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By: dilbert
Posted: 11/1/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/1/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from about 7:30am - 10:30am. It was an unusually warm morning for November 1st, it felt like a nice spring morning. We fished all new spots trying to locate those cold November bass, and mana...
By: dilbert
Posted: 10/13/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/11/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Western Bass Club Team Tournament
We arrived at the Silver lake launch a little after 6:30am. It was dark and the temperatures were still dropping. The lot was filled with shiny glitter filled ba...
By: dilbert
Posted: 8/17/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/16/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing just after 6:00 am with my Dad and Nephew. It was their first time on the lake and first time bass fishing. Everyone caught at least a few fish, the best ones coming from 14-20'. After...
By: dilbert
Posted: 6/22/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/22/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Tapps to try out a different motor and hopefully catch some fish. The motor ran great and was faster and quieter than the old one...not too shabby. Took my son ('lil-bert) and 200Subaru (it...
By: dilbert
Posted: 6/1/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/1/2008
Hot Spots: 0
None of my usual fishing partners could make it today (grounded), so I went out solo. The weather was overcast and cooler. Water temp was in the upper 50's to low 60's in some areas. I caught plenty...
By: dilbert
Posted: 5/10/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/10/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Launched out of the North County launch at about 6:15 with my brother-in-law, no other trailers in the lot yet, but one guy was fishing on the dike west of the launch. Met up with 2000Subaru and his ...
By: dilbert
Posted: 5/4/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/4/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Please forgive the mediocre pictures, my photographer had the day off.
I Fished lake Tapps this morning with my brother-in-law. The weather was overcast and dry. The water was pretty calm and t...
By: dilbert
Posted: 11/11/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/11/2007
Hot Spots: 0
The word of the day was WINDY. Although the predicted rain never materialized, the wind sure did and it was gusty. Fished from around 9:30 am until about 2:30 pm fighting the wind most of the time. ...
By: dilbert
Posted: 11/4/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/4/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Lake Tapps to test out 2000Subaru's new boat and maybe even catch some bass. think that boat goes about as fast as I'd be comfortable going out there. It's niiiiiiiiiice! The weather coope...
By: dilbert
Posted: 10/13/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/13/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Started the morning by sleeping through my alarm, but still got to the water a little after 7:00am. It was a clear chilly Fall morning, the water temp was 57 degrees and the water was very calm. Aft...
By: dilbert
Posted: 10/7/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/7/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to Tapps expecting rain, but instead it was warm and REALLY windy. There were white caps in the main part of the lake. The wind made it really hard to fish, I think I would have preferred t...
By: dilbert
Posted: 9/30/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/30/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Tapps in the morning from about 6:45 until around 12. It rained the WHOLE time, but we still managed to catch some fish. We saw a couple of deer grazing along the shoreline of snag island. I...
By: dilbert
Posted: 9/23/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/23/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Got on the water at about 6:45 and fished until 11:15. The water level was down a few inches from the previous week. The surface water temperature was around 63-65 F depending on the location. We s...
By: dilbert
Posted: 9/15/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/15/2007
Hot Spots: 0
We got out to my favorite spot a little before the sun came up. Then we saw what looked to be an unlimited hydroplane coming towards us fast, turns out it was just a bass boat...with a contest banner...
By: dilbert
Posted: 9/8/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/8/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I got out to my favorite spot a little before the sun came up. I should have checked the calendar before I went fishing. Today was national harass an angler day, at least on Lake Tapps. A boat pull...
By: dilbert
Posted: 9/1/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/1/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I got my line in the water a little before 7:00 am. The sun was just coming up over the trees and steam was rising off the lake. There were a few morning clouds that quickly went away. I started ou...
By: dilbert
Posted: 7/15/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/15/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Tapps from 5:30 until about 9:30. Started out fishing some deeper water structure, then switched and tried several new areas further north on the lake without much luck. Used a wide variety o...
By: dilbert
Posted: 7/14/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/14/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 5:30am - around 11:00am with my neighbor. It was the first trip in a while where he has caught fish, so that was a plus. His first two were some of the smallest fish I've seen out of Tap...
By: dilbert
Posted: 7/8/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/8/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 6:00 until a little after 9:00. It was quite a bit cooler that the previous day and mostly cloudy. The wind was blowing enough to roughen the surface of the water and make it tough to st...
By: dilbert
Posted: 7/4/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/4/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I Fished Lake Tapps from 6:00am -9:00am. Caught 1small rock bass and 11 smallmouth bass. The largest smallie was 14" and 2lbs on my little spring scale, but the majority of them were in the 11" to ...
By: dilbert
Posted: 7/1/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/1/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Got on the water a little after 5:30am. It was mostly sunny and steam was rising off the lake. Fished the little point southwest of bankers island and caught this smallmouth on my first cast if the ...