kokaguy1
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Not rumor, the limit will go to 10 kokanee beginning May 1st.
Merwin 2013 post it here
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kokaguy1
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Forgot to mention this ... anyone thinking of going to Merwin needs to use extra caution out on the water as there are large areas of floating logs and sticks right now, when calm it's fairly easy to see but when there is a slight chop on the water it gets to be a little more challenging. So if you're one of those folks that like to race up and down the lake a 12" kok is hardly worth losing a lower unit!
Kokonuts
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Fished Merwin yesterday with my friend Scott B. and Scott pulled in 5 & I caught my first since my surgery! They were all nice fish about 13-14" but not very fat!
We used R&K hoochies in the small & micro size also Shasta Wiggle hoochies in Pink & Chartuse colors. The day was cloudy & grey, the green colors worked well with
Shasta Sling Blades in green & silver & the copper with green & copper with pink. Pink corn with Tuna oil worked very well. Water temp was 42 degrees and we moved around the Lake a lot for the first 2 but caught 4 between 12 & 2 along the north bank from the house's up to the waterfall before we had to leave.
It was a very good day, Kokonuts Watch for the floating logs!!
We used R&K hoochies in the small & micro size also Shasta Wiggle hoochies in Pink & Chartuse colors. The day was cloudy & grey, the green colors worked well with
Shasta Sling Blades in green & silver & the copper with green & copper with pink. Pink corn with Tuna oil worked very well. Water temp was 42 degrees and we moved around the Lake a lot for the first 2 but caught 4 between 12 & 2 along the north bank from the house's up to the waterfall before we had to leave.
It was a very good day, Kokonuts Watch for the floating logs!!
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lowe1648mt
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I trust every thing went well with your surgery. Good fishing to you.
KnotWorkin
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Fished 8:30 to 2 on Saturday. Weather was not real pleasant, fortunately the old Gregor has a full canopy top that kept us mostly dry. We went 1 for 2, lost one at the boat. Thanks to Kokonuts, we got both hits on a pink hoochie with scented corn behind a shasta sling blade. Downrigger was set at 15ft. We saw what appeared to be quite a few fish on the sonar around 20 to 30 feet near bunkem hollow, they were all of the non-biting variety!
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Mudinchev
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Is this officially posted somewhere?
Kokonuts
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Merwin Thur. 3-21
WoW!
Thur. was full of surprize's, First off my friend Jon & I had to scrape of the SNOW from my boat at the Campers Hideway about 7:00 so it was about 8:00 when we launched. It was cold & grey on the water but no snow or rain!! We went down the South side and started trolling with 4 poles, 2 on long lines & 2 on the DR's with the release about 1 foot below the surface. We were using Wiggle Butts (more later) & Shasta Tackle Wiggle Hoochies. It wasn't long before we had a nice Silver Kokanee in the boat! We stayed on the South Side going west for about 1 mile and we caught fish at a good pace then turned around & went back over the same area still catching, even had a couple doubles. Even though we lost 3-4 we were back at the Marina with 10 around 11:00. The fish are all in the 13"-15" range and it was a real blast! tooexcited tooexcited
Most all were caught on the Long Lines with Joels Wiggle Butts! I used them last year and did very well at Merwin & the Oregon Kokanee Power Derby's. The best part is Joel is working on some NEW Idea's for this year and the ones I've seen are completely different than last years. Those of you who are using his Salmon & Steelhead Jig's know the Quality that Joel puts into every one.The NEW Line of Wiggle Butt's are all Hand Made by Joel and I can't wait to get some for this years Derby's & of course Lake Merwin. Since Joel has so many orders for his Jig's it may be a month or so before he is able to get the Wiggle Butt's out , but you can see his Jig's on face Book or E mail Joel at: [email protected]
Kokonuts
WoW!
