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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: Billm
Posted: 7/20/2016
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/19/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Spent a week at Riffe Lake, camping at Taidnapam and fishing most days at the lake. For reference, I fished the lake the same time period last year with much better results. Lake level is about ten ...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 4/24/2017
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/22/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I decided to going fishing with my good friend Lonzo opening day. I had heard Mineral lake was a great lake to fish so we headed that way. Upon arriving to the lake I did not realize what kind of turn...
By: salmonkiller
Posted: 5/31/2016
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/28/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Riffe Lake Memorial day
We got to Taidnampam park on Saturday afternoon.
The Taidnampam North launch was full of drift wood, other boats where using it so we decided to try the launch around 4P...
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: Thor
Posted: 6/10/2016
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/6/2016
Hot Spots: 0
My college buddies and I fished mon tues wed Thursday.
No fish. I got lots of good info from fellow waLakers jaydog and salmonkiller indicating low water levels and no fish.. My report is to confirm...
By: Billm
Posted: 7/19/2015
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/18/2015
Hot Spots: 2
Spent a week fishing Riffe Lake. Most days I was on the water and fishing by 6:30 am and almost always had my limit by 9:00am. Launched at Taidnepaum and fished the east end of the lake and was catc...
By: laketroll
Posted: 7/31/2015
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/31/2015
Hot Spots: 0
started trolling from mossyrock park to west side of lake and back again using pink hoochies....caught 2 sm bass and 1 silver at 16 inches and we lost one chinook that was close to 5 lbs...wind wasnt ...
By: Billm
Posted: 10/4/2015
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/3/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Tough day fishing on Riffe Lake. Launched at the ramp just north of Taidenpaum. Got on the water about 8:00am and motored out a ways and started trolling. We could see lots of fish, anywhere from 20...
By: shardknight
Posted: 1/10/2016
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/9/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the dam water was LOW and murky with waves 1 to 2 feet high. We used slip bobbers 10 to 30 feet deep with worms and shrimp for bait and did not get any bites.
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 4/9/2016
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/9/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Good day at the east end of Riffe lake this morning. Tried trolling a squid and spoons on the down rigger..all while my brother was killing the kokes long lining a fire tiger crocodile. After I got 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: cloverhouse
Posted: 5/25/2016
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/23/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Follow Up to Last Post
Anyone needing information on current lake levels and Boat Launch status can call Tacoma Power Hot Line
1-888-502-8690.
Currently it says the boat launches are useab...
By: fishtremble
Posted: 12/8/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I tried some fishing at the Mosseyrock Dam fishing area, off of Highway 12. It was overcast and windy. The fishing calendar rated it a Fair day. I got there at 10:30 in the morning. I counted four...
By: fishtremble
Posted: 6/4/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/3/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I went fishing at the Mosseyrock Dam fishing area, off of Highway 12, yesterday evening. It was sunny with a little wind blowing. The fishing calendar rated it a Poor day. I got there at 5:00 in th...
By: Yakivegas
Posted: 6/5/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/30/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Reports a little late,but Ive been a little busy this week.Needed a road trip bad to break my busy schedule.Hooked up the brown bomber and shot over the pass to Riffe.I launched at the free launch whe...
By: chefjosh
Posted: 6/22/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
This Place is amazing you have to go, at Riffe Lake there are so many salmon to catch, always go to the fishing bridge it is the best place to be you can catch your limit of 5 silver salmon in just ab...
By: laketroll
Posted: 5/6/2015
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/5/2015
Hot Spots: 1
My son and i hit the kosmos end of riffe about 2:00 oclock and had our limits of land-locked coho by 5:30..all were between 18 and 21 inches...got a little windy but we kept trolling hootchies and pre...
By: laketroll
Posted: 5/6/2015
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/6/2015
Hot Spots: 1
fished from 6:00 pm till sundown and had to work at it on the dam....seen big schools of nice fish but they swam right by the bait, worms, shrimp and lures.....ended up with 2 nice land-locked coho......
By: laketroll
Posted: 5/9/2015
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/9/2015
Hot Spots: 1
got to taidnapam boat launch at 5:30 am and back on the trailer heading home by 9:30 with 2 limits...we used hoochies with divers and had hits the whole time....smallest fish was 13" and the best one ...
By: laketroll
Posted: 5/10/2015
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/10/2015
Hot Spots: 3
another nice early morning on riffe....had limit by 7:30...caught all on a homemade lure....all 5 fish were 17 to 21 inches and first bite in the morning i lost a big fish, not sure what it was but wa...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 5/16/2015
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/15/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I kayak fished Riffe Lake for the first time ever. I did quite a bit of research on the lake before heading out and consider myself a skilled kokanee fisherman so I had high hopes. I also was hoping t...
By: laketroll
Posted: 5/18/2015
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/18/2015
Hot Spots: 1
got to the lake at daylight and trolled pink hootchies for 3 fish then got blew off the lake.....thunder and lightening..not a good combo but the 3 fish i did catch were all over 17 inches
By: laketroll
Posted: 5/19/2015
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/19/2015
Hot Spots: 1
awesome day for land-locked coho again...pink hoochies behind flashers and divers and caught a couple with a little cleo...my son met me there and we had limits in an hour...we seen some huge schools ...
