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Tapps Fishing Reports

Tapps
By: jsb7273
Posted: 5/18/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Got on the lake at 6am. Water was between 59-62, depending on what cove you were in. Caught some smallmouth around rocky/muddy points near shore. Was using crankbaits (sexy shad) and lizzards (green a...
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Tapps
By: Fishaholic
Posted: 5/17/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to tapps with a friend and absolutly slayed them. Caught about 30 bass in 3 hours mostly in the 1-2 pound range. Awesome start to the summer.
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Tapps
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/10/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I went to Lake Bonney around noon today and only got one small large mouth, but then I stopped by Lake Tapps to to some quick smallie fishing from shore and got this 19" smallie. She hit pretty slow a...
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Tapps
By: boatdude
Posted: 5/9/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/8/2009
Hot Spots: 0
No pics yet, but myself and another auburn sports emloyee caught 6 small mouth in 45 minutes with a big boy pushing over 5 lbs. better get up there and fish it cause the lake is coming on right now w...
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Tapps
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 5/4/2009
Species: Carp
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/4/2009
Hot Spots: 1
Well, it was another day that I was too sick to go to work. I somehow mustered up enough strength to do some therapuetic fishing. This time went to the intake, no water was coming out so the area was ...
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Tapps
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 5/3/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/3/2009
Hot Spots: 1
Took another walk down Dike 15 at the basin. Saw some carp jumping and having a good time but no action with my top water lure. Not feeling well today so I only stayed for about 20 minutes. Good excer...
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Tapps
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/30/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/28/2009
Hot Spots: 0
It was a good day out there by bankers....got out the can of worms, and went down to the dock. i had a couple of good hits but couldnt manage to set the hook because i was trying to talk on the phone....
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Tapps
By: 2000subaru
Posted: 4/30/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
No photos today, but managed to pull a set of smallies into the boat. I had a two hour window without the kids and met up with four friends having a sausage boil (all in a small bass boat). I took t...
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Tapps
By: Denman
Posted: 4/29/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/28/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the usual areas around Snag Is. and caught 1 2# smallie. Moved over around Driftwood Pt. and Deer Is. and found lots of fish around and under docks. Used a suspending Rapala in perch and hook...
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Tapps
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 4/28/2009
Species:
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Stopped by Tapps in the early afternoon by Dike 15. Carp were swarming and didn't really see anything else. Fished for about 2 hours and called it a day. Nice Calm water and good weather, just no acti...
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Tapps
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/27/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went to this little spot by bankers tonight. first time out in about a month. I ended up hookin into a decent sized smallie, a pound or two. I also got 2 suckers. Hooked a rock bass, and a monster sm...
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Tapps
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/21/2009
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/19/2009
Hot Spots: 0
launched the canoe at about noon. trolled pretty much the whole time with the perch shad-rap. didnt catch anything but had the first musky encounter of the year...... i was trolling down the canal ...
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Tapps
By: Rich McVey
Posted: 4/18/2009
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Was pretty nice out there today. Met up with the Major, discussed some musky strategy. The boys, drooling all over the Ski'teer. Lots of fast boats, but they kept their distance. Good tunes coming fro...
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Tapps
By: boatdude
Posted: 4/18/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
guess im gonna have to put a camera back in the boat , so no pic today! started at 630am worked over key points and flats. Water temp has dropped the last week and were back into the 47 to 49 degr...
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Tapps
By: Rich McVey
Posted: 4/16/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/15/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Made it out tonight. Was great, sunny, light breeze, warm. Just the two of us. Then the freeking bright yellow hydro showed up... Again, passed by us within 50 ft at 60+ just off Dike 4, He was launc...
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Tapps
By: Rich McVey
Posted: 4/13/2009
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/13/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Saturday we tried to wait out the rain in hopes for a break in the weather. Cody and I showed up to the County Launch about 10:45 and took some pictures of the two large bald eagles that were watching...
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Tapps
By: shepdog_1300
Posted: 4/12/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My friend and I went up to Tapps and fished the shore line to the right of the boat launch. GOT NOTHING! I was fishing with a green and red X rap, kastmaster, and even some crazy hulla popper wannabe ...
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Tapps
By: boatdude
Posted: 4/11/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/11/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit tapps with Bret from the musky club this morning and tried about every spot possible, Wind was blowing from west and continually picked up as the morning progressed. Saw one tiger in the shallows ...
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Tapps
By: 2000subaru
Posted: 4/9/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/9/2009
Hot Spots: 0
First fish of the year! I had a few hours without the children and was able to spend it on the lake between sprinkles. Found this one in 3 feet of water under a jet-ski dock, my usual hunting ground...
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Tapps
By: Capt.Longrod
Posted: 4/7/2009
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/7/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Started the morning by the county park and hit a bunch of spots throughout the morning all over the lake from shore before picking up a little muskie that was 37". he was a little on the skinny side b...
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Tapps
By: Rich McVey
Posted: 4/6/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/6/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Tapps after work. We decided to use Executive Athority and call "Date Night". Launched about 4:00. Surface temp was 49. We trolled between the county park and NE point of Tapps Island. The find...
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Tapps
By: Rich McVey
Posted: 4/6/2009
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/6/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Tapps Sat and Sun. Mostly seeking Musky and Bass, and exploring the prospect of crawfish. The water is cold, 45 degrees. Was nice to see the number of anglers to rec boaters ratio was in t...
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Tapps
By: Rosann G
Posted: 4/5/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/5/2009
Hot Spots: 0
It was good to get out for the first time this year and we took our dog for her first time in the boat too. It was more of a shake down cruise for us and the dog and she had a great time. We also we...
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Tapps
By: terry329
Posted: 4/5/2009
Species:
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/4/2009
Hot Spots: 0
It was nice getting out on the water for the first time this year. We spent the better part of the day travelling from area to area around the lake with just a few nibbles and not one fish. Tried pl...
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Tapps
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/4/2009
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/4/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I fished for about a half hour this morning working my uncle reds special spinner.Not expecting much with the water bieng so cold. A few casts in and I had a big old toad follow. Probably mid to upper...
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