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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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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!
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...
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. ...
By: kevinb
Posted: 7/26/2010
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/24/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Had the pleasure of fishing Merwin this past Saturday.
This was Cascade Musky Association's Merwin club tourney. Started seeing fish within minutes
after blastoff. Had multiple follows on a variety ...
By: flyfisher31
Posted: 6/28/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/23/2010
Hot Spots: 0
went at night i caught koke 12 inches long. my uncle caught 2 rainbows i think lefdt over from the kids derby they had they where big and fat at 15" long. he had a koke pushing 15" but it fell off at...
By: Gene
Posted: 4/13/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Merwin on sunday, hit water about 0830 told by a friend to troll 60 feet behind boat with downriggers set to 10 feet, 10 minutes in double hook up me and my father in law. action like this the ...
By: KUP
Posted: 9/1/2009
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
8:45 a.m.
Water temp 71.1
Light breeze from the east (had changed direction and speed overnight)
some clouds, water clear, green.
Fishing one of the many shelves along the steep bank.
Musky Buc...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/1/2009
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Brett's fish was the biggest of the tournament on one of his homemade jerk baits. Jani caught her's with a bucktail. Congrats on the beautiful fish!!
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/1/2009
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Chapter 57's Merwin Tournament. 1 of a few anlgers who caught fish. Jigman was the only one to catch 2 this day. Will post more pics.
By: Bruce Nelson
Posted: 5/30/2009
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Three of us fished along the shoreling opposite Speelyai Bay using flashers and green hoochies baited with cured corn. We caught three nice kokanees about 13 inches long. We were fishing between 20 an...
By: RIBOwner
Posted: 4/18/2009
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Made my first trip to this lake, but not my last. We just hooked one Kokanee, but the trip was more of testing gear and getting to the lake.
Water temperature at the surface was 47. Clarity was...
By: Deadeyemark
Posted: 8/25/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/25/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Chapter 57 musky tourney on Sat last. My boat partner and I fished the event and stayed an extra night for a couple hours of musky fishing the next morning. I doubled in the tournament on Sat with a 4...