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By: nerka nailer
Posted: 1/23/2023
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/20/2023
Hot Spots: 1
I headed down to Merwin for my first fishing trip of the year with my friend Warren. I think we were the 5th or 6th boat to arrive in the morning. We got the boat launched and headed straight across t...
By: Don Wittenberger
Posted: 10/15/2022
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/15/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Merwin's tiger musky fishing usually shuts down in early October when the water temp drops below about 64 degrees, but due to this year's long spell of hot weather, the water is still warm enough (my ...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 5/20/2022
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/20/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Headed down to Merwin for my first kokanee trip of the year. I looked to be 3rd to arrive at the lake. We headed out to fish the main body and found a few fish in the top 15ft. As the day progressed t...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 5/20/2021
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/20/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Headed off for my first kokanee trip at Merwin Reservoir and met my friend Brett at the ramp. The mission was to put him on his first kokanee. I waa marking fish from 20-35ff and some in the 50ft ra...
By: Berlinettaa
Posted: 5/9/2021
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/9/2021
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for Yale lake, seems luke the filter options are missing some lakes by county.
Anyways, on to the fishing. Nothing spectacular caught, we tried just about every lure in the tackle bo...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 4/24/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/20/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Originally intended to fish Kokanee but reports were lackluster and bright sunshine and calm conditions only further suppressed the Kokanee bite. I decided to troll the shoreline in search of Rainbow ...
By: Salmonids
Posted: 3/11/2021
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/9/2021
Hot Spots: 1
This is a two day report for 3/9 and 3/10. First time out at Merwin for early kokanee. There was a break in the weather finally which allowed my bucket list lake to be checked off. Its an amazing l...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 8/22/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/8/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Made the 2 hour plus drive down south to lake Merein for the 4th time ever in life. I left the house st 2AM to pick up my buddy and we made it to the gate by 4:30 AM and found our selves 4th in line. ...
By: herefishy
Posted: 7/3/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/3/2020
Hot Spots: 0
My husband and I decided to take a little trip to Lake Merwin for a couple of days. Fishing was not "hot" but consistent through out the day on Friday. Quite a bit slower on Saturday but we only fishe...
By: salmonkiller
Posted: 6/9/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/6/2020
Hot Spots: 0
We got a new puppy so this years annual trip to Lake Merwin was a solo one for me……
It rained….. then blew… then rained some more… lol
I joined the fleet of boats near Speelyai.. there was not much ...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 2/24/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/24/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Headed back down south to Merwin today with my friends Lonzo and Kevin. We arrived at the lake first thing in the morning with 6 other boats. We decided to head up near the dam to start the day and fo...
By: SlayingViaKayak
Posted: 2/23/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/22/2020
Hot Spots: 0
I rolled up to the lake at 7am and wow it was crowded already. Apparently the secret is out because the entire lower and upper lot was jammed full of trucks and trailers. I was glad to be in a kayak a...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 2/4/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/3/2020
Hot Spots: 0
I saw a small break in the rain and decided to get the boat out of the garage and head south to Merwin. This was my 2nd trip ever to the lake and first trip for winter kokanee. As we headed south we r...
By: Jasper Casbeer
Posted: 7/1/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/29/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I do not post much but this one is funny. Snapped a new Kok rod on the second fish (they replaced it no problem) so had to bust out the 1.5 foot little gag Shakespeare rod. Had the little spinning ree...
By: jcrockett72
Posted: 6/30/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/29/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Great day on the lake got to Speelyai park about 730am was lucky to have parking left..... Caught 2 in morning, 1 after noon.... got into some hogs that were lost at the boat..... 3 or 4 pike minnow a...
By: salmonkiller
Posted: 6/11/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/8/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Saturday, Sunday and Monday. We did catch and keep some small ones… but who wants to see those??? LOL
Arrow flashers and Micro hoochies tipped with corn
By: OldVet
Posted: 8/26/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/26/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I have been wanting to try Merwin for sometime. So my brother and I hit it this morning. We trolled with riggers and the usual Kokanee tackle. By 3:00 PM we were done; wind, rain, and cold temps mad...
By: tmusky1
Posted: 8/25/2018
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/2/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Was planning on going to Mayfield this weekend but decided to drive past and try out Merwin. I had never been there so I tried not to overthink it and started driving around looking for spots that loo...
By: salmonkiller
Posted: 6/12/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/10/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We fished Merwin for the 1st time…
Arrived at Cresap bay campground Saturday, set up camp, launched the boat and did a little scouting around the lake.
Sunday we got soaked and ended up with 9.
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By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/28/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/27/2018
Hot Spots: 1
Day Two of our short Memorial Day trip had us fishing at Merwin. We ate in at the hotel and drove the 17 miles to Merwin. Arriving at 7:30am I was a bit surprised to see only 8-9 rigs in the parking l...
By: chiwawadan
Posted: 5/15/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/12/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Went out for a preview of Merwin as I'll be there for a 3-day fishing trip soon. It was the day of the derby, but we didn't participate.
Within 5 minutes we got one VERY small Kok and let it go at ...
Posted: 4/12/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/10/2018
Hot Spots: 1
We fished Lake Merwin, it was a squally day with rain and sun. They are dropping the lake fast. We found a good bite closer to the west end of the lake and the fish were closer to the surface 10ft to ...
By: Rocketvet
Posted: 3/3/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/3/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Had another great day of weather at Merwin today. Netted 10 in the 12.5-15 in range trolling from 9 am -2 pm. Left a little later from Olympia to let the roads warm up a bit. Even then it was still...
By: Forester008
Posted: 2/21/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/20/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Had one nice 13" on right out of the gates but it was dead after that. Weather was cold and snowing, light east wind. Speelyai Bay Launch was a sheet of ice. Water levels were up from a couple weeks a...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 2/6/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/3/2018
Hot Spots: 1
A break in the weather down south allowed for a winter fishing trip to Merwin for some tasty kokanee. My truck being in the shop, Rseas generously volunteered his boat and made the long drive from Bur...