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Tapps Fishing Reports

Tapps
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 5/18/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/18/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Went to Tapps this morning. Began very windy. Tough fishing. Then about 9:30 the wind lessoned and the fish turned on. Caught 21, 16 after the wind calmed. Dinks in the beginning, with bigger fish lat...
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Tapps
By: nx7k
Posted: 5/17/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Took my nephew and went to Lake Tapps after he got home from school. We got on the lake at 330pm and fished till about 6pm. CAught 12 SMB ass about 1 to 2 lbs. All caught up shallow. These were ma...
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Tapps
By: topdawg47
Posted: 5/17/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fun stop by Lake Tapps today. Caught about 4 Rock Bass, 1 small Tiger Muskie, 1 Small Mouth. I missed another small mouth. Also, missed a nice Crappie bite. I was kicking myself in the butt for missin...
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Tapps
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 5/12/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Spent a few hours on Tapps today. Great day to be on the water. Rainier was magnificent. The sun was warm. And I finally put the 1st tiger of 2012 in the Frabill. A hard fish fighting battle. Trying t...
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Tapps
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 5/11/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/11/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing about 6:30 am. Only had two by 10. But from 10 to 12 caught 10 more, with one 3-2 and three over 2. All caught on tubes in watermellonseed.
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Tapps
By: T&T's Gigs
Posted: 5/10/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Me and my buddys hit Tapps around 7am and where there till 330 caught at least 30 smallies avg was 1.5 biggest was 4 was a great day going back out this sunday all on drop shot and a few on gigs that ...
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Tapps
By: topdawg47
Posted: 5/8/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Stopped by Tapps after work, North Tapps launch. Caught four. 3 Smallies and 1 Rock Bass. Missed one other Smallie. All on the smaller side, but I rather catch something than get skunked, lol. Used...
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Tapps
By: nx7k
Posted: 5/7/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Took my wife and went to Lake Tapps. Arrived about 1130am. Weather was sunny but windy and cool. Water temp was 55 to 57 degrees. Fishing was spotty but caught six nice SMB all up shallow. All si...
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Tapps
By: Keith34
Posted: 5/5/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/5/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Hit Taps 7am to 12:30. Caught 7 biggest going 2 pounds all on drop shot. Weather went from cloudy to partial sun then some pouring rain. Oh then back to partial sun. Bite was best 7am to 8am. After t...
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Tapps
By: Keith34
Posted: 4/28/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/28/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Hit the lake @ 7:30 am under partly sunny skies. My son caught his first fish about 1 pound on a worm he hand poured last night. I wish I had it because I couldn't begin to describe the color. Lol but...
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Tapps
By: nx7k
Posted: 4/23/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at Lake Tapps North Park at 2pm. Launched and fished till 4:15pm. Caught 12 SMB all in 1 to 5 ft of water. Water TEmp was 64 to 65 degrees. All caught on tubes. No big fish. I think the...
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Tapps
By: nx7k
Posted: 4/22/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/21/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Lake Tapps with my newphew and fishing was slow, however when we caught fish they were good ones. Water was about 57 degrees. All fish caught in 3 to 8 ft of water with red crankbaits.
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Tapps
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 4/21/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/21/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Tapps today from roughly 9 am till 530pm. Raised 2 fish only. One mid 30 incher the other a bigger mid 40+ tiger. Couldnt get either one in the net. Great day to be on the water. sunny and warm...
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Tapps
By: Ryan44
Posted: 4/21/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/20/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went with a friend yesterday to Tapps. Fished in the rain for the first half of th morning ten kind of nice. Only caught 2 fish both around 2-3 pounds, both in 8 feet of water or less. First time out ...
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Tapps
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 4/18/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
A friend and I went to Tapps. Started about 11:00. Weather deteriorated fast. Wind and rain. Did catch 9 smallies and one 5-2 largemouth. And had one muskie bust a crankbait at the boat, but quickly s...
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Tapps
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 4/15/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
So Mayfield not so good. Tapps well, is Tapps. Early April not so good for the muskies. But the bassers where out in force. Didnt see any muskies. No follows couldnt raise a fish today. Didnt try for ...
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Tapps
By: topdawg47
Posted: 4/11/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Here is the picture from yesterdays catch
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Tapps
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 4/11/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
A friend and I went to Tapps. Nothing in the morning. Tried shallow and deep. Finally went south of Snag Island. Noticed almost a 5 degree increase in water temperature. That was the difference. There...
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Tapps
By: topdawg47
Posted: 4/10/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
First outing of year for me, stopped by Lake Tapps and hooked Into a nice smallie to kick of 2012 fishing season! Took about 6 or so casts and had a nice tug of Senko. Nothing else after that catch. C...
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Tapps
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 4/8/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the noonish and afternoon period fishing with my bud Kevinb. Little windier today. East wind. Yikes! Kevin raised a 30" musky but couldnt get er' to committ. Fished the north end of the lake onl...
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Tapps
By: nx7k
Posted: 4/8/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Lake Tapps for first time this spring. Arrived at noon. Fished til 1800. Water temp was 48 to 49 degs upon arrival. Finally warmed up to 52 before we left. Was throwing crankbaits at shore ar...
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Tapps
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 4/7/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Spent a few hours at Tapps today with Kevinb. Got my boat back and needed to work out the kinks in it and the shoulder. Put a nice 3lb smallie in the net. Water temp ranged only 47-49 degrees. Kinda c...
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Tapps
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 4/3/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Weathermen were calling for wind yesterday. When there was sun and not a breath of wind at 11:00 decided to hook up and head for Tapps. The lake never had more than a ripple on it. Great weather. Wish...
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Tapps
By: kevinb
Posted: 3/27/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Only my 2nd time out musky fishing this year. Ended my shift this morning and decided to try Tapps for a couple hours, mostly just to fine tune the gear. Tried a variety of lure options, basically any...
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Tapps
By: procaster
Posted: 1/30/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I haven't been fishin for a couple weeks because the rivers have been too high. So, I figured I would have a better chance getting a smallie than large mouth. The only problem is North tapps parks i...
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