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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/14/2004
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/14/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Went out today and landed the first one three minutes after we hit the water that was at 9am.Then the bite just stopped and picked up again around 11 am. I picked up four using an Uncle Wes Green and ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/24/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/24/2004
Hot Spots: 0
This is one of Skagit Counties most popular trout lakes and for good reason. We went out yesterday and I trolled an Uncle Wes green and black with a trout dodger and 1 and 1/4 oz of weight about 80 fe...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/25/2004
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/25/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Tried to get to McMurray on opening day, but couldn't find a parking spot at 5:30 AM. However, I did manage to get back on Sunday afternoon. Fished from about 12:30-2:00 from my float tube. A bit w...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/24/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/24/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing this lake at 2:00 -put my float tube in the water and launched from the shore got a bite about 5 minutes into it -using a red macks wedding ring with a worm trailing behind it. Caught...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/27/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/27/2003
Hot Spots: 0
What a great lake. I started out Friday night and fished on through Sunday evening. There was not a time period of more then 20mins that went by without a bit. All rainbows about 9-12 inches, and hitt...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/14/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/14/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at the lake about 2:00pm. Was a partly cloudy day, 65f with a variable wind 5 - 15 mph. Caught first fish within 10 min of launching. Had steady hits most of the day on the surface. We limited...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/26/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 4/26/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Made my annual opening day trip to Lake McMurray getting there about 1:00 a.m. and starting fishing at 11-no rush since the fish are not oriented to time this early in the season. Some people having ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/8/2002
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/8/2002
Hot Spots: 0
SUMMARY: One 9 inch perch caught in 8 hours of fishing while trolling with an orange-and-green, tiger-striped Luhr Jehnsen spoon.
DETAILS: Started fishing at 6:30 a.m. mild drizzle to full sun f...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/15/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/15/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Tough lake to conquer. When I went it was windy. Caught a couple of nice sized trout. It is probably a better opening day lake.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/10/2002
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Rating: 2
Fished: 5/10/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Had a few hours in the morning open so I figured I'd check out Lake Mac. Usually fishes pretty well for a month or so after the opener. Got to the lake about 8am on a sunny morning and fished a type...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/8/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/8/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake at about 0900 and worked hard for an hour to catch three fish an a trolled fly (floating line with a sink tip). I followed my advice and changed flies often for the next hour before I pa...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/27/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 4/27/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Made my usual trek to Lake McMurray on opening day. Got there at about 10 a.m. but did not start until about 11. The first hour my six pack fly did nothing-three hits and two fish-then it came alive...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/11/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 4/11/2002
Hot Spots: 0
We arrived about 6:30 AM 4 of us trolled a yellow walleye spinner had 4 yellow beads a yellow spoon and a yellow bead above the spoon used a worm and spring green power bait with or without sparkles. ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/1/2001
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/1/2001
Hot Spots: 0
We arrived at the lake about 8am, six of us. The fishing was very slow with me being the only successful one in the party. Caught one 16" on a homebrew red chironomid pattern and lost another brut (...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/24/2001
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Rating: 1
Fished: 5/24/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Once around the lake trolling a variety of thin blade spoons. Fished 11 to noon. Had other stuff that I needed to do. Anyway, no luck but I did see quite a few fishing rising, some type of insect husk...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/19/2001
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/19/2001
Hot Spots: 0
We went fishing on lake Mcmurray. me and my friend on a boat. The lake has cutters and rainbows. We only caught one 6 pounder on powerbait. People have caught their limit their!.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/2/2001
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/2/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing about 06:30 and got a strike right off the boat launch
Trolled pop gear and worms in a zig-zag pattern to the far end of the
lake picking up 5 10"-12" 'bows on the way. Fishing was ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/20/2000
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/20/2000
Hot Spots: 0
We are still fishing McMurray and slaying them . They are so fun they jump
so far out of the water the only thing better would have been if we could
have been in out Float tubes but with Ray's knee...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/2/2000
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/2/2000
Hot Spots: 0
YEE HA....This lake has some average size fighters in it >> and from what i've seen with the fishing pressure its slowed down since end of may >> get there early to catch the big bite around 9:am...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/31/2000
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Rating: 1
Fished: 5/31/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Fished this lake early am with a few bites but no hook ups. This looks like a quality lake but don't be fooled > only thing I've ever caught was 12 inch and under if you like playing the small ones wi...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/20/2000
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/20/2000
Hot Spots: 0
UNbelievable .. We had no problem getting our limits.
Size umm 12 to 14 mostly couldn't have been more chunky great great Fishing. And all over the lake the squeals from kids and fishing fol...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/4/2000
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/4/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing at about 7:40 a.m. with a streamer fly (unknown name) with three hits and only one to the boat in the first hour, switched to a "six-pack" with a little better success. Finally turned...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/30/2000
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/30/2000
Hot Spots: 0
We fished Lake McMurray early Sunday morning. It was mild temperatures, and no wind to speak of. Perfect fishing weather.
I used a Chartreuse green (with darker spots) dick nite, and Wife Person used...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/30/2000
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/30/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Sunday after opening day started out real slow at 7:30a.m. fish got active at 10:00 or so. Had 2 limits by 1:00p.m. Kept nothing under 15". Went back next day with 3 other persons in boat fishe...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/29/2000
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Rating: 2
Fished: 4/29/2000
Hot Spots: 0
I do an annual fish in at Lake McMurray with some friends. Some years are great and others are poor but this is a tradition. We usually get to the lake after noon to avoid most of the early morning...