Thur. was full of surprize's, First off my friend Jon & I had to scrape of the SNOW from my boat at the Campers Hideway about 7:00 so it was about 8:00 when we launched. It was cold & grey on the water but no snow or rain!! We went down the South side and started trolling with 4 poles, 2 on long lines & 2 on the DR's with the release about 1 foot below the surface. We were using Wiggle Butts (more later) & Shasta Tackle Wiggle Hoochies. It wasn't long before we had a nice Silver Kokanee in the boat! We stayed on the South Side going west for about 1 mile and we caught fish at a good pace then turned around & went back over the same area still catching, even had a couple doubles. Even though we lost 3-4 we were back at the Marina with 10 around 11:00. The fish are all in the 13"-15" range and it was a real blast! tooexcited tooexcited
Most all were caught on the Long Lines with Joels Wiggle Butts! I used them last year and did very well at Merwin & the Oregon Kokanee Power Derby's. The best part is Joel is working on some NEW Idea's for this year and the ones I've seen are completely different than last years. Those of you who are using his Salmon & Steelhead Jig's know the Quality that Joel puts into every one.The NEW Line of Wiggle Butt's are all Hand Made by Joel and I can't wait to get some for this years Derby's & of course Lake Merwin. Since Joel has so many orders for his Jig's it may be a month or so before he is able to get the Wiggle Butt's out , but you can see his Jig's on face Book or E mail Joel at: [email protected]
Kokonuts
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WoW is right! Today was my third trip in the past two weeks. In my first two trips I got only one hit for nine hours of fishing. Today was different. I caught five nice kokanee 13-13 3/4 inches. I lost one and had some hits that did not hook. I fished for about 3 1/2 hours. I got an equal number of hits flatline at 90 feet and 1/2 oz. at 70 feet. My second and third fish hit at the same time. I was lucky to get both. The water was calm and the sky overcast but dry. I fished the south shore a little west of Campers Hideaway to the slide. I was surprised that there were not more people fishing. The lot at Speelyai was only about half full when I returned to the dock. I forgot my camera so the picture was taken when I returned home. I like to process my fish at the lake so there is no mess at home. I talked to a couple of friends who fished the river today. They are having hotdogs for dinner!
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Kokecatcher: Way to go. I wish I could have been up there with ya. Hopefully in a couple weeks I'll be able to get away. And hope the fish will still be cooperating then.
Denny
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Went to Merwin yesterday with my son and grandson, The weather was not bad, windy and bumpy in the morning, calmed about 11pm. Got a hit right out of the bay flat lining 100 ft behind the boat, didn't hang. We ended up with 2 in the boat and lost 3. not all that great. Saw the biggest school I had ever seen on the finder, passed over it for ~ 7 minutes, 80 ft and deeper. Some really large fish in it. talked to several other boats, none doing good. Left at 1pm, lot was full. Probably won't go back until I see reports of improvement.
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KnotWorkin
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Fished Monday April 1st with my friend Richard. Scratched out 8 good looking kokes in the 14-15" range. Started fairly early at 7:45. The bite was better early. Water is getting a little warmer. Lake was glass all day. Hoochies in pink are still the most productive. All in all a great day on the water. Fish are still on top.
Kokonuts
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I was out on Fri., Sat., & Mon. (today) & even with the rain & some wind fishing was very good!
I talked with a few friends that had limits each day and all I can say is that I was very close, only missed it on Sat.
I've found a new/ old favorite, the Spin & Glow in Pink , Green & Gold colors have been really hot the past couple of weeks.
It might have something to do with the Glow Inc. Paint that I've been trying out on some Lures & Dodgers.
Check the paint out at : www.glowinc.com It only takes a small amount to go over a dodger.
Kokonuts
I talked with a few friends that had limits each day and all I can say is that I was very close, only missed it on Sat.
I've found a new/ old favorite, the Spin & Glow in Pink , Green & Gold colors have been really hot the past couple of weeks.
It might have something to do with the Glow Inc. Paint that I've been trying out on some Lures & Dodgers.
Check the paint out at : www.glowinc.com It only takes a small amount to go over a dodger.
