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Tapps Fishing Reports

By: kevinb
Posted: 5/12/2011
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I fished Tapps for a couple hours this AM. Had one tiger follow a bucktail but he only looked semi interested and was approx. 25inches. Trying to make sure my son was having a good time,we ...
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By: mwatts33
Posted: 5/12/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Got out to the lake around 6 pm, we launched at allen york park on the south end of the lake. Water temp was about 56 degrees, we fish the south end in the north end. The north end what is about two...
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Posted: 5/9/2011
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/8/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Tapps Sunday with my buddy Geoff. Launched from Allen Yorke. It is free to launch. From a reliable source it will be free for awhile. Bollards are down. Hit a heck of a rain squall 30 minutes i...
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Posted: 5/8/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/7/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Got to Tapps around 8:30am and my friend started catching fish immeadiately. We fished right on through the downpours and sleet storms. Fishing was pretty good all day. 9 smalley's to the boat with a ...
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Posted: 5/3/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/1/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing was pretty slow. Caught a total of 2 and missed a few. Water temp was between 48-56 depending on which area of the lake we were in. This is a picture of a nice one my buddy caught. It look...
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By: kevinb
Posted: 4/22/2011
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/22/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Punched in a few hours today. Got home from work,got my boy on the bus. On the water around 10:30. Hooked up with a small tiger,a low 20 inches on a Musky Mayhem Baby Girl. Then had an impressive f...
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By: drhookem
Posted: 4/19/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/17/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Tapps because the weather was descent. was able to boat 2 smallmouth pitching jigs in 12 ft of water. Water temp 50 degrees. Sure would like to see some warm weather. And get the fish on the mo...
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By: James253
Posted: 4/19/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Tapps for the first time this mourning got to the launch at around 10am, Fished here&there until around 2:30pm hooked into this Smallmouth at 3pm., Had 8 bites today and My brother lost one at...
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Posted: 4/18/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Launched my broken boat into a nice looking morning. Found my batteries did not do so nicely over the winter. Had enough trolling motor to get to my seret location and throw the line 4 times. Hooke...
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Posted: 4/16/2011
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished with a new buddy today. Got to Tapps about 10:30 am. looking for some sunshine. Headed to the search and rescue area and got a nice smallie on a bulldawg..All three fish today caught on Musky I...
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By: cudaman
Posted: 4/13/2011
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Tapps today to test out some new glide baits for muskie .But all i caught was bass and found a small muskie that looked like it got bit the picture is with my polarized glasses put up to the l...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/13/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Nice day so I gave tapps a try pitched jigs shallow no bites, Even thew muskie baits til my arms hurt in some of the stump fields. Moved off to deeper water and tried dropshot and bouncing jigs. Wa...
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By: procaster
Posted: 4/10/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I thought my high-lite of the day was going to be when I almost stepped on a musky that was about 40 inches at boat launch. I had my waiders on and walked into the water to front of my boat to tie...
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By: kevinb
Posted: 4/3/2011
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/3/2011
Hot Spots: 0
My apologies if this report is poorly written than normal,typing on a very empty tank. Fished with my buddy muskyhunter,we worked a variety of areas in coves and rocky points etc. Changed lures often ...
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By: kevinb
Posted: 4/2/2011
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/2/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Punched in about 3 or so hours on Tapps in search of a tiger musky or two. Just worked a few coves from Allan Yorke and northward and never crossed to the eastside. Tossed a variety of gliders,buckt...
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Posted: 3/27/2011
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/27/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Hey Ho, Fished Tapps today. Did some scouting. The lake is up about 2 feet from Wednesday. If one would want to launch a boat from Allen York it looks quite do-able. Might hit it this week after wor...
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By: kevinb
Posted: 3/19/2011
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The orginal plan was to fish Mayfield but due to a late start,I opted for Lake Tapps. I figured this would be another classic of fine tuning gear and thats about it. Basically,very low expectations. ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/6/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Nice afternoon to go check out Tapps and get rid of some cabin fever. The stumps are beginning to show at Tapps. Pitched some jigs . No bites. water temp 41 degrees. Mainly just wanted to get ou...
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By: kevinb
Posted: 10/23/2010
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/23/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Punched in a couple hours at Tapps. Not sure if its a mix of weather or just luck. Caught a single slinky tiger that was around the 20 inch range but had multiple hot follows from several tigers of va...
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By: nx7k
Posted: 10/18/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/17/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My grandson and I went to Lake Tapps maybe for last time this year before the bad weather hits. We caught 14 SMB with smallest one being 3/4 pound and largest 2 1/2 pounds. Fish are in about 18 to 3...
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Posted: 10/2/2010
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/2/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Tapps for a few hours on Saturday. Used BIG tubes and trolled...yes i trolled..really bad shoulder. Trolled with 12" Jakes and Grandma lures. No luck..marked lots of big fish off the big hump o...
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By: nx7k
Posted: 10/2/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/2/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My wife and I went to Lake Tapps for her last trip out of the year. We caught 17 SMB and my wife had her best fishing day of the year. She caught 8 with largest weighing 2 lb 10 oz. Picture attache...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/30/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/30/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Lake Tapps this morning. Took a day off from work. Fishing was great. My fishing partner and I caught 20 SMB with 5 weighing over 2 pounds. Fished from about 7am until 130pm. Caught mos...
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By: procaster
Posted: 9/29/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/29/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went to tapps hoping for a good day before the close, but no such luck. When I arrived, there was heavy fog. My wife and I could only see about 50 yards or so and I told her I was worried about a ...
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By: kevinb
Posted: 9/25/2010
Species: Perch
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/24/2010
Hot Spots: 0
A great evening on the water. My son and I had limited time and daylight. Went to one of our perch spots with a mix of perch gear(mainly worm/bobber) and musky gear including a chatterbait,spinnerbai...
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