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By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/27/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/27/2007
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On the lake and fishing by 8am. Father caught 1st fish about 8:45 or so. Dad caught his limit. I caught 3 for a total of 8 fish. Great weather overcast and warmer. Using the typical koke gear. Can't w...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/21/2007
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/21/2007
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Was in the water by 7:30 or so and caught our first one befor 8. Then sister had another one in the boat a couple minutes later. Didnt catch another one until about 11:30. Pretty windy and cut it shor...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/20/2007
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/20/2007
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Was in the water by 7am and my father and I caught two before 8am. Had another up to the boat but lost it before we could net it. Did not have much luck after that, and was out of the water by 11:30am...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/16/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/16/2007
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On the lake with lines in by 7:15 a.m. with first Koke in the boat by 7:30. Very cool with rain showers, but we stayed until about 12:30 or so. Total of 4 in the boat, lost another 4 at the boat. Bes...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/15/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/14/2007
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Got on the water around 7:30 a.m. and headed down toward Merwin dam. Fished the usual patterns and had decent results trolling the usual flash gear and red wedding ring w/corn. We were out 30 pulls on...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/13/2007
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Rating: 2
Fished: 4/11/2007
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Fished Merwin today, no bites. Probably too cold yet. Only saw a few fish on depth finder. Talked with a couple of other fisherman. They had the same to say. Will try lake again when weather impr...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/9/2007
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/1/2007
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COLD morning, but not raining. Tried to put in at Camper's Hide-away, but water too low, so had to drive around and put in at Speelyai. Only 6 or 8 other boats out trolling the usual spots for Kokes. ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/14/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 11/14/2006
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My family and I got on the lake about 12:00 or so and fished for 2 or 3 hours. We then fished by the dock and caught a trout but we couldn't keep it because the sign said that you had to throw them ba...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/29/2006
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Rating: 2
Fished: 10/29/2006
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A friend of ours has been trolling Merwin Lake in late October for tiger muskies and reports no catches. He thinks he saw a few on sonar, laying near the bottom in 80 to 90 feet of water. That's con...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/15/2006
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Rating: 4
Fished: 10/15/2006
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Our 2006 Merwin Lake Fall Musky Camp ended yesterday. The last fish in my boat was caught by Tony Welch on Sunday, Oct. 8, but Merwin's tiger muskies are still marginally fishable. Mike and I had go...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/6/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 10/6/2006
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I've caught two more tiger muskies since my last report, and lost another at the net. Right now, I'm in Seattle for a few days tending to a sick wife, but Mike and Tony continued fishing, and Tony ha...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/26/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/26/2006
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Our party of three fishermen has caught 6 tiger muskies since Sept. 6, ranging in size from 35 to 43 inches (not counting a 21-inch juvenile we caught twice). We've also hooked and The pattern that...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/18/2006
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Rating: 4
Fished: 9/18/2006
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Fished Merwin on Friday Sept. 15 and again on Sunday for Tiger-Muskies. had a great day on Friday, although I didn't see or land a fish till about 2:00 pm. Fished shallow water in cover and changed ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/17/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/17/2006
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This is a summary report of our 2006 Merwin Lake Fall Musky Camp. Normally the tiger muskies are in the shallows and can be caught off the shoreline logs and stumps this time of year. That has not b...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/12/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/11/2006
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Where are the tiger muskies? Very few are up on the shorelines right now, and musky action has been very slow. It's not completely dead, though. I lost one last week that I should have caught, beca...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/28/2006
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/29/2006
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This is from Don W's July 29 report. Nice Fish! Mike, Editor
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/8/2006
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/29/2006
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Mike Nielsen of Ariel, Tony Welch of Portland, and I took advantage of cloudy weather to fish Merwin Lake for tiger muskies on July 29 - August 1. They were pretty active; we saw numerous fish, boate...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/12/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/10/2006
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Thought I'd treat my Dad (58) and nephew (11) to a day on the lake fishing for Kokanee. Since they're both from Alaska and haven't fished on a lake for trout in a very long time, I thought it would b...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/12/2006
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/10/2006
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marla, ish our pomeranian, and i arrived at merwin on the tenth. we trolled for an hour and a half, and got mostly cookie cutter kokanee of 13". a few smaller ones of 11". we fished yale later in the ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/16/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 10/4/2005
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Don and Mike retrieve a tiger musky lure from a tree at Merwin Lake in October 2005. Photo by Tony Welch.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/7/2005
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/6/2005
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Well, first time at Merwin. Fished muskies with quite a few lures and presentations but no takers, not even a follow to my knowledge. Did see a mid 30's fish. Am thinking that the muskies gorged thems...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/3/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 10/3/2005
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I have a new system for rinsing musky slime out of my boat -- leave the drain plug in overnight to keep rainwater in, then pull the plug before launching so the bilge can drain into the lake. We were...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/2/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 10/2/2005
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It was cold and rainy today, and after malingering all day, Mike and I only fished from 4 to 6 PM. I caught and released a spunky 37-incher, while Mike raised two fish (one follow, one bumped his lur...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/2/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 10/1/2005
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Tony was supposed to attend a wedding today but couldn't make it because of a fishing emergency -- he caught two tiger muskies! (39 and 42 inches) Added to Don's 42-inch, 22-lb. fish, that's three b...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/1/2005
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/30/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing in inclement weather today (we parked the boat under an overhanging tree for 2 hours during the worst of the deluge), Mike Nielsen and Tony Welch each caught a tiger musky, so all three of us ...