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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: HntnFsh on May 15, 2021, 06:21:37 AM

Title: Headed to Riffe lake!
Post by: HntnFsh on May 15, 2021, 06:21:37 AM: Wife and I are going to try to get some silvers this morning. Hopefully tripods also. Want to run the boat a bit after servicing it and play with the new Garmin before we head up for shrimp next week.

She's a good artist and pretty creative. I love her little reminders!
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Post by: HntnFsh on May 15, 2021, 06:22:12 AM: Hopefully post fish pictures later!
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Post by: fowl smacker on May 15, 2021, 06:37:44 AM: Hopefully you're able to launch your boat. Water was WAY down again.
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Post by: HntnFsh on May 15, 2021, 06:52:19 AM: Yep. Mossyrock park launch is open. 1 lane.
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Post by: HntnFsh on May 15, 2021, 10:47:07 AM: Limits of nice fish in about an hour and a half. Couple doubles. Lots of self releases. Probably hooked over 20.
Pics. Later.
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Post by: Dan-o on May 15, 2021, 10:55:21 AM: nice.

Also love the artwork
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Post by: Buckhunter24 on May 15, 2021, 12:45:10 PM: Nice work, tagging for pictures been meaning to get out there
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Post by: HntnFsh on May 15, 2021, 01:27:40 PM: Was hoping to get some action shots but just didn't work out. About a 15" average.
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Post by: HntnFsh on May 15, 2021, 01:31:16 PM: Don't know why pics are posting sideways. Never had that issue before.

Boat launch is free until Memorial day. After that it's $10 on weekends, and free on weekdays. So far only one lane open and it's a long ways down so takes awhile to put in and retrieve.

I'm sure weekdays are much better and when they get enough water in the lake to open the other lane that will speed things up!
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Post by: Mtnwalker on May 15, 2021, 01:41:29 PM: Nice. Were the fish wormy yet? Last time I went early June they were real bad
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Post by: HntnFsh on May 15, 2021, 01:44:19 PM: A few, not too bad. One was loaded up a bit.
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Post by: HntnFsh on May 15, 2021, 02:23:24 PM: Its what's for dinner.
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Post by: fowl smacker on May 15, 2021, 03:09:21 PM: Nice!
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Post by: Taco280AI on May 15, 2021, 06:25:01 PM: Is it just Riffe that has the worm issue, or other lakes as well?
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Post by: Jake Dogfish on May 15, 2021, 06:50:20 PM: Riffe was planted with a bunch of disease carrying cook agriculture fish that they were not allowed to pollute into Puget Sound.
They thought Riffe was the next best thing.
Title: Re: Headed to Riffe lake!
Post by: HntnFsh on May 15, 2021, 07:28:09 PM: Quote from: Jake Dogfish on May 15, 2021, 06:50:20 PM
Riffe was planted with a bunch of disease carrying cook agriculture fish that they were not allowed to pollute into Puget Sound.
They thought Riffe was the next best thing.

Huh? Why would you assume they were disease carrying fish?
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Post by: HntnFsh on May 15, 2021, 07:29:08 PM: Quote from: Taco280AI on May 15, 2021, 06:25:01 PM
Is it just Riffe that has the worm issue, or other lakes as well?

I havent heard of it in other lakes but wouldnt be surprised. They dont affect the meat.
Title: Re: Headed to Riffe lake!
Post by: Jake Dogfish on May 15, 2021, 08:08:00 PM: Quote from: HntnFsh on May 15, 2021, 07:28:09 PM
Quote from: Jake Dogfish on May 15, 2021, 06:50:20 PM
Riffe was planted with a bunch of disease carrying cook agriculture fish that they were not allowed to pollute into Puget Sound.
They thought Riffe was the next best thing.

Huh? Why would you assume they were disease carrying fish?
Because Cooke is in the salmonid disease introduction business.
They have fish farms on every continent on the planet. Costs are much lower in other countries but they fight tooth and nail to keep farms where the Salmon live. Less Salmon in the ocean gets people to buy their inferior product that has been shown to carry constant new versions of disease.