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By: mike_hanshaw
Posted: 6/23/2016
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/23/2016
Hot Spots: 0
My brother and I hit the lake at about noon and fished until 1600(4pm} or so. We put our kayaks in at the Kosmos launch and trolled/spot fished our way up the north bank. I caught a short smallie almo...
By: Mr Fitten
Posted: 9/22/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/16/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Couldn't keep the critters off my line. Very windy day but I tucked into steep banks over the river channel. Used mostly drop shot rigs. Also got a decent largy up the river just before calling it a d...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 11/18/2017
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/18/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I haven't had my boat out in awhile and I decided to call my good buddy Lonzo to see if he wanted to join me for a day of fishing on Riffe lake. Of course he is always up for a day on the water. We h...
By: crawfishman
Posted: 2/26/2021
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/26/2021
Hot Spots: 0
My dad and I went fishing for my birthday at the highway 12 side of Mossyrock Dam. We got to the dam around 1:30. The water was well below the ramps so we had to climb way down the rocks to get to the...
By: Catch&Cook
Posted: 4/3/2021
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/3/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Man that boat launch is no joke. It was closed to motorized boats but we were allowed to walk kayaks up/down. It's a steep 1/10 of a mile trek though. We were after landlocked coho salmon and some of ...
By: crawfishman
Posted: 6/14/2021
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/14/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Foolishly thinking that because it was hot the week before it’d be hot today, I took my buddy to fish Mossyrock Dam. Same set up as last week, pretty much the same weather, virtually the same spot, an...
By: Yakhusker
Posted: 6/24/2021
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/24/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the week of June 21-25 at Mossyrock Park campground with my family. Had friends
and family join me fishing on 3 of those days. Limited every day with a mixed bag of trout and coho. Started w...
By: Norris Dalton
Posted: 7/11/2021
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/11/2021
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy and I went to Riffe. We hit the dam at 4:45 a.m. We were not even the first ones. One guy was sleeping in his truck. We got the best spot off to the right at the bottom of the stairs. We used...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 8/12/2021
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/12/2021
Hot Spots: 0
My mother in law wanted to go for a ride on the boat so we loaded up from our camp site and hit the lake just before 10 AM. We headed north from the M.R. luanch and I couldnt resist not fishing. We dr...
By: Salmonids
Posted: 3/1/2022
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/1/2022
Hot Spots: 2
Fished Feb 28 and March 1. Great days for fishing. Day one started by the dam and second day went exploring up lake. All fish were caught either flat lining or with 1/4 oz lead weight. Used Arrow fla...
By: flyfisherguy
Posted: 3/6/2022
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/5/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Well it's been a while since I posted a report so I thought I'm due for one. Fished Riffe Lake yesterday afternoon starting at around 11:30 am. While I was putting my boat in the water, a really nice ...
By: crawfishman
Posted: 6/6/2021
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/5/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Due to a mix up with my campsite reservation, I ended my stay at La Wis Wis early and decided to stop by Mossyrock Dam on the way home. I picked up some salad shrimp at Morton and got to the dam aroun...
Posted: 7/5/2019
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/3/2019
Hot Spots: 0
First time fishing Riffe Lake. Read the reports here and of we went. Arrived at 1 pm left at 730 pm. Took us a couple of hrs to figure out that I really did need to use Kokanee gear and not my standa...
By: Jonahflies
Posted: 7/10/2019
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/4/2019
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy and I launched at Taidnapam and were on the water by 6 a.m. intending to chase some coho.
We started trolling up the river channel, using several different colors of wedding ring behind d...
By: Yakhusker
Posted: 7/12/2019
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/11/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Haven’t ever fished Riffe from a boat. It had always been at the dam with a bobber. After reading the reports I decided to go and try this fishery. Stayed at Mossyrock Park (family loved it) and my ...
By: Yakhusker
Posted: 7/14/2019
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/14/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Left at 4AM and started fishing by 7AM. Although we had steady hits all day, the fish wouldn’t hook up. A lot of drive-by’s. We managed to get our limits but we worked for them today. Last hour of...
By: Yakhusker
Posted: 7/26/2019
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/25/2019
Hot Spots: 1
Fished July 22-25 and stayed at Mossyrock park. After getting campsite ready I headed out for an evening fishing trip and caught my limit of coho in about 2 hrs. Used a homemade chartreuse tube fly w...
By: Moomanchew
Posted: 8/23/2019
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/15/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Refurbished a small boat and took it out a few times letting each one of my kids ride in it. My wife caught the biggest Coho that week.
We trolled the lake at 1.5 mph about 40 ft down. Had success...
By: meatslayer
Posted: 9/1/2019
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/30/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Got out on the lake at 12:30. The fish were deeper then last time I fished. Surface water was 70 degrees. Found fish at 60’ in 80-120’ of water. Caught 20 fish by 5:30 using downriggers trolling flash...
By: Mlmiller929
Posted: 9/4/2019
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/3/2019
Hot Spots: 0
First time poster here, be gentle! We launched at Mossyrock Campground at 12pm and caught our limit by 3pm. 6 keepers and we released 4 little babies so they could grow up. Trolled at 1.6 to 1.7mph at...
By: Sparky508
Posted: 5/24/2020
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/24/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Hit riffe lake, on the water at 7am lines in at 7:30. Lot of fish on the graph, from surface to 60 ft.
Trolled pink hoochies behind silver dodgers with dyed shrimp at about 1.5mph. 3 smaller fish ab...
By: Yakhusker
Posted: 5/28/2020
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/27/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Left early and headed to Mossyrock Park where we launched. Quite a few boats already on the water when we arrived. Started fishing at about 8:00am. Very windy in the morning and calmed down later in ...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 6/23/2020
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/19/2020
Hot Spots: 0
I took my good friend out for his first trip to Riffe lake. We arrived to the lake about 9 in the morning, there were rain clouds coming but the lake was as smooth as glass when we arrived. We found a...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/2/2020
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/2/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Riffe Lake looking for some coho. Managed to catch one for the day. Lots of triploids jumping. Took 5 of them home at 11 inches. 2 rainbows 15-17 inches. 2 small cutthroat 1 small chinook. I...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/25/2020
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/25/2020
Hot Spots: 0
A weekend of chasing solvers on Riffe ended up being a trout-fest. Whatever we threw and whatever depth it seemed there was a trout to intercept it. Since we were using bait we ended up keeping 15 tro...
