Mark McWillis
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Great trip! Thanks for the report. Please tell me that the Pike Minnows weren't alive when you released them??
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Great trip! Thanks for the report. Please tell me that the Pike Minnows weren't alive when you released them??
Mark McWillis
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The planets re-aligned so my wife and I were able to fish today. 2 people 4 rods. First line in at 0530. Hooked the first fish before I got the third line in. Hooked the second before I got the last line in. Had 5 by 0600 and the final 5 by 0625. Also caught 3 Squawfish. Landed all the fish we hooked this trip. Kokonuts was just coming out to start fishing as we were stowing rods and downriggers. All fish were caught at 50' with various slingblades and pink/white orange/white hoochies and pink Gulp maggots. Started trolling West just West of the ramp at CH on the S side and didn't even finish the pass before we were done.
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Bluknight
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MackPrince,
That photo is flat out awesome! I'm also amazed you got your little girl on the water at 0700! I can't wife to get out of bed by then!
Those are some big kokes! Well done all around sir
That photo is flat out awesome! I'm also amazed you got your little girl on the water at 0700! I can't wife to get out of bed by then!
Those are some big kokes! Well done all around sir
Koke-n-a-smile
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southside
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WTG!! I was the guy with the 14ft. smokercraft alaskan that launched and hit the dock at the same time as you did today!!
I finally managed to get a limit of very nice fish today. Pink hoochie with shoepeg behind a slingblade at 45 to 60ft.
Great chatting with you guys today, and thanks a bunch for all the fantastic info that gets shared on this forum.
KFF ROCKS!!! 101cheers101
Peace, Tom
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Koke-n-a-smile
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Hey, it's nice to put a face to a name, good to meet you, and great job yourself. I am heading up there in about 15 minutestooexcited Hope it goes as well as yesterday!
Kokonuts
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A true "Fishing Story"
Lake Merwin, Fri. July 30. I did my best to be on the water by 6:00 and was headed out to the sweet spot on the south side when I saw a friends boat headed in my direction! Sooo I pulled over to ask "Whats Up, where are you headed ? Thats when he said, My Wife & I are going in !
OK so when your buddy says he's going in at 6:10 IN THE MORNING, you're thinking BOAT TROUBLE, SOME ONE HURT OR SICK! RIGHT!!!! BUT NOOOO!
YOU"D BE WRONG!
And Thats when He says, "WE GOT OUR LIMITS! 10 NICE ONES! NO SQAW FISH JUST 10 NICE ONES! tooexcited tooexcited
And when I picked myself up from the floor, I asked him How in the H***
DID YOU DO THAT ? DYNAMITE? laugh hyst
OK Now you can ask MARK McWillis & his wife for the rest of the story!
Sooo after reading about Mark , I'll just say fishing was very good both Fri. & Sat at Lake Merwin!
Kokonuts
Lake Merwin, Fri. July 30. I did my best to be on the water by 6:00 and was headed out to the sweet spot on the south side when I saw a friends boat headed in my direction! Sooo I pulled over to ask "Whats Up, where are you headed ? Thats when he said, My Wife & I are going in !
OK so when your buddy says he's going in at 6:10 IN THE MORNING, you're thinking BOAT TROUBLE, SOME ONE HURT OR SICK! RIGHT!!!! BUT NOOOO!
YOU"D BE WRONG!
And Thats when He says, "WE GOT OUR LIMITS! 10 NICE ONES! NO SQAW FISH JUST 10 NICE ONES! tooexcited tooexcited
And when I picked myself up from the floor, I asked him How in the H***
DID YOU DO THAT ? DYNAMITE? laugh hyst
OK Now you can ask MARK McWillis & his wife for the rest of the story!
Sooo after reading about Mark , I'll just say fishing was very good both Fri. & Sat at Lake Merwin!
Kokonuts
Gene
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Hello
Hi everyone from Panama again !! nice Kokes in the pictures, man wish i was there !! going crazy with out a Koke fix !! boat is covered thousands of miles away, in the middle of summer and im going crazy !! then the wife tells me the family planned a huge camping trip there !! nuts !! i will still be down here !!
Hi everyone from Panama again !! nice Kokes in the pictures, man wish i was there !! going crazy with out a Koke fix !! boat is covered thousands of miles away, in the middle of summer and im going crazy !! then the wife tells me the family planned a huge camping trip there !! nuts !! i will still be down here !!
