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Meridian Fishing Reports

Posted: 8/25/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/25/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to visit the old stomping grounds today. 1st thing I noticed was the water looks low. I decide to head towards the south side along the Kent Kangley road. As I'm sneaking up there, I se...
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Posted: 7/21/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Took my nephew out fishing this morning about 10 am and ended up with 6 nice kokes. The bite was very sporadic with many missed fish in between bites. They were biting on wedding rings with white shoe...
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By: DjButler
Posted: 7/16/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/16/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Well I finally got back on the water after a week of crazy busy work. Ran into member Coyoteking and chatted with him briefly before heading out. The first 3 hours was slooooooow. Boated one koke aro...
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Posted: 7/16/2014
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/16/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Killed it this year on the post spawn."March through June" using big baits. Spinner and jerk. But seem to have lost my stuff since the females moved off their beds.Any ideas. I use allot of soft plast...
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Posted: 7/16/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/16/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished 5:30 to 7am with 1 lost at the boat. Thats it. Almost gave it a 2 since it was so beautiful and also got to meet DJButler. Nice guy!!!
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Posted: 7/15/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/12/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Got out to the lake by 5:00am on the water about 5:20ish... the bite was there, again I think finding the right depth long lining is an issue... picked up a downrigger, so this should not be a problem...
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By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 7/12/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/12/2014
Hot Spots: 3
Just another dreary day in the Pacific Northwest - NOT!! Got an early start today in hopes of getting my fish before the full-on scorcher set in today. Proved to be a wise choice. Had to put in at ...
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Posted: 7/11/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/11/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to the lake at 4:45 on the water at 5:15. Had a hole right in the seam of my sea eagle. Could not get a great patch on it, but went out anyway. Hooked into a small one right away and let it ...
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By: DjButler
Posted: 7/9/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/9/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Woke up at 4 am was on the water by 5:15. Had my limit by 8 am which I should have had it by 6:30 but I could not keep those fish on the hook. The bite was absolutely red hot this morning. So far Wedn...
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By: DjButler
Posted: 7/6/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/6/2014
Hot Spots: 0
You know those days where you feel like you should sleep in instead of rising early? Today was that day and boy should I have listened to my instincts. Got on the water around 6:15am trolled around f...
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Posted: 7/4/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/4/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Awesome day for some fishing. Decided to check out Meridian after reading some positive reports from djbutler. Got to the lake about 5:30am, then on the water by 6. While I was setting up, guess wh...
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By: DjButler
Posted: 7/2/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/2/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I got on the water at 5:30am this morning and had my Limit by 8 am. Fishing with NO electronics had me playing around for about an hour figuring out what color the kokes wanted and what depth they wer...
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By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 6/29/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/29/2014
Hot Spots: 2
Thanks to recent posts by DJ Butler and others showing glimmers of hope, Fish Princess and I decided upon our local Lake Meridian for today's kokanee adventure. Started out at about 0645. Loaned an...
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By: DjButler
Posted: 6/29/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/29/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Well today was an absolutely amazing day for fishing in general. Tons of fish hooked, released, and lost. My main goal was going after those trophy 15-17 inchers. 25 ft down on the wire seemed to be w...
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Posted: 6/29/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/29/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Took the wife , kid and the big dog out this morning for some kokanee action and action we got! Boated 10 kokes and 1 trout in 3 1/2 hours green and pink were the corn colors of choice. Nice to meet y...
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Posted: 6/28/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/28/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Well thanks to Djbutler and his reports I was convinced to get off my butt for a couple hours and fill the boat up with 3-4 year old children ready to fish. We were only on the water for two hours wit...
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By: B_donH
Posted: 6/28/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/27/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Got skunked yesterday! It was a pretty decent day as far as weather and not but 5 mins after we put the boat in the water it started dumping. One of my buddies picked up a decent rainbow but that's al...
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By: DjButler
Posted: 6/21/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Meridian again this morning in high hopes of having another day like Wend. Not so much the case today. Fish were deep and worked hard for these 3. All of them pushing 15 inches. Green was the g...
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By: DjButler
Posted: 6/18/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/18/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Work got pushed to later tonight so I decided to load up Gator and head on down to Lake Meridian. Started trolling with the dick nite clown dodger and red wedding ring tipped with corn. Caught 3 Kokan...
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By: DjButler
Posted: 6/8/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/8/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Woke up around 4:30am and headed out to Kent. I noticed once I got there that the fish were barely surfacing so I threw on a half ounce banana weight, went 55 pulls back which roughly puts me around 1...
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Posted: 5/31/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/31/2014
Hot Spots: 2
Went to Meridian today and launched about 10 AM. Went to my fav sppot on the lake (Northwest portion) and started trolling. Was using a Jack Llyod flasher with a rubber snubber then a wedding ring bai...
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By: sellmhi
Posted: 5/22/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Tried Meridian this evening. On the water at 5 PM and had 2 hours to try my luck. 20 minutes in I had 2 hits on two poles. One down 10 feet and the other flatlining with a small egg back 50 ft. Used p...
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By: DjButler
Posted: 5/21/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
The past 3 times I have been out on Meridian I have been skunked on the kokes. I have been throwing everything at them at all depths. I noticed today that in about 30 feet of water there were these st...
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Posted: 5/21/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to hit Meridian today to do my once or twice a year run at it. Didn't get on the water until about 8:45AM. I didn't make my first cast until 9AM. Was still setting up and making my way arou...
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By: DjButler
Posted: 5/15/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/15/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Very slow morning for the kokes. Went 0/3 losing them halfway. I was using a 1/2 oz weight 55 pulls back, whatever depth that puts me at. After 7am nothing bit so I took off the weight and fished the ...
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