldn't get a bite on anything el...
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