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By: wardogzzz
Posted: 4/12/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/12/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Ok, as I posted under my Mayfield report, I read that Taidanampa North boat launch was open. So we headed straight there. When we got there the gate was locked and couldn't launch the boat. While this...
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Posted: 12/8/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/29/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Whent to Riffe Lake the dam a couple weeks ago,their were three of us, and we all limited out on trout in less than 4 hours. The biggest trout was 16 inches,we also got a couple of fat ones as well.W...
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By: laketroll
Posted: 7/12/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/12/2015
Hot Spots: 1
we fished 1 hour with worms 10 to 13 inch
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Posted: 12/13/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/13/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Riffe lake the dam today again,there were 4 of us out on the lake.Three of us caught our limit on landlocked coho (silvers) and one was probably about 17 inches and fat (it might have been a c...
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Posted: 6/28/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/28/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Not a good day for everyone I talked to including me. Fished many hours on the dam end of lake and only caught one (released). There was a cold front moving in last night/this morning and it killed th...
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Posted: 6/4/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Bought a new (to me) boat and decided to try it at Riffe. Took it out and decided that it was trolling too fast. Slapped on a trolling plate that I just happened to have in the truck (grin) and it s...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/6/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Launched @ Mossyrock 7:30 am. The day did not start well, was fishing on Hwy 12 side by dam, I hook up a nice fish but the wind was blowing so hard it drifted my boat into the cable, lost the fish and...
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Posted: 1/11/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/10/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I'm starting to wonder if they stock this lake at all anymore. So many people tell me they used to catch tons of trout at this lake. My girlfriend tried spinners from the bank. My daughters were bo...
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Posted: 1/22/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/21/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well, been visiting this site for years so I thought I would give back... Signed up a few days ago so this is my first report. Normally wouldn't give up info so easily to so many, but this is an exc...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/1/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/30/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished at the north shore of the Mossy Rock dam with my wife and kids, 4 of us in all. The weather was cloudy with lite ran at times but all in all ok. We started fishing with one of my favorite lures...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/13/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/13/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Had A great day Wednesday June 4 2008 caught our limits spent 4hours first 3 hours where very slow that 3to 4 pm hit them hard what and great day spending time with the grandson went Wednesday June 11...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/16/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/11/2008
Hot Spots: 0
The lake was a little lower than I had hoped but we still got to our spot at 7:30. I hooked our first fish with a no.5 red and white Mepps spinner, a 15 inch fat wild rainbow clobbered it in 5 feet of...
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Posted: 6/17/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/17/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went on my yearly Riffe visit today. On the water by 0615 and off water one hour later. Lake is full and water temp about 49 degrees. Trolled dam area with wedding ring tipped with worm/maggot gulp. N...
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Posted: 6/18/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/18/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went back today after yesterdays fishless trip. This time I launched at Taidnapam Park. In only a little over one hour I caught two silvers. One was smallish and the last one hit as I was nearing the ...
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By: Bis
Posted: 7/4/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/2/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake at about 8:00 am. It was a bit windy but not too busy. Trolled for most of the day and came home with a few nice fish. One 1.5 lb rainbow and 14" Kok. A very relaxing day!! A little slow ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/8/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/7/2008
Hot Spots: 0
PACKED UP THE KIDS AND TOOK OFF FOR THE BRIDGE. WELL REALLY WE HAD NO CLUE WHERE WE WERE GOING BUT WE ENDED UP AT THE BRIDGR ON RIFFE. IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE ONLY AT THE END BY TH...
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Posted: 3/6/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/6/2009
Hot Spots: 1
Went to Riffe Lake portion of the Cowlitz River below the Cowlitz Falls Dam and above Taidenpam Park. Was hoping to get some landlocked silvers, but ended up with Rainbows. The water level is much low...
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Posted: 3/10/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went back to Riffe Lake again, and smacked the fish again. Using a worm 3 inches from a corkie on a 24 inch leader, with 1 ounce of lead on the mainline. We ran hook sizes anywhere from 6-10. First th...
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Posted: 3/26/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I went to the fishing bridge, at Taidnapam Park, started around 8:45 in the morning. I got there around 8:15, but the gate was still closed. It was overcast. I fished the pools just upstream of the...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/6/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/6/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Thought I would try Riffe after the 4th crowds left. Unfortunately the weather did a little decline from the great weekend. I got blown around pretty good by 11am left at noon. I did C & R 6 fish from...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/23/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Saturday was overcast,slightly windy and ocassional light rain. Caught 1 fish. I've been told it's a Mackinaw. Can anyone confirm that by looking at my son's picture? I didn't know Riffe Lake had any ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/11/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Riffe Lake with my Brother. I finally convinced him to get his license this year after many years. this is our second outing this year the first was for clams and oysters(I Know not really fish...
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Posted: 8/11/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/7/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing is still pretty hot on Riffe if you know where to go. We fished what we call the "Riffe There" spot SW of Kosmos on on the ledges of the 110' flats where we always slay them. Trolled wedding r...
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Posted: 6/30/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/29/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Did some fishing on Riffe lake and caught a total of 6 silvers. I had a lot of luck with panther martin spinners. I caught 5 about 8-10 inches but I hooked this nice one about 16.5 inches for my last ...
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By: Beelzebis
Posted: 7/5/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/5/2013
Hot Spots: 3
Hit the water by 0600 and as soon as we got the lines out the bite was on. We caught a nice mix of bows and silvers consistently until around 1500. 9 nice fish to the freezer and double that ammount w...
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