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Tapps Fishing Reports

Tapps
By: nx7k
Posted: 7/19/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/18/2009
Hot Spots: 1
Launched from Pierce County Park at about 6:10am. Fished Docks near 8 to 15 ft of water and points. Found fish about 10 ft deep. They ate up a Yamamoto 3.5 inch Watermelon Tube. My wife was with...
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Tapps
By: cannondaler12
Posted: 7/17/2009
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Tapps for the first time this year. I got my first Muskie just west of Allen York ramp. 14" muskie then a 1# SMB hr later..nothing else the rest of the day..
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Tapps
By: KIRK BYSHEIM
Posted: 7/12/2009
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/12/2009
Hot Spots: 0
MY SON & I HIT LAKE TAPPS TODAY,HAD A GREAT DAY,CAUGHT TWO TIGERS,32X15 & 30X13,AND PRETTY GOOD SMALLIE ACTION TOO.
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Tapps
By: Skeeterpilot
Posted: 7/8/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/8/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Blasted off at around 10:00am and headed for the inlet channel again. This time my partner and I both hooked tiger muskies within the first 10 minutes, both around 16-18" just small guys. Another la...
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Tapps
By: Skeeterpilot
Posted: 7/6/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/6/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Headed for the flume inlet today. Worked the cove and within about 10minutes I had hooked what I would estimate to be about a 1lb bass on a Storm Swim Shad. Fish broke water about half way to the bo...
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Tapps
By: Skeeterpilot
Posted: 7/2/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out about 10:00am for the south side of Snag Island. Moved slowly westward around the shoreline. Partner was using small spinnerbait, I was using 5" Yamamoto Senco. Both of us had hits right...
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Tapps
By: Staffola
Posted: 7/2/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/2/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Got to Tapps about 6:00 headed to our favorite flat, no luck so we decided to head to another spot. On the way acrossed the lake we ran acrossed a nice weed bed in about 12 feet of water that was h...
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Tapps
By: FishingFool
Posted: 7/1/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
1st time at Lake Tapps, probably wont go back. $15 to launch! Got on the water by 9AM. Started fishing right away along the right side along Dike 4. Was in the relatively shallow waters. <15ft....
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Tapps
By: Ski
Posted: 6/25/2009
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I caught this very sick 47 x 21 1/2 tiger last weekend. It was my personal best but sure didn't fight much. Thanks again to another Skeeter owner and his son for taking this picture for me. I wante...
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Tapps
By: tobeka
Posted: 6/21/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Tapps this morning. Got out on the lake at about 6:00 am. Fished around a small island for a bit. Tried fishing for both bass and muskies with Bucktails, Senkos, Top Water and spinner baits...
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Tapps
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/13/2009
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/13/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Did the 5:00-8:00 am shift this morning.I had a nice muskie 40+ drill my spinner at the boat he went nuts after he got hooked up. After a brief crazy fight he came unbuttoned. BUMMER! Probably the bes...
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Tapps
By: carnahkj
Posted: 6/13/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/12/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went out with the fellas yesterday on Tapps. We got out there at 4:30 which is earlier then normal because I thought we might be able to catch the bigger ones earlier. The size did not change most ave...
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Tapps
By: Knox
Posted: 6/5/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/5/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Lake Tapps after work today. Got there at 5:30ish, Fished off of Dike 3's bank. second cast I made I got a little smallie, and the trend continued. Left at 7 PM. Caught in total 7 fish, 6 sma...
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Tapps
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 6/5/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/4/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Not one bite. But I did manage to drag in a Rug and get a duck tangled in my line, eventually hooking (on accident) it when it decided to run. I eventually cut my line when I decided hauling the duck ...
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Tapps
By: 2000subaru
Posted: 6/2/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went out with some of the fellas and spent the day on the lake. No bass of any considerable size were caught, but I had many runs of back to back to back casts and catches. All in all, I would saw 2...
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Tapps
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/30/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/2/2009
Hot Spots: 1
caught this one with a bobber and a night crawler.
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Tapps
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 5/30/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Good day on Tapps. Didn't even need a boat, just a hook and a few grubs. Caught 4 lost three all while drinking beers and swimming at a friends house.
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Tapps
By: JAYDOG
Posted: 5/30/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Took the wife out this morning to chase some smallies around before the KAMAKAZIES took over the lake. We launched from Driftwood Pt and started trolling rapallas as we made our way around the island....
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Tapps
By: Rosann G
Posted: 5/30/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Bill and I went smallie fishing this morning for a little while before the boat traffic and launch got crazy. Got there about 8:00 am and left about 11:00 am and the launch was crowded by then. We c...
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Tapps
By: red
Posted: 5/30/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
It was a great morning on Tapps today. Fishing senkos in the stump fields I probebly caught 25 smallmouth in about 2 hours.Nothing bigger then 2-3 pounds. Then after I got my fill of catching fish I ...
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Tapps
By: Knox
Posted: 5/27/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Headed over to lake tapps today. First time being there. We caught 3 smallmouth bass, in about 2 hours. Overall a nice change of pace around here. (i am used to oregon fishing). Will be going back...
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Tapps
By: Jerrodious
Posted: 5/22/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/20/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the south end of the lake and cought 4 smallies from about 3:00 to 6:00. This was the trophy of the day and was caught off a stump in about 8 feet of water. The rest were around two pounds and...
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Tapps
By: 2000subaru
Posted: 5/21/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
No pictures today as no trophies were caught. Took the 3year old out with me this morning. He wanted to kiss a fish, so who am I to deny him. We caught and released 8 fish from 2 pounds to almost n...
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Tapps
By: Denman
Posted: 5/21/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Jeez, you'de think I'd learn to take the camera once and awhile, but I forgot again in my haste to get out onto the water. I tried out my usual productive holes around Snag Is. but for some reason, t...
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Tapps
By: BucketMouthCatcher
Posted: 5/18/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Wife and I went to Tapps . Started out fishing the shallows and caught a lot of small males around 1 -2.5# and seen a lot of spawning beds between 2 - 8 ft of water. Decided to hunt for the hens aroun...
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