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By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/7/2005
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/6/2005
Hot Spots: 0
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: 9/15/2005
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/14/2005
Hot Spots: 0
This week I'm fishing for tiger muskies at Merwin Lake with Mike Nielsen of Ariel, and today was our third day on the lake. Water temperatures are 66 to 69 degrees, and many muskies are actively feed...
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 ...
By: dlt074
Posted: 6/5/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/2/2007
Hot Spots: 0
wow! what a difference a week makes. spent all day trying to see a tiger musky and we only saw one! it was hot(80's) and sunny, the water temp was slightly above really cold. there was a little chop d...
By: Don Wittenberger
Posted: 7/28/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/25/2007
Hot Spots: 0
"No greater love hath a friend," Tony said as he handed me his rod, claiming a tiger muskie was on the other end. I reeled in a 16-inch squawfish. "It's the thought that counts," I replied gaily. T...
By: muskyhunter28
Posted: 10/8/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/8/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Went Musky fishing in Merwin....... I think there all dead.
By: muskyhunter28
Posted: 10/13/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/13/2007
Hot Spots: 0
So, The weather was nice Today but the Fishing was BAD!
I think I am done for the year!
I think I might have seen one, but not sure.
I really believe they are all DEAD!
Stay away from this lake. I...
By: dlt074
Posted: 5/27/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/26/2007
Hot Spots: 0
we went out the after noon (2pm on the water) of may 26th, not expecting to see any musky yet, let alone catch any. about 30mins later muskyhunter28 had his 41" hooked up with a small black and red bu...
By: dlt074
Posted: 5/30/2007
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/29/2007
Hot Spots: 0
So muskyhunter28 and I went back to see if we could duplicate Saturdays success. Long story short, nope. It was sunny and warm in the 80's. the wind was blowing pretty hard and the water was choppy an...
By: Don Wittenberger
Posted: 6/5/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/2/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Tony Welch and I spent Monday and Tuesday searching for tiger muskies in cool and rainy weather but located only 1 lethargic juvenile (under 30 inches). Water temp was only 55 degrees and the muskie...
By: Ski
Posted: 7/10/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/4/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Sorry for the late post, but had a great day fishing for tigers with Mark Wells. I managed to get these two in the boat with the great skills of my net man Mark. We also had a few follows and the la...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/24/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/23/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Monday, August 18
“I can’t believe you didn’t bring raingear,” I said. “If you don’t bring rain gear, it automatically will rain. That’s Murphy’s Law.” The first day of our fishing trip feels mo...
By: Deadeyemark
Posted: 8/25/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/25/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Chapter 57 musky tourney on Sat last. My boat partner and I fished the event and stayed an extra night for a couple hours of musky fishing the next morning. I doubled in the tournament on Sat with a 4...
By: kevinb
Posted: 7/26/2010
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/24/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Had the pleasure of fishing Merwin this past Saturday.
This was Cascade Musky Association's Merwin club tourney. Started seeing fish within minutes
after blastoff. Had multiple follows on a variety ...
By: bad esox
Posted: 8/22/2010
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/21/2010
Hot Spots: 0
17 fish were caught and released today by NW TIGER PAC, Muskies, Inc. Chapter #57 Members.
What a hawg fest!
jigman caught 8 tigers, with a total of 267 inches. Yeah, I had to read that twice, too. ...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 8/29/2010
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/28/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Merwin saturday. Caught this absolute TOAD..heaviest musky ever in my 30+ years of Musky hunting. Water temp was right around 70. Didnt see as many fish as in the past. Caught this beast in ab...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/1/2009
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Chapter 57's Merwin Tournament. 1 of a few anlgers who caught fish. Jigman was the only one to catch 2 this day. Will post more pics.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/1/2009
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Brett's fish was the biggest of the tournament on one of his homemade jerk baits. Jani caught her's with a bucktail. Congrats on the beautiful fish!!
By: KUP
Posted: 9/1/2009
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
8:45 a.m.
Water temp 71.1
Light breeze from the east (had changed direction and speed overnight)
some clouds, water clear, green.
Fishing one of the many shelves along the steep bank.
Musky Buc...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 7/11/2011
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Me and my pal from Chicago fished this awesome SW Washington reservoir this weekend. I tried the 6-8" style which a lot of musky fishermen swear by but I learned that bigger is better. Big baits = big...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 7/28/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished with Jeff from the Tribune today. All day. Saw a bunch of muskies today a few hot follows. We did manage a 32" incher and Jeffs' now best 40 inch musky. And missed another. He's a hell of a mus...
By: tacfisher1
Posted: 8/6/2012
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Another good tournament.Real hot.Met up with Tom that morning to partner with him once again hoping to get his first one at Merwin.Tom is one of those guys who is happy to go out and enjoy the day wit...
By: muskyhunter
Posted: 5/18/2014
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/17/2014
Hot Spots: 3
Did the Merwin Excursion with my 3 amigos. 1st trip to merwin this year. Merwin is down 8 feet. Don't know why..but there were koke folks everywhere. Crazy Parametic and I missed 2 muskies. ALWAYS wa...
By: jigman
Posted: 7/30/2011
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/29/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Merwin on friday and the fish were on the bite. Hooked 7 and landed 4 with the biggest being 44". Lots of fish that struck and missed the swimbaits and a number of follows. very windy out there...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/23/2011
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/20/2011
Hot Spots: 3
OK, this was a trip I jumped at when I found out it was being offered at our annual "Fish Camp" put on by Ed Iman. I have never fished Merwin Reservoir before but like many of you I have seen the pict...
