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By: nx7k
Posted: 7/10/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Lake Tapps July 9th. Arrived at about 6:15 am First boat on the lake. Caught 19 SMB before leaving at 11:45am. Caught some dinks on a crankbait but best fish came on a Senko and a Hula Gru...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 7/9/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/8/2013
Hot Spots: 0
After two weeks of activities that have kept me from fishing, I finally got out. Went to Tapps. The day began windy, making handling the boat tough on the main lake ridge I wanted to fish. Came up wit...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 7/7/2013
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/7/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the morning with my "muskyhuntress" trying to put a good fish in the net. Tapps is great for small fish right now. Lots of 30" and under fish now. The bigger fish are far and few in between and ...
By: bigalila
Posted: 7/6/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/6/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Had a decent day out at Tapps. Got on the water around 0730. About an hour in my wife pulled in 4 small bass, one right after another. It was quiet then for about 2 hours. We hit another spot in 1...
By: kevinb
Posted: 6/30/2013
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/29/2013
Hot Spots: 0
This report coincides with muskyhunter's 6-29 Lake Tapps report.
Found active fish along weedbeds and rock points. I tossed a variety of gear including spinnerbaits,chatterbaits and crankbaits. The...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 6/29/2013
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/29/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Kevinb and I hit Tapps early this morning till 1230pm. The cloudy cool weather was a pleasant surprise with a little rain that really felt pretty good. Fished hard with crank baits and worms. Water te...
By: nx7k
Posted: 6/29/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/29/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Lake Tapps this morning and had a great time. I caught 7 SMB on Crankbaits, 5 SMB on Drop Shot, and 11 SMB on a Carolina Rig. Most fish in 14 to 18 ft of water. Water temp was 72 degrees. ...
By: Bmastro777
Posted: 6/27/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
YIKES! Very tough morning on Tapps. Fished docks and a couple points. My boy got 1 smallie on a senko and had a couple other bites. Seems the fishing here has took a downward spiral! I got the big...
By: kevinb
Posted: 6/24/2013
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
On the water around 12:30 with buddies muskyhunter and Ryan. Began finding active fish shortly thereafter. Most active spots we found were in or near weed beds close to deep water. Had multiple follow...
By: Bmastro777
Posted: 6/15/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/15/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Started out with the usual dock fishing 6am. Caught 1 dink right away on a senko. Went 2 more hours without a bite. Then another dink on a dock, Carolina rig. Had another hit 15 min later around 9am r...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 6/14/2013
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/14/2013
Hot Spots: 3
Well, Muskyhunter, you should be proud of yourself. I did what you suggested. I went fishing for muskies. Never touched a smallmouth, but Lord I found some muskies. Went back to the east side of Snag ...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 6/13/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/13/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Tapps this morning. Tough fishing. Still no fish out on the main lake humps and ridges. Never caught or saw a fish shallow. Ended up catching 5 out on steep dropping shorlelines in between 18 ...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 6/5/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Lake Tapps. Sunny skies and flat water. Nice. I wish I could say the same for the bass fishing. Lake Tapps is in that terrible transition period which happens every year about this time. Most ...
By: Bmastro777
Posted: 6/4/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Second time fishing this lake. Unfortunately my boy couldnt go this time. Got to the lake around 3pm and started fishing some docks. Caught one on a jig maybe 10ft of water that went a pound and a hal...
By: nx7k
Posted: 6/2/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/1/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Lake Tapps with my friend bob, over here from East Wenatchee. We had a blast. The fishing was okay. Smallmouth have spawned and were scattered. No real pattern to the fishing. We would ca...
By: motodmast
Posted: 6/2/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
It was n ok day out on Tapps, seen lots of other bass boats out there, fish are kinda in a post spawn mode.. ended up with 6 smallies, none bigger than 2lb, and also managed to hook and net a 30"ish t...
By: Bmastro777
Posted: 5/25/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Headed to tapps with my son. First time on the water at this lake. He's fallen in love with bass fishing so I've been tryin to find him some! We had to fish on and off through the rain down pour whic...
By: SS minnow
Posted: 5/23/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/22/2013
Hot Spots: 3
Hit tapps lastnight around 3pm and had a blast cought 7 smallies almost all most of them about 1-3 lbs and 9 rockbass.The smallies are acting odd there still spread out from point to point or dock to...
By: KevinS
Posted: 5/20/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/19/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the day on Lake Tapps. Caught 5 SMB, the largest was just over 12" (photo) in about 12 foot depth. Had other hits but failed to get a hook set. Used a green tube and a green senko to get resu...
By: SS minnow
Posted: 5/20/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/18/2013
Hot Spots: 3
cought 12 smallies any where frome the 1-3 lb region and one 4lb largmouth...The fish are kinda spread out so find the fish and stick to that general area where you found em and sucsess should be had....
By: b.gagne22
Posted: 5/16/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/16/2013
Hot Spots: 2
Was on the lake early again today. A little tougher than yesterday, but still managed to catch three smallmouth, two of which were 2-3 lbs. Overall a good day, better than being at work.
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 5/16/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/16/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Back to Lake Tapps, and, as usual, still kicking out smallies. Decided to try some locations I had never fished before with little success. Ended up going back to my old haunts, catching 12 with half ...
By: b.gagne22
Posted: 5/15/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/15/2013
Hot Spots: 3
fished from North boat launch from 6 until just after noon, and considering I have never fished this lake I think the 13 I caught today would be considered a great day. After fumbling around in some s...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 5/15/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/15/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Because of a promise to watch my grand urcants, sorry, grandkids, I was only able to go out for a couple hours. Because my time was limited I went straight to the point across the lake to the left, a...
By: rickydbasser
Posted: 5/14/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 6:30 till 11:30. Had a very good day. Caught 16 smallmouth with over half of them over two pounds, and one 3-2. Only caught two dinks. All caught on my home-made 4 inch straight worms in w...