Kokonuts
bob r
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First i would like to thank Kokonuts for his gracious hospitality and wonderful day on the water, Monday the 8th.. We were prob. on the lake by 8a.m. and off by 1:45 p.m. or so. We caught 11 fish, prob. could have caught another 4, but we all had obligations and we had a long drive back to Elma.Used Kokonuts' spin and glows on two rods, used a green pee wee hootchie behind a sling-blade with tail of nightcrawler that worked well, used a blue hootchie and then a glow wedding ring behind various dodgers with no success before switching to another spin&glow with a larger slingblade that did the trick. Richard used corn on spin&glows with slingblades which also worked well.We had two on downriggers and two flatlining, but went with 3 flatlining as those rods were getting hit more even though the 'riggers were shallow. Rain was off and on, but a great day on the water never the less. We stopped by the Lamiglass store to bring in a new rod that I bought for Melanie at the factory sale in December(7 ft MDC 702 UL Kokanee special). I had just opened the new reel (custom abu garcia 4601 kokanee special) and proceeded to sit on the upper section of the rod, breaking it. After making it to the store in Woodland Monday after fishing we were really pleased when they replaced it, even with my screw up.Nice folks at lamiglass.Didn't get to use it on Merwin, but will bring it to Lake Quinalt for opening day later in the month and will review rod and reel. The rod was inexpensive, but feels nice and is the lightest downrigger rod they make.I have a CG 70DR 7 ft. lami already, I like it, but Melanie wanted something even lighter. The new reel looks identical to my c3 4601 but with a clicker. I'm hoping the side plate with clicker is available from abu and maybe will fit on mine. Nice to not have to look at rods all the time. Filled it with that new power pro slik8 braid.Looking forward to a great kokanee dinner tonight.Bob R and Melanie
Kokonuts
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Bob & Melanie,
Yes it was a very good day! I really enjoyed talking with both of you & learning about the Quinault River & Lake Fishing. It wont be long before
you get a call from me about fishing with you up there!
Kokonuts.....AKA Richard K.
Yes it was a very good day! I really enjoyed talking with both of you & learning about the Quinault River & Lake Fishing. It wont be long before
you get a call from me about fishing with you up there!
Kokonuts.....AKA Richard K.
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Nice sized kokes this year. Had to give it a go with my son and friends... Lost more than we got but still a fun morning.
Nice sized kokes this year. Had to give it a go with my son and friends... Lost more than we got but still a fun morning.
Kokanee-Toni
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My adventure with Merwin
Lake Merwin 4-22-13
Oh what a day! I was planning on fishing American on this day but I got a text from Trent asking if I wanted to go with him and Jerry in Jerry’s boat to Lake Merwin. I have never been to Merwin so I asked what time. Since I didn’t have to be to his house until 8am, I said yes.
We got on the water around 12pm. This was Jerry’s boat shakedown trip and we used Trent’s electric motor. The Suzuki motor started right up and we were off down the lake to where they had previously caught fish.
Jerry caught 2 fish within an hour long lining a Dick Nite watermelon dodger with a pink splatter squid with a Mylar blade and his homemade garlic corn. I can’t remember what Trent used. I used many things but didn’t get anything until late and it was on a Dick Nite watermelon dodger with a Pink Splatter Squid and unscented shoepeg corn. With this gear on, I caught 2 in the evening. Trent had bites mostly in the evening as we paddled the boat with lids. So for 9 hours on the lake we got a total of 4 fish for 3 people with 4 lines in the water, all long lining. As we troll back toward Speelyai Bay launch with the electric motor, Trent decides it is time to pick up and head back. We are about a mile from the launch on Trent’s I-Phone app and Jerry goes to start the electric start Suzuki and it just clicks. Trolling 8 hours on the electric with only short bursts of charging from the main motor had depleted both (the switch was on both) to where it would not start the motor. Jerry had one oar but it was in his vehicle at Trent’s house. Guess what? We were the only ones out there. Jerry and I had no cell reception. Should have brought that oar...Jerry grabs the small plastic lid off a plastic container and starts rowing. I get one off mine and row. I think it was Trent that got my ice box lid and Jerry started using that. Now the sun has gone behind the hill and it is getting close to 8 and we have made progress. Thank God the wind was behind us blowing us in the right direction, too. Still it looked a long way. It was going to take a long time. I thought of who we could get a hold of and I remembered that I had Kokonuts phone number even if I couldn’t call I could use the contacts and get the number and call on Trent’s phone. I was hoping he was at his Merwin campsite but he wasn’t. He was home in Portland but Richard (Kokonuts) knew someone to call, Mudinchev (Scott). So Trent, the fisherman, could not stand all the fish jumping around us. He puts his fishing rod back out and gets the most bites he had all day while we were paddling the boat. He still could not catch a fish.
