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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: nerka nailer
Posted: 9/15/2020
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/1/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Riffe lake, tried a new area for me on the lake east of the Mossy rock launch. We started metering fish right away 50-80 ft. We fished tubes, Elgin lures, KCP's, and crankbaits. All caught fis...
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: 6/6/2021
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...
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: 8/1/2022
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/29/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the dam around 8:30, fishing by 8:45. I was fishing two rods, one at 25ft with a chunk of large shrimp and a baitholder hook and one at 10ft with uncured salad shrimp with an orange octopus hoo...
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: 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...
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...
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...
By: Poacher Hater
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...
By: Poacher Hater
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 ...
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 ...
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...
By: USFisher20
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...
By: USFisher20
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...
By: fishtremble
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...
By: Poacher Hater
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...
By: drunkmonkey
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...
