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By: cwbraue
Posted: 5/4/2026
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/3/2026
Hot Spots: 0
I was going to fish Riffe but it was quite windy so I went to Swofford. Perfect conditions but the fish were being picky. Out of several bites I only landed one trout. Once the water comes up a few mo...
By: grubowski
Posted: 6/8/2018
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/7/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Well I'd planned on fishing Riffe for smallmouth. The forecast called for partly sunny skies and a calm wind becoming 5-9 mph in the afternoon. I drove the hour and forty five minutes to the Kosmo a...
Posted: 4/22/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/22/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Today was another day that we took the kids out. There were a bunch of people but we found a spot. It was tough had a few bites but then there was the one that I caught it was a decent fish a fryer f...
Posted: 4/21/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/20/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We decide to head out with my 3 and 4 year old's to Swofford Pond for some afternoon fishing. It was a little bit windy right at the beginning but then the wind let up. Was Fishing for about 2-3 hours...
Posted: 6/5/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/4/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Got out later in the afternoon when the crowds started heading home. Had my wife and father in law out so three poles in the water Caught one 12 in Rainbow and my father in law caught two Brown slow s...
By: Rmcdonald
Posted: 4/30/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/29/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Girlfriend her 2 kids 12&14 & my daughter 14 & I, started fishing at 11:50 at swofford pond in mossyrock & had our 25 trout limit by 2:15. We were using pink power eggs with garlic glitter smelly jell...
By: baiowolph
Posted: 6/6/2016
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/5/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We headed down the pass from Dog Lake and hit Swofford Pond to see if we could get a few panfish. Arriving about 9 am, we had the boat in the water by 9:30. We tried a few spinners and spoons with no ...
By: Basshawg69
Posted: 4/7/2016
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/5/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to hit Swofford Pond with my Son for an evening/next day fishing trip. I haven't fished there in 25 years. My first cast I caught a 3# Largemouth. caught him on an old Rapala Minnow. Ended up ...
By: Rmcdonald
Posted: 3/27/2016
Species: Catfish
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/26/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Fished swofford pond in mossy rock with 2 of my buddies today. Started fishing at 10 a.m. & fished until 3 pm. Started out fishing for catfish with chicken livers, sand shrimp & nightcrawlers but afte...
By: Spaceyak1000
Posted: 6/30/2015
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/27/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I Spent 1.5 days fishing Swofford Pond. I had originally gone down for Musky on Mayfield but there was a tournament and I did not want to get in the way. I fished Friday evening and Sunday all day...
By: FisherDude
Posted: 7/29/2014
Species: Catfish
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/26/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Went for the channel cats that are out on swofford. Last year came at the same time and same month, but only caught 4 little foot long cats on worms off the bottom. This year I came prepared with some...
By: Westside Angler
Posted: 6/15/2014
Species: Crappie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/14/2014
Hot Spots: 0
1st trip to Swofford Pond, planned to fish for shad on Sunday and decided to stop by on my way to Bonneville to see if I could pick up some crappies for some camping fish-fry.
Got there about noon, s...
By: cbarlow253
Posted: 6/1/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/24/2014
Hot Spots: 0
My fishing buddy and I headed over from where we were camping on the other side of Riffe over to Swofford pond for the day looking to land some nice Rainbows and maybe a few Bass. We struck out on the...
By: jayshaw20
Posted: 4/17/2014
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/10/2014
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy and I hit the water around 8:30 am, we were using square bill crank baits with a slower retrieve and managed to land one 3 pound large mouth (weighed) and one little 1/2 pounder. Both were ca...
By: catfish4ram
Posted: 3/15/2014
Species: Catfish
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/15/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I fished swofford pond from 10am until 2pm with my daughter & a buddy. We fished for catfish with worms on the bottom, with a size 1 hook 20 inch leader & 1 ounce slider. We only caught 1 bullhead cat...
By: Rickcunha
Posted: 3/7/2014
Species: Catfish
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/28/2014
Hot Spots: 0
We'll I decided to go out and try for some channel cats on feb 28 at about 6 in the evening and as soon as I got there. There was plenty of action got some nice sized trout and a couple nice perch. An...
By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 9/5/2013
Species: Catfish
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/15/2013
Hot Spots: 0
This report is really late-- but figured I'd submit it for historical reference. I fished Swofford Pond twice in August-- on the 1st and 15th from approximately 7:30-10:30 pm. With a friend on the 1st...
By: Jh
Posted: 6/10/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Came down to pond for some mid morning fishing. Got a nice spot on the shore. We spent over an hour trying to get a bite with no luck. We didn't see anyone else having luck either. Mostly used hook an...
By: cbarlow253
Posted: 5/28/2013
Species: Catfish
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out to Swofford pond from Tacoma at about 6 30 am. We arrived there about 8ish many people on shore fishing but just two other boats on the lake. Starting off by tolling worm and wedding rings ...
By: nwtoolman
Posted: 5/26/2013
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/25/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Had the itch to catch some blue gill. Used mostly night crawler and bobber. The trout in this pond are viscous caught a couple larger ones. However we were targeting blue gill found a few big ones. Ov...
By: cbarlow253
Posted: 5/25/2013
Species: Catfish
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/25/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I have fished this pond several times from the shore years back when you could camp along the shore. This weeknd will be the first time myself and a few buddy's will launch a boat. I am looking to see...
By: jayshaw20
Posted: 5/19/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Another good day on Swofford Pond. Caught a couple two pound LMB and two trout. Both bass were weighed.
By: jayshaw20
Posted: 5/11/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well Swofford Pond has produced yet again! My friend and I got on the water at about 9:30 and fished until 3:00. We were using black top water frogs and the bass did not disappoint. I caught 3 and my ...
By: jayshaw20
Posted: 4/28/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I went to Swofford Pond Friday and was fishing for LMB. I was using crankbaits and caught 5 decent sized trout instead. I saw a very large bass swimming but it wasn’t interested in anything. I switche...
Posted: 4/11/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Had to endure a wet morning, but I had the place to myself and pulled a nice three pounder out when I wasn't expecting to. Landed a few small cutthroats, in the 8-10 inch range, in the process.