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By: Steelhead6438
Posted: 6/26/2010
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/25/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Riffe and put in at the Mossyrock launch at the Tacoma PUD Park. I went to the Northerly side of the lake and fished about 3/4 of a mile up from the dam down to the dam. I caught 9 keepers bet...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/28/2010
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/27/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My Buddy Doug and I arrived at the North end of Riffe Lake around 8am. There was quite a bit of logs floating in the water, which we managed to manuever through without breaking a pin.
I was running...
By: jens
Posted: 7/21/2009
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
We arrived just in time at Kosmos. A tournament was under way and we arrived right after the last boat launched. We headed towards the Fishing Bridge at Taidnampam. I anchored about 50 yards in fro...
By: Yakivegas
Posted: 5/24/2009
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/23/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Mossyrock side of the lake.The fishing was very sporadic,and the fish were very small for this lake.I tried fishing on top,with leadcore,and even went down on a downrigger to find bigger fi...
By: jens
Posted: 5/25/2009
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Myself and fellow walakes angler, MattyG, arrived at the Fishing bridge a little before 7a. The bridge wasn't too crowded when we arrived. The water level was a tad bit lower from my last trip here ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/9/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/7/2008
Hot Spots: 0
After reading the advice I received from some other fishermen who wrote to me earlier, I tried out their suggestions. It worked great. My grandson and I went to Riffe lake August 3rd and caught our ...
By: stevoblue
Posted: 6/5/2009
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/3/2009
Hot Spots: 1
Was out on Riffe for two days. Went all over the lake, Morning to night. Primarily targeted the silvers. Tried every method suggested and known. Used worms, flashers, pop gear, downriggers, you name...
By: columbiafan04
Posted: 7/10/2007
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/7/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Well, fished Riffe last Saturday at the dam and did ok. My dad and I landed 3 silvers in an hour and a half, ranging from 8 to 12 inches. Had a ton of bites, but awfully hard to hook up with the water...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/27/2007
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/26/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at the dam end of Riffe about 9 am.Trolled numerous spots on both sides of the lake.Water is down about 20 ft.Fished for a couple of hours with only one hit on a worm harness with shrimp and ...
By: Easy Limits
Posted: 6/11/2007
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/8/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Went down to Riffe to do a little camping and fishing over the weekend. We arrived at the lake around 4PM Friday afternoon. My wife and I decided to put the boat in the water so I could get a little...
By: Bob R
Posted: 7/17/2007
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/7/2007
Hot Spots: 0
,hit the lake early,(6:00a.m.) slow trolling, picked up about 6 fish, kept 3, two8inchers that were bleeders, one about12 inches that was decent, released the rest . Shrimp and worms were the bait.I m...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/4/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/2/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Got to Riffe around 7 A.M. and there was no one coho fishing except my boat. We killed 10 fish in about 2 hours and they were still biting when we left. They seemed to take anything that a typical c...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/31/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/31/2008
Hot Spots: 0
We were at the lake several weeks ago and caught two and lost one good sized silver. Has anyone been there lately? No one has made any comments since early July. We plan to go up in the next couple...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/10/2003
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/10/2003
Hot Spots: 0
We got to the lake about 8:00 am and found at least 50 rigs/trailers in the parking lot. Found out later they were mostly the big Bass buggies heading way up lake to fish for smallmouth. We fished t...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 11/18/2017
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/18/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I haven't had my boat out in awhile and I decided to call my good buddy Lonzo to see if he wanted to join me for a day of fishing on Riffe lake. Of course he is always up for a day on the water. We h...
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: 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: fishmaster110
Posted: 1/13/2019
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/12/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I took advantage of the weather and fished Riffe Lake targeting Coho and smallmouth. The dry winter has really had an impact on the lake level. I launched at the Mossyrock park and found it very diffi...
By: Berlinettaa
Posted: 6/16/2019
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/25/2019
Hot Spots: 0
This was my first time to Riffe Lake and I was a bit nervous going there on Memorial Day weekend. Long story short, great fishing but you have to be aware of many particulars, especially the launch.
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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 ...
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: 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: 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...
