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Merwin Fishing Reports

Merwin
By: tacfisher1
Posted: 8/6/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Another good tournament.Real hot.Met up with Tom that morning to partner with him once again hoping to get his first one at Merwin.Tom is one of those guys who is happy to go out and enjoy the day wit...
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Merwin
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 7/28/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished with Jeff from the Tribune today. All day. Saw a bunch of muskies today a few hot follows. We did manage a 32" incher and Jeffs' now best 40 inch musky. And missed another. He's a hell of a mus...
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Merwin
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/16/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/16/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Wow! My wife and I headed out on a much anticipated trip down to fish Merwin and Yale reservoirs, and we were not disappointed. We got up at 3am Sunday and arrived, boat in the water and lines do...
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Merwin
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 6/30/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Took the wife out on a Merwin Musky Excursion..put a nice 43x20 in the frabill. Saw over 2 dozen muskies. Everywhere.Several follows. Got one only to hit. On a swim bait. Wife is an official netgirl. ...
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Merwin
By: Kokonuts
Posted: 2/25/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I've been out on Merwin early this year and so far the Lake is producing some nice fish in the 13"-15" range. The real problem now is the Weather, its been from Bad to Worse but a few buddies have fo...
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Merwin
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/23/2011
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/20/2011
Hot Spots: 3
OK, this was a trip I jumped at when I found out it was being offered at our annual "Fish Camp" put on by Ed Iman. I have never fished Merwin Reservoir before but like many of you I have seen the pict...
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Merwin
By: Acefishon
Posted: 8/26/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
fished all day front houses went 3-9 and cought three garbage fish it was hard day fish kept getting off line lots bites fished135 ft of water 61 ft down.
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Merwin
By: wallab44
Posted: 8/10/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I post this only to possibly encourage someone else. Using brass/orange wedding ring, tandem hooks, downrigger set at 52-55 ft, main line out about 10 ft before attaching to downrigger, trolling at 1....
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Merwin
By: wallab44
Posted: 8/6/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/5/2011
Hot Spots: 3
Got up late and really didn't plan to go but knew there was gas in the tank so, why not ? Kicker motor shoulder pin is broke, then piece of reel came off, but stuck it out. Few hits here and there ...
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Merwin
By: jigman
Posted: 7/30/2011
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/29/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Merwin on friday and the fish were on the bite. Hooked 7 and landed 4 with the biggest being 44". Lots of fish that struck and missed the swimbaits and a number of follows. very windy out there...
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Merwin
By: wallab44
Posted: 7/26/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/26/2011
Hot Spots: 2
Tried 3 oz and 50 pulls which is alot of line out. Opted for the downrigger which I am not good at nor care for. Used large cowbell on downrigger for flasher and had small ford fender on main line wit...
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Merwin
By: wallab44
Posted: 7/23/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/22/2011
Hot Spots: 3
Different day on the lake. We got tons of hits with not many hook ups. Lost about 3-4 but managed to get 5 into the boat. Used a orange/brass wedding ring (double hooks) which was the ticket.Did 3 o...
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Merwin
By: wallab44
Posted: 7/15/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/14/2011
Hot Spots: 3
My wife and I and her cousin, and son with friend, and 2 brother in laws and 2 boats, finall got to the lake at 9:30. Lake is full of wood and dead heads,some logs, etc. Drove up to houses on right ...
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Merwin
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 7/11/2011
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Me and my pal from Chicago fished this awesome SW Washington reservoir this weekend. I tried the 6-8" style which a lot of musky fishermen swear by but I learned that bigger is better. Big baits = big...
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Merwin
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/16/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/16/2011
Hot Spots: 3
My wife and I were there at 5am . Went up past the houses on the right to start. Had 4 fish in the boat by 6;20. Got to the houses and picked up a few more. Prayed (out loud) that my wife would catch ...
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Merwin
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/10/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/10/2011
Hot Spots: 1
Enjoyed another early morning fishing trip with my wife. Started up by Dam and trolled all the way to Speelyai. Picked up fish by Dam, then by houses, then by south shore close to boat launch. Excite...
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Merwin
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/8/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/8/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Got up late but still made it to lake by 6:30. Got 4 nice fish and one not so big but still acceptable. Fished up by dam. Will take my wife soon.
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Merwin
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/6/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/6/2011
Hot Spots: 2
Got there at 5 and started fishing about 5:20.....3 fish in the boat by 5:50. Lots of hits,nice overcast weather with some sunbreaks, most fish caught near middle. Limits for my wife and I and gone b...
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Merwin
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/3/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/3/2011
Hot Spots: 1
Same as other reports. Got there 5:15 am and made our way up to west end. Had 2 fish in 30 minutes. Noticed the surface water temp was climbing as expected from 53 to 60 by noon. We went on both sides...
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Merwin
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/24/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/24/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Same as my other reports. Got 7 today but it was work ! The bite seemed sluggish and never really got going. Went up by the Dam and people were going in circles so we kept moving. That point where y...
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Merwin
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/20/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Same as our other report. Got there at 5 am and headed up to the point about 3/4 to the west end. Within 15 mintues had 2 fish. My wife got most of the fish (frown). We were using red mini hootchies a...
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Merwin
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/10/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Dont care for crowds so got up early and made it to the lake at 5:10 am. Got into the trolling after moving up towards the dam. Used a red mini hootchie with brass blade. Baby cowbells with 1 oz of ...
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Merwin
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/13/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Three of us fished Merwin on Sunday. We arrived at the ramp around 9:00 am, had our limits by 12:30 pm. Great day for my first time on Merwin Lake!
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Merwin
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 8/29/2010
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/28/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Merwin saturday. Caught this absolute TOAD..heaviest musky ever in my 30+ years of Musky hunting. Water temp was right around 70. Didnt see as many fish as in the past. Caught this beast in ab...
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Merwin
By: bad esox
Posted: 8/22/2010
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/21/2010
Hot Spots: 0
17 fish were caught and released today by NW TIGER PAC, Muskies, Inc. Chapter #57 Members. What a hawg fest! jigman caught 8 tigers, with a total of 267 inches. Yeah, I had to read that twice, too. ...
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