Lake Tapps fishing: Rainbow Trout, Bluegill, Yellow Perch

Target species: Rainbow Trout, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Allan Yorke Park, 2 lanes.

The lake

Lake Tapps covers 2,682 acres in Washington, across Pierce County. It is a lake: 91.1% of it is 55 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 80 feet (24.4 m). Our records hold 8 species for this water.

2024-12-05, Lake Tapps and Mount Rainier at sunrise, 072437.jpg
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Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 80 ft (24.4 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91.1% of the water is 55 feet or shallower. We hold 125 depth contour lines for this water.

2024-12-05, Lake Tapps and Mount Rainier at sunrise, 072422.jpg
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  • 0–5 ft: 32.4% of the water
  • 5–10 ft: 7.6% of the water
  • 10–15 ft: 8.2% of the water
  • 15–20 ft: 9.1% of the water
  • 20–25 ft: 9.4% of the water
  • 25–30 ft: 7.5% of the water
  • 30–35 ft: 5.5% of the water
  • 35–40 ft: 4.2% of the water
  • 40–45 ft: 3.7% of the water
  • 45–50 ft: 1.8% of the water
  • 50–55 ft: 1.7% of the water
  • 55–60 ft: 2% of the water
  • 60–65 ft: 2.2% of the water
  • 65–70 ft: 1.6% of the water
  • 70–75 ft: 1.2% of the water
  • 75–80 ft: 2.1% of the water

5 target fish, led by Rainbow Trout

  • Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.
  • Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.

Also recorded here: Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Rock Bass.

2024-12-05, Lake Tapps and Mount Rainier at sunrise, 072543.jpg
Steven Pavlov · CC BY-SA 4.0

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

  • Allan Yorke Park — 2 lanes.

The place listed has no fee or opening hours on file: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.

What is hard here

Only 1 public ramp is on file, so the launch decides where you fish.

Where this data comes from

  • Washington State Department of Ecology — Washington State Department of Ecology: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • Webster, K.E., McCullough, I.M., Soranno, P.A. LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0, EDI, doi:10.6073/pasta/64ddc4d04661d9aef4bd702dc5d8984f (CC BY 4.0); Cheruvelil et al. LAGOS-US LOCUS v1.0 (EDI) — LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0: Lake depth for 17,675 lakes in the conterminous U.S.: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.