Scott got there a little after 9, I believe. We heard him coming across the lake and Jerry and I started to flash our cell phones at him. I use my camera flash. He towed us in to the launch. We weren’t to far from it but an east wind had started up and would have blown us away from the launch if he had not come.
Now we are back at the launch with one more obstacle we had to find out about. Had they closed the gate? No, thank God once again. I thank Richard and Scott for being my heroes. We made it home safe, although late. In fact, I got home the next day.
I was just to tired to take my usual pictures with the gear. There is only a cell phone picture of my 2 fish.
Lake Merwin 4-22-13
Oh what a day! I was planning on fishing American on this day but I got a text from Trent asking if I wanted to go with him and Jerry in Jerry’s boat to Lake Merwin. I have never been to Merwin so I asked what time. Since I didn’t have to be to his house until 8am, I said yes.
We got on the water around 12pm. This was Jerry’s boat shakedown trip and we used Trent’s electric motor. The Suzuki motor started right up and we were off down the lake to where they had previously caught fish.
Jerry caught 2 fish within an hour long lining a Dick Nite watermelon dodger with a pink splatter squid with a Mylar blade and his homemade garlic corn. I can’t remember what Trent used. I used many things but didn’t get anything until late and it was on a Dick Nite watermelon dodger with a Pink Splatter Squid and unscented shoepeg corn. With this gear on, I caught 2 in the evening. Trent had bites mostly in the evening as we paddled the boat with lids. So for 9 hours on the lake we got a total of 4 fish for 3 people with 4 lines in the water, all long lining. As we troll back toward Speelyai Bay launch with the electric motor, Trent decides it is time to pick up and head back. We are about a mile from the launch on Trent’s I-Phone app and Jerry goes to start the electric start Suzuki and it just clicks. Trolling 8 hours on the electric with only short bursts of charging from the main motor had depleted both (the switch was on both) to where it would not start the motor. Jerry had one oar but it was in his vehicle at Trent’s house. Guess what? We were the only ones out there. Jerry and I had no cell reception. Should have brought that oar...Jerry grabs the small plastic lid off a plastic container and starts rowing. I get one off mine and row. I think it was Trent that got my ice box lid and Jerry started using that. Now the sun has gone behind the hill and it is getting close to 8 and we have made progress. Thank God the wind was behind us blowing us in the right direction, too. Still it looked a long way. It was going to take a long time. I thought of who we could get a hold of and I remembered that I had Kokonuts phone number even if I couldn’t call I could use the contacts and get the number and call on Trent’s phone. I was hoping he was at his Merwin campsite but he wasn’t. He was home in Portland but Richard (Kokonuts) knew someone to call, Mudinchev (Scott). So Trent, the fisherman, could not stand all the fish jumping around us. He puts his fishing rod back out and gets the most bites he had all day while we were paddling the boat. He still could not catch a fish.
Scott got there a little after 9, I believe. We heard him coming across the lake and Jerry and I started to flash our cell phones at him. I use my camera flash. He towed us in to the launch. We weren’t to far from it but an east wind had started up and would have blown us away from the launch if he had not come.
Now we are back at the launch with one more obstacle we had to find out about. Had they closed the gate? No, thank God once again. I thank Richard and Scott for being my heroes. We made it home safe, although late. In fact, I got home the next day.
I was just to tired to take my usual pictures with the gear. There is only a cell phone picture of my 2 fish.
