A weekend of chasing solvers on Riffe ended up being a trout-fest. Whatever we threw and whatever depth it seemed there was a trout to intercept it. Since we were using bait we ended up keeping 15 trout and 3 small salmon, and released two tiny trout that promptly became bald eagle food.

None the less, it was a fun weekend on the water, including lunch breaks on shore to let our dogs run free and play in the water. It didn't long and both Duke and Kenji were retrieving sticks from the lake, pretty fun break!

We caught fish everywhere, by the dam, down lake, along shoreline and in the center. The fishfinder almost never was barren of fish. The lake is a trout factory. One nice 15" rainbow, the rest were cookie cutter 12" fish. Had a couple nice fish on that came off which could have been the elusive silver cohos.

Trolled from 25 to 70 feet deep. two anglers, four rods. Corn and/or shrimp. Trolling at 1.2 to 1.8. Perfect weather both days and the Mossyrock launch wasn't too bad.

Great place to take the kids for some easy catching!

---