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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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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.
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....
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 ...