Went to Merwin this morning and launched at 5:30 in the morning. We were the first ones out that I know of. We got one squawfish trolling around 30 feet. Two Kokanees on the downrigger around 65 feet. The usual setup of wedding rings, white corn and cowbells. We used one rod on the downrigger and a heavier rod with a diver. No luck with the diver and ford fenders though. We tried white corn soaked in Anise oil for several days and it seemed to work okay. Everyone we talked to on the lake was getting skunked. The fishing was slow so we pulled out around 10:00. Were going to try Yale next.

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