Bluknight
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August 2nd trip
On the water at 0630 to find out my partner for the day has cancelled. Oh well - one line in the water will have to do. Started by Campers Hideaway trolling "downstream". Nothing.
Moved to what I know as "kokanee" cove. Found the fish off the point with the cabin on it. 130' of water trolling 1.5 mph with green/red WR with chartreuse blade. Fish came from 30' to 45' of water.
I started by assisting with squaw fish elimination. I think I ended up with 6-8 of those darn things! Seagulls were well feed and got to know my boat!
Started getting in to some kokes after about an hour. Long line released several. Ended the day at 1130 with 5 fish. Nice day.
Apparently I need a new fishing friend this dude has cancelled on my 3 times this year.
On the water at 0630 to find out my partner for the day has cancelled. Oh well - one line in the water will have to do. Started by Campers Hideaway trolling "downstream". Nothing.
Moved to what I know as "kokanee" cove. Found the fish off the point with the cabin on it. 130' of water trolling 1.5 mph with green/red WR with chartreuse blade. Fish came from 30' to 45' of water.
I started by assisting with squaw fish elimination. I think I ended up with 6-8 of those darn things! Seagulls were well feed and got to know my boat!
Started getting in to some kokes after about an hour. Long line released several. Ended the day at 1130 with 5 fish. Nice day.
Apparently I need a new fishing friend this dude has cancelled on my 3 times this year.
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KokaRod69
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Merwin 8/4/2010
I went to work today, and decided that because things were slow I should go fishing. I didn't get to the lake until 10:00 AM because of the road construction. On the water and fishing by 10:30. First hook-up with in 1 Min. of dropping the downrigger down to 48 ft. between the water fall and the cabin on the north side in 125 ft of water. Lost it at the boat.Dropped the weight down again and before I could get the rod in the holder, fish on. Lost it at the boat. I repeated this pattern until I decided that my hooks were not sharp. Switched to a new Purple haze hoochie and a blue alvin wobbler and fish on. First one in the boat. All together for the day I lost 12 fish at the boat and did get a limit of fat 15" fish. All fish were between 48 and 65 ft. and all were from the north side of the lake. The most productive combination was a pink pearl hoochie, tipped with pink gulp maggots and a red sling blade ( with new hooks).
I went to work today, and decided that because things were slow I should go fishing. I didn't get to the lake until 10:00 AM because of the road construction. On the water and fishing by 10:30. First hook-up with in 1 Min. of dropping the downrigger down to 48 ft. between the water fall and the cabin on the north side in 125 ft of water. Lost it at the boat.Dropped the weight down again and before I could get the rod in the holder, fish on. Lost it at the boat. I repeated this pattern until I decided that my hooks were not sharp. Switched to a new Purple haze hoochie and a blue alvin wobbler and fish on. First one in the boat. All together for the day I lost 12 fish at the boat and did get a limit of fat 15" fish. All fish were between 48 and 65 ft. and all were from the north side of the lake. The most productive combination was a pink pearl hoochie, tipped with pink gulp maggots and a red sling blade ( with new hooks).
Bluknight
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Thanks for the report Kokarod. That road construction on 503 is a complete pain in the #*@! I know road maintenance has to happen and it's bound to happen in the summer BUT it still sucks.
Glad you had a good day. I'm hoping to repeat your success on Monday. Nephews are coming to town.
Glad you had a good day. I'm hoping to repeat your success on Monday. Nephews are coming to town.
Kokonuts
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awesomereport I cant wait to go up tomorrow for all of next week!!Its "VACATION TIME"
Kokonuts....tooexcited
Kokonuts....tooexcited
Mark McWillis
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Good job! I HOPE to be up there tomorrow, Friday, AM.
Kokonuts
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Hey Mark, I have to work in the morning then I'll be upin the early afternoon. Are you going to be up on Sat.?
Kokonuts
Kokonuts
Mark McWillis
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Looks like tomorrow is a go but we will definitely not be there Sat. MAYBE Sunday...depends on the weather.
Mark McWillis
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Mary and I fished this AM. Started on the South side in our usual spot with the same lures and fished for 4 hours to catch 3 Kokes and about 30 Squawfish. Everybody else seemd to be on the Norh side so we trolled over there and caught 7 fish in about 20 minutes, including a triple! I also lost BY FAR the largest Koke I have seen in Merwin. ALL the Northside fish were bigger and fatter than the Southside fish. All at about 50' with the same stuff we've been catching them on all season. Windy and pretty cool. Hope to go back on Sunday.
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