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Merwin Fishing Reports

Merwin
By: OldVet
Posted: 8/26/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/26/2018
Hot Spots: 0
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 mad...
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Merwin
By: tmusky1
Posted: 8/25/2018
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/2/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Was planning on going to Mayfield this weekend but decided to drive past and try out Merwin. I had never been there so I tried not to overthink it and started driving around looking for spots that loo...
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Merwin
By: salmonkiller
Posted: 6/12/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/10/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We fished Merwin for the 1st time… Arrived at Cresap bay campground Saturday, set up camp, launched the boat and did a little scouting around the lake. Sunday we got soaked and ended up with 9. ...
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Merwin
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/28/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/27/2018
Hot Spots: 1
Day Two of our short Memorial Day trip had us fishing at Merwin. We ate in at the hotel and drove the 17 miles to Merwin. Arriving at 7:30am I was a bit surprised to see only 8-9 rigs in the parking l...
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Merwin
By: chiwawadan
Posted: 5/15/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/12/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Went out for a preview of Merwin as I'll be there for a 3-day fishing trip soon. It was the day of the derby, but we didn't participate. Within 5 minutes we got one VERY small Kok and let it go at ...
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Merwin
By: uppercolumbiaguide
Posted: 4/12/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/10/2018
Hot Spots: 1
We fished Lake Merwin, it was a squally day with rain and sun. They are dropping the lake fast. We found a good bite closer to the west end of the lake and the fish were closer to the surface 10ft to ...
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Merwin
By: Rocketvet
Posted: 3/3/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/3/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Had another great day of weather at Merwin today. Netted 10 in the 12.5-15 in range trolling from 9 am -2 pm. Left a little later from Olympia to let the roads warm up a bit. Even then it was still...
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Merwin
By: Forester008
Posted: 2/21/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/20/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Had one nice 13" on right out of the gates but it was dead after that. Weather was cold and snowing, light east wind. Speelyai Bay Launch was a sheet of ice. Water levels were up from a couple weeks a...
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Merwin
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 2/6/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/3/2018
Hot Spots: 1
A break in the weather down south allowed for a winter fishing trip to Merwin for some tasty kokanee. My truck being in the shop, Rseas generously volunteered his boat and made the long drive from Bur...
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Merwin
By: Rocketvet
Posted: 1/30/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/30/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Melissa and our trusty boat dogs headed to Merwin Tuesday morning to see if we could find any early season Kokanee. We were pelted by heavy rain the whole drive from Olympia. We actually made it to ...
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Merwin
By: BoxModBandito
Posted: 11/6/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/6/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Hi, maybe rating descriptions need some tweaking. Worked Merwin for 6 hours, threw everything at the kokanee. Marked huge numbers of fish between 15' and 20' that refused to bite. Ran downriggers ...
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Merwin
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/5/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/4/2017
Hot Spots: 2
I got to fish Lake Merwin with my friends Robbie and Mark. Having fished Yale yesterday as part of The Fallen Outdoorsevent, we decided to hit Merwin and try for some bigger fish and a change of scene...
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Merwin
By: Rocketvet
Posted: 3/17/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/16/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Luckily we heard about the landslide blocking access to Speelyai ahead of time and took a detour through Amboy. Sounds like it will be a while before the road will be cleared. Had lines in the water...
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Merwin
By: Rocketvet
Posted: 3/9/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/8/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Let the snow melt before we headed out and had lines in the water by 1pm. Water is a bit murky but much better than last year early. Ramp and dock at Speelyai are very usable. 4 other trailers in t...
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Merwin
By: Sideburns
Posted: 9/4/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/3/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Hit lake merwin for the first time with a freind that has never kokanee fished before, and we were fishing sat morning at 6ish... launched at speelyai park. Started out with glow dodgers and glow wed...
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Merwin
By: Rocketvet
Posted: 4/28/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/27/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Got a late start on Merwin with the girlfriend. Fishing was tough. Talked to 3 other boats with blank numbers. Hooked and landed 1 12 in Kokanee and at least 12 Pikeminnow. Sometimes hard to tell ...
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Merwin
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/18/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/17/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Myself, Gringo Pescador, and Robbie got to join Luke Hatfield and his friend James on his boat to fish Merwin for some kokanee. Luke is one of our Facebook Fishing Group moderators and was gracious en...
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Merwin
By: flyfisherguy
Posted: 4/8/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/8/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Finally brushed the cobwebs off my kokanee gear and headed out to Merwin Lake to see if I could pick up a few for the grill. Beautiful day on the water, sunny skies with light winds. Trolled for about...
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Merwin
By: Rocketvet
Posted: 3/31/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/30/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Busted out the Kokanee gear and drove down to Merwin to enjoy the beautiful day. Dropped in at Speelyai Bay and the reservoir is a murky torquoise shade with a lot of floating wood debris, some quite...
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Merwin
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/10/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
This is a Tale of Two Lakes… JoAnn and I got to fish one of our favorite lakes, Merwin, and as a bonus spent some time on Yale. This report will be for Merwin. We fished Saturday mid-morning, ...
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Merwin
By: flyfisherguy
Posted: 7/11/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Took the day off from work and decided to finish up my kokanee season at Merwin Lake. This turned out to be a very good decision. I arrived at the lake at approximately 7:30 a.m. and there were only 4...
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Merwin
By: JonathanI
Posted: 7/2/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/30/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Went on my annual camping/fishing trip to Merwin with my oldest daughter Sun - Tues. We had a great time even though the fishing was not what we were used to over the past couple of years. We fished...
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Merwin
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/30/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/29/2015
Hot Spots: 0
After persuading JoAnn that the heat wasn’t going to be as bad as predicted (97 degrees in the Woodland area) we drove down Saturday evening to find it a delightful mid 80s. We fished Sunday morni...
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Merwin
By: rickrws
Posted: 5/4/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Merwin by myself today. Got there around 8 am. Did not catch anything til about noon. Then the bite turned on! I was using a sling Blade with a pink hoochy with corn. I was using a downrigg...
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Merwin
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 1/25/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/24/2015
Hot Spots: 2
I've been hitting Merwin quite a bit in the kayak lately for kokanee in order to put together an instructional kayak fishing video on this fishery before the peak of the season begins. Saturday's weat...
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