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Merwin Lake Report
Cowlitz County, WA

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08/26/2018
56° - 60°
Trolling W/Downriggers
Kokanee
Corn
Raining
Morning
66° - 70°
08/26/2018
2
1385

I have been wanting to try Merwin for sometime. So my brother and I hit it this morning. We trolled with riggers and the usual Kokanee tackle. By 3:00 PM we were done; wind, rain, and cold temps made for a rough day. We ended up with two Kokes and a dozen pike minnows (squaw fish). I have never caught pike minnows trolling for kokes in 40 to 80 feet of water. Is this normal? Does it mean there are a ton of pike minnows in Merwin? Any thoughts, comments. Thanks.


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afk
8/26/2018 8:19:59 PM
I'm thinking the Pike minnows must be feeding on the Kokes.
flyfisherguy
8/26/2018 8:46:18 PM
Hey OldVet, I've been fishing Merwin for more than 20 years. I've caught those varmints (squawfish) at just about every depth, if there's kokanee there there's probably pikeminnows too. But thankfully the tiger muskies are taking a lot of them out for us and maybe one day they'll be gone (don't hold your breath though). Anyway thanks for the report, thinking about hitting Merwin on Tuesday.
Bradidea250
9/23/2018 7:53:29 AM
My father-in-law owns property on the lake. In recent years the sqaw fish seem to have been overtaking the the koks, and rainbows. It's actually sad to hear if you have been running into them at 80'. Normally if your catching squaw your fishing too shallow. But the koks run around 70' at Merwin. Need the tiger muskie to get rid of em.
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