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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: 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: 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: Sltfisher85
Posted: 7/16/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/16/2017
Hot Spots: 0
1 fish shy of limiting out. Fished on the south west end of the lake where Swafford flows into the lake. had to fight to keep the shakers off....
Gulp pink worm pinches 70 pulls back a wiggle Hochee...
By: mymannin
Posted: 7/24/2017
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/20/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Another good day at Riffe... Fish are definitely on average much larger. Best luck down deep on the cable between 75 and 35 feet with the usual mini quid and small flasher. The fish are there. Rum...
By: Markin' Fish
Posted: 6/27/2017
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/26/2017
Hot Spots: 0
What a great camping/fishing trip with my dad, brother and our sons. 3 generations on the boat. It took us a bit to find some big fish but we figured it out. 50-90 feet deep and the riggers set at 3...
By: mymannin
Posted: 7/5/2017
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/1/2017
Hot Spots: 0
A little late on the report but Riffe didn't disappoint last Saturday.. The fish where much larger than past seasons. We took home 6 in a few hours of fishing.
We got on the water around 230pm....
By: yknjack
Posted: 8/22/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/20/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Followed the posting by OldVet and used a downrigger 80 ft down and 100 feet back and I trolled a pink hoochie behind a Dodger. Limited in 3 hours. In front of the dam and up the side by the highway. ...
By: The Quadfather
Posted: 8/25/2017
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/21/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Met up with fishing partner, 'Motorboat'.... made the 2.5 hr. drive to Riffe lake. The lake is VERY low currently, and the launch was a bit interesting. You back down, very steeply, what must be lik...
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: PhishnPhool
Posted: 5/31/2018
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/17/2018
Hot Spots: 0
First time ever fishing at the dam. Ended up using 3/8 oz Steelie lure and started catching nice silvers. Had to make a lot of casts, most fish caught near the surface and fast retrieve. Bait did noth...
By: PhishnPhool
Posted: 5/31/2018
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/17/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the dam area for the first time. Quality of fish caught was impressive! All were coho/silvers I was told by some of the locals.
Bait fishing sukked.
3/8oz hammered silver Steelee spoon was th...
By: cloverhouse
Posted: 5/24/2016
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/19/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Planned a 5 day trip to Riffe Lake. Towed a 20 ft jet to to Taidnipam Park from Tri-Cities. Found the lake level below the launches and all closed except for the Mossyrock launch at the end of the l...
By: Bay wolf
Posted: 6/6/2016
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/4/2016
Hot Spots: 2
Fished from the fishing bridge at Taidnapam Park on 4-5 June. It was completely dead! Water is really low and a lot of woody debris is floating around. Locals on the bridge say no fish this year at ...
By: grandbob11307
Posted: 7/20/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/19/2012
Hot Spots: 0
We stayed at Taidnapam Campgroundfor the 17 – 19th. We went to the fishing bridge every day but the 19th was the most productive. We started fishing about 12:30 and stayed 3 hours catching 9 RBT. ...
By: Bisco424
Posted: 7/8/2012
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/7/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Hit Riffe Lake around 9am, thru everything I had with no effect. Everyone around me and all on the fishing bridge had fish every cast. Luckily my friend and his girlfriend came and rescued me from the...
By: Ducks
Posted: 7/8/2012
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/7/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Went to fishing bridge at about 5 for silvers and limited out using worm and blue/orange powerbait on a 36 in. leader.
By: Ducks
Posted: 4/9/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/31/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing at the fishing bridge and limited out in 1.5 hours. Was using 1/2 oz dropshot weight attached to swivel, 20inch leader tied to a size 8 baitholder hook. used shrimp and marshmallows, worm...
By: stickfish
Posted: 7/12/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/12/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the fishing bridge this afternoon, started out using cocktail shrimp. Got lots of bites, only hooked up with one fish. Decided to switch to a corn/worm combo and started hooking up a little bit ea...
By: triple nickel
Posted: 7/17/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
After striking out on the Tilton river I went to Riffe lake and fished from the bridge. The wind was a factor in not staying long. About a dozen other anglers were sharing my luck which was bad. I'll ...
By: triple nickel
Posted: 8/14/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/13/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished for Kokanee and caught a 3lb small mouth.
By: jens
Posted: 5/24/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
After getting my morning Steelie on the Cow with the crew, I decided to make my way to some unfamiliar ground at Riffe. I am horrible with directions so it took me awhile to find the spot a good frie...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/18/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Set my alarm for 4::00 hit the snooze for about a hour. Left from Olympia. Started fishing around 7:30 - 8:00 in the morning off the shore at the dam. First time I tried fishing off the shore at Riffe...
