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By: Markin' Fish
Posted: 6/30/2018
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/30/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Headed to Riffelake for my annual father-son fishing trip. The fishing wasn’t as hot as it was last year but we did manage quite a few Coho and small Kings. For every 14-17” we caught we weeded throug...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/17/2018
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/16/2018
Hot Spots: 2
I met up with my friends Robbie and Luke from the NWFR group (he moderates our Facebook group page and is an expert angler when it comes to hunting kokanee and silvers). Our target was the landlocked ...
By: MartyH
Posted: 6/1/2018
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/31/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Put in at Mossyrock park, the new boat launch at the park is awesome. Went right to the dam, and used dodgers and pink hoochies along with dyed corn to catch a limit of 10. (2 fishing) We caught 3 v...
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: wardogzzz
Posted: 4/12/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/12/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Ok, as I posted under my Mayfield report, I read that Taidanampa North boat launch was open. So we headed straight there. When we got there the gate was locked and couldn't launch the boat. While this...
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: OldVet
Posted: 7/29/2017
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/26/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Great morning on the lake. Fished with riggers 80 down and 100 back. Used small pink hoochies with shoepeg corn.
By: Taybrego31
Posted: 7/28/2017
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/28/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Riffe Lake today for some bank fishing, started at the dam off Hwy 12 at 8:15am. Used slip bobbers with nightcrawlers, shrimp and some krill oil. Fished various depths and tried bottom fishing t...
By: strikezone
Posted: 7/27/2017
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/25/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fished till noon and managed to get our limits. Best lure was definitely a 2.8 inch perch colored OLD GOAT 1 LURE fished with 5 colors of leaded line out with 50 feet of mono attached to it and then a...
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: 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: Fisheries24
Posted: 7/14/2017
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/12/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I give this a 4 rating mainly because the fish are so nice this year. Many are 16-17 inches and pretty heavy too. Fished the Mossyrock end of the lake about 30-40 feet down. Slow troll at around 1mph....
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: 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: JAYDOG
Posted: 6/18/2017
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/17/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Well talked the better half into going back to Riffe for fathers day weekend. After our trip there for memorial week, I had the itch to chase some more salmon and so did she.
We didn't launch unti...
By: JAYDOG
Posted: 6/3/2017
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/23/2017
Hot Spots: 0
So the wife and I spent the whole week leading up to Memorial Day at Riffe. Monday -Friday at Mossyrock, and Friday-Monday at Taidnapam. Lake levels being what they are (down 30') it is a whole new ...
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: 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: 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: 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...