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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: 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: 9/18/2006
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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: 9/26/2006
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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: 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: 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: 10/29/2006
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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: 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: 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: 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: 4/15/2007
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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: 4/16/2007
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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: 4/20/2007
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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: 4/21/2007
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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: 4/27/2007
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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: 4/5/2008
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/5/2008
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Trolled Merwin noon to 3:30 April 5, caught two Kokanee, 12 and 13 inches, lost one. Water 45 degrees, so action was slow. About ten other fishermen, all with little or no catch. Snow was on hillsi...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/30/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/28/2007
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Hit Merwin for about six hours on Sat. morning, we tried a new spot for about an hour and caught nothin'. Moved around and ended up with 16 kokes kept, one little guy released and lost around six at ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/3/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/25/2007
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The kokanee fishing was great, We used 2 oz. sinkers, Ford Finders type A with a Rim Rock spinner, we tipped the hook with a maggot
The fish were biting at 20 feet. Boat speed 1.2 MPH
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/12/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/8/2007
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Hit the lake at 930 in the morning. Caught some Kokes right off slow trolling about 1 ounce of weight and 6 pulls of the line. By noon the fish had moved deeper and I added another ounce to 2 ounces o...
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: 10/2/2005
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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: 10/3/2005
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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: 9/17/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 9/17/2005
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I’m still fishing for tiger muskies at Merwin Lake with Mike Nielsen of Ariel. Yesterday was very slow with no fish boated, but when the sun came out this afternoon, we raised several fish and Mike c...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/18/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 9/18/2005
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Mike Nielsen and I wrapped up our 6 1/2 day tiger musky expedition today. We caught and released 4 muskies from 16 lbs. to 31 lbs. Yesterday, the cloudy weather and cold water discouraged the fish, ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/21/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 9/18/2005
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This photo goes with my last Merwin Lake report. Mike Nielsen displays his 31.15-lb. tiger musky that missed breaking the state record by only 2 ounces.
*Editor's Note: WOW!
