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McMurray Fishing Reports
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By: steve
Posted: 5/3/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/28/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Hit McMurray opening morning from my float tube. Put the tube in @ the public launch about 5:45, had moved to the west side of the lake and release the five fish by 6:10. It was a fish-a-cast for th...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/13/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
got on the water a little after 7 am and by 7:30 i landed my largest bass ever. it weighed over 4 pounds. the rest of the day was a little slow i landed 3 more smaller bass and my fishing buddy got no...
By: stever
Posted: 5/1/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/1/2017
Hot Spots: 0
This report is also for Saturday 4/29, After striking out @ Sixteen, headed over to McMurray. Threw the float tube into the water and headed out. Using various sizes of buggers, found the unweigh...
By: ilvcassidylake
Posted: 7/2/2017
Species: Crappie
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/2/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Mcmurray 630:am-11am. 15 Crappie 10-12"
By: 2feetitis
Posted: 6/20/2021
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/20/2021
Hot Spots: 0
A great day on the water to stay cool was just what was needed. We arrived early to deal with the small parking area & a shallow launch. The lake was very foggy but it blew out in a couple hours. We s...
By: 2feetitis
Posted: 7/11/2021
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/11/2021
Hot Spots: 0
I love being the first on scene to the boat launch! It means you get the best parking spot! I thought I'd try to work on my drop shot skills today. Its a rig that I'm not confident using, but want mor...
By: 2feetitis
Posted: 5/18/2020
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/16/2020
Hot Spots: 0
I caught the biggest bass of my life! I didnt have a scale but it must have been in the 5lbs area for sure. It was a hog! An absolute lunker! I caught it on the north end of the lake while casting par...
By: fisherman92
Posted: 7/10/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/8/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Finally wanted to switch up from fishing smallmouth. Decided to hit Big lake around sunrise. We hit multiple spots without anything but a few hits. Water was warm at 73 degrees. We decided to head to ...
By: zhut
Posted: 8/19/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/19/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I fished for about two hours at McMurray. In that span of time I caught three Largemouth. The bite was very consistent. I was chucking a wacky rigged senko around submerged logs and Lily pads not far ...
By: 8theB8
Posted: 9/30/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/30/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Couldn't pass up the cloudy cool rainy amazing day. Hit McMurray but couldn't get a steady bite going. Caught one and lost two pitching, caught six on a Senko, missed one on a frog and caught three ...
By: 8theB8
Posted: 10/18/2018
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/18/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Caught some little guys on a drop shot but couldn't connect with anything decent. Fished out to 30 feet around pilings and up under docks in a foot, just loads of fingerlings running all over with my...
By: jjones206
Posted: 6/21/2017
Species: Crappie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/18/2017
Hot Spots: 0
***Late Post*** Fathers Day Morning. Good Time.
By: 8theB8
Posted: 5/14/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/13/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I wanted to fish Samish but fortunately checked the WDFW site the night before and there was a "tournament" this weekend, so I swung by Shoecraft instead and the launch and weird abandoned car sketche...
By: 8theB8
Posted: 8/15/2016
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/15/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Got back from my first service in Tacoma at about 4pm today...after sitting through one major accident and 3 minor ones, ugh.
A little windy on McMurray tonight, blowing out of the north. I fished ...
By: MarkFromSea
Posted: 5/9/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/30/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Tried McMurray for the opener since it didn't break the bank to drive to. Crowded, lots of fun and excitement. Trolling wasn't effective for me so switched to drifting around dragging bait. Caught ...
By: 8theB8
Posted: 4/27/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/26/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I absolutely do not follow trout anything, did they kill this lake off and replant it? I cruised around for a couple hours after work this evening and couldn't even fins a dink?? Hard to believe for...
By: 8theB8
Posted: 7/25/2016
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/25/2016
Hot Spots: 0
My sister and niece were up visiting from Florida and wanted to go out on the boat and cruise around. I knew they didn't have much time and didn't want to sit in the sun all day so I kept it close to ...
By: 8theB8
Posted: 6/13/2016
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/13/2016
Hot Spots: 0
After drying out from the morning I decided to run up to McMurray at about 5pm. The rain had stopped, at least at my house, but that changed within five minutes of launching lol. Downpour conditions t...
By: 8theB8
Posted: 4/25/2016
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/25/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to fish McMurray today as it's open finally and it's like ten minutes from home. I missed one in the pads right next to the launch, about a 2.5 that launched at my bait as I was lifting it out...
By: billsnwfr
Posted: 7/14/2015
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/5/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Spent the morning fishing Lake McMurray, only fished this place once or twice before, its been good for bass and perch. It has a big parking lot near the launch and a toilet. Fished with five inch b...
By: 8theB8
Posted: 10/26/2015
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/26/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Missed a 5 star by not producing a fish over 2lbs...however, I caught and released 60+ largemouth today! I didn't even make a full lap around the lake and pulled 14 off of one dock at one point! The w...
By: 8theB8
Posted: 10/12/2010
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/12/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Had to run up and say bye bye to another one of my favorite little bass lakes that closes for no good reason at the end of this month. Got a phone call shortly after launching that made it so I would ...
By: not2bskunked
Posted: 6/7/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My Dad and I decided to give Lake McMurray another try. The weather forecast called for clearing skies and no rain. The first few hours of fishing did not produce any bites. We noticed people in a boa...
By: not2bskunked
Posted: 5/24/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Lake McMurray with four others. Not nearly as many people out fishing as the last time I was out on the lake. We had a few times where it rained, but overall, the weather was decent. We only ca...
By: stever
Posted: 10/24/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/24/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Granddaughter had no school today, so we took our float tubes to McMurray to give it a shot at some late season trout. Didn't get there until nearly noon, but had good action on eggs and powerbait. ...
