Search
Merwin Fishing Reports
Change View:
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: 2/24/2020
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 ...
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: 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: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/30/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/28/2014
Hot Spots: 2
JoAnn and I made our annual trip down to Merwin to target the kokanee this weekend. We fished from Saturday to Monday morning. The weather started out rainy on Saturday , improved on Sunday, and was ...
By: Fishfreak12
Posted: 8/4/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/3/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Got an early start. Made it down to the dam by 5:30 am and got into fish immediately. The bite lasted until about 7:30. Had to work for the rest but my wife and I limited out on kokanee by 12:45. Fi...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/26/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/25/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Our last overnight boat camping trip of the year, and JoAnn wanted to go back to Lake Merwin. I can’t blame her. It’s pretty lake and as summer ends and school starts back up the crowds thin out a bit...
By: strikezone
Posted: 11/25/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/25/2014
Hot Spots: 0
We were fishing mainly for kokes which we were able to be quite sucessfull that day. Had a bunch to the boat. Ended up catching a nice tripiloid also that was a great bonus. Great day to be on the wat...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 1/18/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/16/2015
Hot Spots: 1
We've had strong easterly winds that have kept me away from Merwin most of the year. Finally, saw an opportunity to get the kayak out on the water. The lake was glass most of the day and saw a school ...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 1/25/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/24/2015
Hot Spots: 2
I've been hitting Merwin quite a bit in the kayak lately for kokanee in order to put together an instructional kayak fishing video on this fishery before the peak of the season begins. Saturday's weat...
By: rickrws
Posted: 5/4/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Merwin by myself today. Got there around 8 am. Did not catch anything til about noon. Then the bite turned on! I was using a sling Blade with a pink hoochy with corn. I was using a downrigg...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/30/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/29/2015
Hot Spots: 0
After persuading JoAnn that the heat wasn’t going to be as bad as predicted (97 degrees in the Woodland area) we drove down Saturday evening to find it a delightful mid 80s.
We fished Sunday morni...
By: JonathanI
Posted: 7/2/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/30/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Went on my annual camping/fishing trip to Merwin with my oldest daughter Sun - Tues. We had a great time even though the fishing was not what we were used to over the past couple of years. We fished...
By: flyfisherguy
Posted: 7/11/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Took the day off from work and decided to finish up my kokanee season at Merwin Lake. This turned out to be a very good decision. I arrived at the lake at approximately 7:30 a.m. and there were only 4...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/10/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
This is a Tale of Two Lakes…
JoAnn and I got to fish one of our favorite lakes, Merwin, and as a bonus spent some time on Yale.
This report will be for Merwin.
We fished Saturday mid-morning, ...
By: Rocketvet
Posted: 3/31/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/30/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Busted out the Kokanee gear and drove down to Merwin to enjoy the beautiful day. Dropped in at Speelyai Bay and the reservoir is a murky torquoise shade with a lot of floating wood debris, some quite...
By: flyfisherguy
Posted: 4/8/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/8/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Finally brushed the cobwebs off my kokanee gear and headed out to Merwin Lake to see if I could pick up a few for the grill. Beautiful day on the water, sunny skies with light winds. Trolled for about...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/18/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/17/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Myself, Gringo Pescador, and Robbie got to join Luke Hatfield and his friend James on his boat to fish Merwin for some kokanee. Luke is one of our Facebook Fishing Group moderators and was gracious en...
