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By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/23/2012
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/23/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Today I got to meet rseas from the site. He, Nate Treat, and I travel down to Riffe Lake. Recent reports were stellar and not to be passed up, especially as the weather held up with the forecast of a ...
By: JAYDOG
Posted: 2/22/2015
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/21/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the bridge at Taidnapam at about 9 am with a buddy and his two boys. Set each one of us up with various rigs with shrimp to cover the water column. 2 hours in we finally get a hit and hook-up w...
By: OldVet
Posted: 7/29/2017
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/26/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Great morning on the lake. Fished with riggers 80 down and 100 back. Used small pink hoochies with shoepeg corn.
By: Billm
Posted: 9/6/2017
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/5/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Thought we would try Riffe Lake for perhaps one final time this year. It had been a few weeks since I was there last. The water has dropped significantly. Last time the new addition to the dock at ...
By: Markin' Fish
Posted: 6/30/2018
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/30/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Headed to Riffelake for my annual father-son fishing trip. The fishing wasn’t as hot as it was last year but we did manage quite a few Coho and small Kings. For every 14-17” we caught we weeded throug...
By: Berlinettaa
Posted: 6/23/2019
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/22/2019
Hot Spots: 0
The wife convinced me that I needed more reel time and the kids wanted to camp again, so we headed out to Riffe Lake. We were here just a few weeks ago for Memorial Day, and the fishing was good then...
By: DeepCTim
Posted: 6/25/2019
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/20/2019
Hot Spots: 0
First time poster, first time to Riffe Lake. Launched at Mossyrock Park 8am, very nice facility, (Thank you Tacoma Power), free launch during the week, very long ramp but very nice floating dock with ...
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: nerka nailer
Posted: 2/17/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/8/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Been under the weather the last week so it took me a while to get around to this report. I managed to get out on Monday with my wife and we decided to troll spinners. We started near the dam fiahing t...
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: Yakhusker
Posted: 6/23/2022
Species: Other
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/23/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Riffe from Thursday to Saturday. Best day was Thursday when we nabbed 5 and lost a couple more. Very slow fishing this week. Most of what we caught were cohos but the wind in the morning mad...
By: Widgeonmangh
Posted: 7/7/2022
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/27/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Spent a week at Riffe Lake in Mossy Rock, WA. The fishing was great. Land locked Coho and Rainbow Trout were species I was targeting. NTO Scent Spinners 1.0 and 2.0 blingged up with some Hypervis ...
By: Widgeonmangh
Posted: 7/17/2022
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/30/2022
Hot Spots: 0
This was the second video from my Riffe Lake trip. We camped at that really well maintained campground and was able to get out multiple days. This being the second one I got video of. Really enjoyed...
By: Widgeonmangh
Posted: 7/18/2022
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/30/2022
Hot Spots: 0
This is the third and final report on my week of fishing at Riffe Lake. In my week camping there I caught fish every time I went out and they were good quality fish. If you are new to the lake a cou...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 9/23/2023
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/23/2023
Hot Spots: 0
This was the worst day of great fishing ever. Everything went wrong that could including finding access areas all locked, falling off the bank with the kayak and with lots of mud, lost all my best lur...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 10/21/2023
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/21/2023
Hot Spots: 0
The bite is on at Riffle lake. I went to the fishing area at the dam this time and wasn't sure what to expect. It isn't set up for boats, I had to lug my kayak down about 150 yards of rocky, loose, ba...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 2/8/2022
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/8/2022
Hot Spots: 1
I got a new to me truck and was anxious to see how it did towing the boat. So, with that in mind I headed over to one of my favorite lakes to do a little winter trout fishing with my friend Lonzo. The...
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: 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: meatslayer
Posted: 2/27/2021
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/27/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Got on the water at 11am, fished the dam for a few but was not marking any fish. Moved East a couple miles and started getting consistent hits at 25-35’. I’d say we lost a dozen or so fish before we g...
By: Elkhunter001
Posted: 9/8/2020
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/5/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Pleased that this is my first report...and it was a good day on the water! While launching we (my 8yo son and I) passed another angler who gave a disappointing report, not very hot out there. Well, we...
By: turbo2852
Posted: 5/12/2021
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/12/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Limited out on coho in less than an hour. Water was choppy, but we couldn't keep 2 lines in the water.
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: 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: sigep194
Posted: 6/26/2019
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/22/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Waking up at 4 am may not seem like a good time for most, but for me, I knew I headed out fishing. When I arrived at 7 am I could feel that it was going to be a great day out at Riffe Lake with some s...
