Sorry Nick the kid took big fish at the 3.3 smallie

Big fish weight and who caught it is good enough for me. That's what takes the money.

Nope it was all in his hands. and I almost ended up in the water.

I sure hope you had a PADDLE.

Rich

I have to say it was a blast as well. I hope I helped you with your bass fishing adventures. Even with the limited knowledge that I have.

We had a great time four bying in the boat to save all the tackle we could from those sticky trees and rocks

Dave even got a crash course in helm control when we saved a drifting canoe and I ended up in the canoe.

I was lucky enough to fish with Jim on his boat and had a great time!  We saw a lot of good-looking water and "Captain Jim" put me right on top of a 2 lb. smallmouth that proved easy to catch.  Big fish of the day easily would have gone to Jim, but the feisty smallmouth snapped his line when it got close to the boat. 

I found the "Captain" to be quite generous with his gear and advice, not to mention quite deft with his ability to manuver the boat into tight spaces so I could get my hook unsnagged, uh, more than once. 

Thanks for a great day on the water, Jim!! 

Steve,
yes they opened the gates for us at 5:50 am

people came and people caught fish!
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What did you expect? a world ending event?






ok! seriously here are my notes

Notes:
# of People-- 8
# of Boats -- 4
Potluck info -- little brought food. not a true potluck

# of Fish caught-- 6 I think
Size of fish caught-- big fish was 3.3lbs
Amb Temp -- 65ish
Water temp -- 61-65
Weather conditions -- partly cloudy
Fish Location -- smallies on beds but sparce
Water clarity 4-5 ft
Structure fish found on --- around submerged stumps with rocky bottom
Patterns that caught fish -- grub (176)

Yeah good question, but the flying fish dude spoke as if he took big fish and killed the competition or something according to his Humble Pie post. Make sure you read it and give him the club welcoming Hardtime.

Report?

Jim, does that mean the Pierce County Park will be opening earlier than the normal 8am? Did you arrange that? If so, I'm impressed!

C&R, Steve

Looks like I've been given the "go-ahead" to attend the fish-in.  I'm looking foreward to meeting and fishing with you folks! 

June Fish-in at Lake Tapps
When: Saturday, June 12th
Where: Lake Tapps
Meet at Denny's, at 4:30-5am for breakfast.
OR… meet at the launch at 6 am

Directions to Denny's
521 AUBURN WAY S.
AUBURN, WA 98002
253-833-6454
Merge onto I-5 S. 19.0 miles (from Seattle)
2: Take the WA-18 E exit, exit number 142b, East towards AUBURN/NORTH BEND. 0.2 miles
3: Merge onto WA-18 E. 4.1 miles
4: Take the WA-164 E/AUBURN WY. exit towards ENUMCLAW. 0.2 miles
5: Straight through the light from the off ramp


Directions to the launch
Merge onto I-5 S via the ramp- on the left- toward TACOMA/PORTLAND. 19.6 miles Map  (from Seattle)
2:  Merge onto WA-18 E via exit number 142b east toward AUBURN/NORTH      BEND. 4.4 miles Map    
3:  Take the WA-164 E exit toward ENUMCLAW. 0.1 miles Map 
4:  Turn LEFT onto AUBURN WAY S/WA-164. 0.8 miles Map 
5:  Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto HOWARD RD. 0.2 miles Map 
6:  Turn RIGHT onto R ST SE. 1.3 miles Map 
7:  R ST SE becomes KERSEY WAY SE. 1.4 miles Map 
8:  KERSEY WAY SE becomes 182ND AVE E. 0.4 miles Map 
9:  Turn LEFT onto 9TH ST E. 0.9 miles Map 
10:  9TH ST E becomes 12TH ST E. 0.1 miles Map 
11:  Turn RIGHT onto 198TH AVE E. 0.3 miles Map 
12:  End at Lake Tapps County Park WA 

EST. distance from Seattle 31 miles