Looks like Rainier Bass club will be fishing at Tapps that weekend for a club tourney.  I might feel bad dragging a piggy out from the depths while they are fishing near by.  The launch might be busy in the am as I do not know what time they blast off.....I will be risking it with the bollards in Bonney Lake   Maybe we can compare bags at the end of the day after their weigh in.

I think that Larry chose Shari's in Bonney lake on 410 as the go-to greasy spoon.

Yes we are doing breakfast..go to the start of the thread....I am changing the time to meet at the launch to 6am so will be at the restaurant at 4:45 or so just to get breakfast set up.

Faz, spanaway is only 5 min. from anglers and has some big fish as you know....

so are you guys launching at allen yorke or the other county launch?  i'll be launching off inlet island so was hoping to know where you guys are at  . 

troy

Had a great time at Tapps with the Musky Crew as 5 Western Boats and 5 Tiger Pac boats hit the water at 6:30 am and we were not dissapointed as several of our boats either saw and or caught / hooked a Musky but lots of Smallies also! I for one am very impressed with the lake and also with the work of NW Tiger Pac 57 as they have taken a very pro-active roll in the management of that fisher. Thanks to all who participated....Jose and Stu, Alex, Chris and his buddy...(sorry forgot his name!) Faz and the "Green Machine", Phil, and Terry.
Also to Mark Wells and the crew from the Pac for a great intro to Toothy Critters and I for one will be going back with Mark to get me one before too long!
Pics are of Mark with his 30-1/2" Musky....Me learning HOW to hold a Musky...and some of the crew including Rainier Bass members who stopped by after Thomas taught them all about fishing Tapps...Congrats to Thomas!!!

If only I could get someone to make me hot dogs every time I go fishing!  I'm about to get serious about the musky critters.  We saw Larry by himself after lunch, I think I heard him say "Be vewwy, vewwy quiet...I'm hunting muskies!"

Thomas is also in Rainier Bass Club and he won their club tourney on Saturday.  I think that they had 5 people in the tourney and if I remember he won with a bag of 3 to 4 pounds.  They were all of of the the water by 2pm I think.  He got a chance to take his new boat out on a new lake and got on a few fish. 

Personally, I didn't get anything on my hook until around 10:30 and the biggest was the first at nearing 2 lbs.  I tried everything I could think, but we finally found the color and a row of docks that produced probably 8 fish in a few hours.  Nothing of any size was talked about by anyone. I think that the beefy smallies are now in hiding.  We did see tons of babies (Fry) all over the lake.  I didn't have my microscope or a biology book so I am not sure what they are, but they are everywhere.