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Category: Campgrounds

Business Name: Riffe Lake Campground

Riffe Lake Campground sits on some beautiful waterfront property on a hill overlooking Riffe Lake near the bustling town of Mossyrock. At the top of the campground is a sort of ampitheater cut out of the side of a hill with rough-hewn log seats all facing towards a stage. The owner likes to refer to it as the "Riffe Gorge". Every year she throws an event at the campground called "Riffe-Stock".

From the ampitheater the the road snakes down through the forest to the lake, and there are numerous beautiful campsites cut out of the forest. There are also RV sites, for those planning on bringing an RV, hookups are extra. The campground is located 11 miles from Blue Creek on the Cowlitz.

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Rife Lake

Roughly 70 miles south of Tacoma and 20 miles east of I-5 on HWY. 12 lies "RIFFE LAKE". A manmade reservoir with close to 53 miles of shoreline. Where deer and elk abound and on a crisp spring morning as the sun peeks over the Cascades to cast the first light of day upon the lake you hear the sweet sound the of 4 lb. line being stripped from your reel. You see clearly the sun reflecting off the side of a nice landlocked Coho as it leaps 1,2,3 times into the air then dives back into the deep green waters of Riffe Lake. Your patient coaxing of a 15" landlocked salmon to shore, brings a smile to your face.

This is Riffe Lake, and not an uncommon memory for those of you lucky enough to have spent a weekend wetting a line in her waters. With landlocked Coho, Catfish, Bass, Perch, Rainbow and the occasional German Brown, your bound to find something to bend your rod. And it doesn't matter if your fishing from a boat or shore. At the dam on the west end or the fishing bridge on the east. From a boat try a Wedding Ring and worm on leaded line down three colors, or spoons. From shore almost anything goes, like worm and egg combo below a bobber, or Powerbait and an egg sinker off the bottom, even cocktail shrimp. Then there's always the spinners such as Rooster Tails, Vibrax, Panther Martin or Mepps. We once landed 8 Coho on 6 different combinations. Four of those fish made for a fine breakfast less than an hour later over a campfire with hashbrowns, eggs and good ol' camp coffee to warm the bones as we relived some of the early morning success stories.

Address: 241 Osborne Rd

City: Mossyrock

State: WA

Zipe Code: 98564

Phone: (360) 983-8122

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