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Merwin Fishing Reports

Merwin
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 1/18/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/16/2015
Hot Spots: 1
We've had strong easterly winds that have kept me away from Merwin most of the year. Finally, saw an opportunity to get the kayak out on the water. The lake was glass most of the day and saw a school ...
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Merwin
By: strikezone
Posted: 11/25/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/25/2014
Hot Spots: 0
We were fishing mainly for kokes which we were able to be quite sucessfull that day. Had a bunch to the boat. Ended up catching a nice tripiloid also that was a great bonus. Great day to be on the wat...
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Merwin
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/26/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/25/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Our last overnight boat camping trip of the year, and JoAnn wanted to go back to Lake Merwin. I can’t blame her. It’s pretty lake and as summer ends and school starts back up the crowds thin out a bit...
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Merwin
By: Fishfreak12
Posted: 8/4/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/3/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Got an early start. Made it down to the dam by 5:30 am and got into fish immediately. The bite lasted until about 7:30. Had to work for the rest but my wife and I limited out on kokanee by 12:45. Fi...
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Merwin
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/30/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/28/2014
Hot Spots: 2
JoAnn and I made our annual trip down to Merwin to target the kokanee this weekend. We fished from Saturday to Monday morning. The weather started out rainy on Saturday , improved on Sunday, and was ...
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Merwin
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 5/18/2014
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/17/2014
Hot Spots: 3
Did the Merwin Excursion with my 3 amigos. 1st trip to merwin this year. Merwin is down 8 feet. Don't know why..but there were koke folks everywhere. Crazy Parametic and I missed 2 muskies. ALWAYS wa...
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Merwin
By: Northriverkilla
Posted: 3/23/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/22/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished across from Speeylai bay and no action. We were flat lining and using down riggers 30-10 ft on the wire. We moved west down towards the dam trolling .9-1.7 mph with no luck. We picked up and ...
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Merwin
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 12/20/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/19/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I always have a difficult time rating my experience on any one lake. Do you rate based on quantity or quality? Sometimes one good fish is all it takes to make the difference between "meh" and "hell ye...
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Merwin
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 11/17/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
A friend and I fished Merwin today from our kayaks. We were targeting primarily kokanee. I was running two rods with a long-lined rod at 100' no weight and a green Shasta tackle dodger with a green sp...
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Merwin
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 11/13/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/13/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Merwin reservoir today from my kayak. Had a consistent bite for most of the day. The morning started out with two back to back chinook smolts which I promptly released. Both bit a pink hoochie ...
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Merwin
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 11/10/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/8/2013
Hot Spots: 0
This is my first report on Washingtonlakes.com! I fished Merwin Reservoir from my Hobie Revolution kayak. The weather was decent with overcast skies, occasional light rain, and virtually no wind. My ...
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Merwin
By: wallab44
Posted: 7/30/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/27/2013
Hot Spots: 3
Went up by Dam as previous week and not a hit but charted fish. Got a 4lb Bow at the point which shocked my wife and I. Launched out of the water and put up a good fight. Then all went silent until we...
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Merwin
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/16/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/15/2013
Hot Spots: 3
JoAnn and I went on our much anticipated trip to lake Merwin. We left early Saturday (arrived and boat on the water by 9:30am) and stayed until Monday 5pm. I was running numbers in my head, making gra...
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Merwin
By: wallab44
Posted: 7/13/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/11/2013
Hot Spots: 3
Fished Merwin with brother in laws and my wife. Had 2 poles in the water at all times but my wife and I didn't fish. We fished up by the Dam to the point and caught many fish (22) with most of them...
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Merwin
By: Maddgrinch
Posted: 5/27/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/25/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Good day fsihing. Bigs ran 14" and hefty. Used alot of different colors thru the day but combo pink, white, yellow hooch was the most productive. Most where caught from 25' to 45' deep.
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Merwin
By: wallab44
Posted: 5/21/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/20/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Have not fished for a year at Merwin so tried our skill and came away delighted. Started about 3/4 of the way up the Lake towards the Dam and had hits as soon as we were in the water. Moved further ...
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Merwin
By: Toni
Posted: 4/23/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/22/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Oh what a day! I was planning on fishing American on this day but I got a text from Trent asking if I wanted to go with him and Jerry in Jerry’s boat to Lake Merwin. I have never been to Merwin so I a...
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Merwin
By: Old guy Jess
Posted: 4/19/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/18/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Many thanks to Kokonuts for his hospitality and willingness to share his knowledge. Prior to yesterday, I had been on Merwin 3 times this year and gotten skunked each time. After meeting Kokonuts ...
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Merwin
By: Bob R
Posted: 4/9/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/8/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Merwin to fish with a friend from the kokanee fishing forum. We started about 8a.m. and fished 'tll about 2p.m.We caught 11 kokanee between 3 of us, using sling-blades and hootchies. Rain off ...
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Merwin
By: Trent
Posted: 4/2/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/1/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Jerry and I must have stopped at every tackle shop between Olympia and Woodland, but we finally made it to Merwin around noon. We got the Smoker Craft in the water and began our search for Kokes. We d...
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Merwin
By: lbcatcher
Posted: 2/3/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
We spent several hours on Lake Merwin Saturday the 2nd of Feb. We as did many other boaters out on the lake that day had no luck. Between 7 boats only one caught (A) Kokanee. We were using both troll...
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Merwin
By: eklarsen
Posted: 11/4/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/4/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Went out this afternoon. didn't have great expectations as I had expected the spawn to be full on. Fished for 2-3 hours and caught 3 small Kokanee. Great fighters had fun. Fished across the lake from ...
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Merwin
By: Acefishon
Posted: 10/15/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Well hit the res around 9am getting late start really did expect much thus time year.Its was raining it about time for that start at hatchery mouth outside spilyi got double lost one small.Then moved ...
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Merwin
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/27/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/26/2012
Hot Spots: 2
OK, I know the kings and coho are running strong in Puget Sound, and I really should be out there after them, but when WDFW upped the Merwin Lake limit to 10 a day I couldn’t pass up another trip. Plu...
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Merwin
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/18/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/15/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Got to the Lake at 5:30 and started up past the houses on the right. Had fish on every 15 minutes. Used red/white wedding rings and other various colors. Used 4 oz cannon balls and 48 pulls. On the do...
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