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By: spamman
Posted: 6/1/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/31/2017
Hot Spots: 0
We were the only boat on the lake all day! Weather was nice, a little wind. The water is still up in the parking lot about 10 yards above the 5MPH sign.
A few alder flies and a few caddis were the on...
By: spamman
Posted: 10/21/2016
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/19/2016
Hot Spots: 2
It was a little windy starting out but, by getting into the protected areas, it was fine.
The lake is WAY UP with the water about 3 feet below the parking lot.
All the snags along the south east sid...
By: spamman
Posted: 11/8/2014
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/7/2014
Hot Spots: 1
It was a beautiful day...bright sun,light wind but very few feeding fish.
Saw a couple caddis flies flutter by but no hatches. Air temp was in the mid 40's.
I trolled for a couple hours with not a t...
By: spamman
Posted: 4/5/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/5/2014
Hot Spots: 3
The gate is open!
The Clark Skamania Flyfishers group cleaned up the camp ground and improved the new 1 mile nature loop trail.
I started fishing about 12:30 and trolled in the rain north from the ...
By: flyfisherguy
Posted: 5/19/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Headed up after work to Merrill for some afternoon/evening fishing.I got out on the water around 4:30 and was surprised to see how high up the lake is. The water was way past the start of the boat lau...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/4/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/3/2009
Hot Spots: 0
We were fishing by 10:00 AM...trolling with drift boat. Wind was a problem off and on.
We caught two rainbows (12" &17") along the West side and north end. Fished with a #8 sized sparrow. Then as t...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/5/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/4/2008
Hot Spots: 0
The rain and wind came...The work crew was taking down the out house.
The gate was locked behind us for the season.
Still a good place to fish via float tube or from the bank.
My partner and I ca...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/5/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/2/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Weather was bright....a nice day except for the wind. Worked the whole north shore on both sides of the lake.
3 small trout was all we landed. Water temp was 62. No evidence of Hex hatch...no shucks,...
By: ricka
Posted: 5/27/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/26/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the weekend up at Merrill and fished all 3 days. Got a total of 5 for the weekend ranging from just over 12" to a really nice 23". All rainbow and looked very healthy. Trolled sinking line ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/22/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/22/2008
Hot Spots: 0
The snow has melted and the road has been cleared and the gate is open!
The water is high as usual in the Spring...well into the willows and right to the top of the boat ramp.
We started fishing abo...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/6/2007
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Rating: 3
Fished: 11/6/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Started about 11:00 Am...though surface feeding was noted... fishing from a drift boat. we could not hook up with anything until after noon.
Trolled a sinking line with wet flies but caught nothing...
By: onlywaytofly
Posted: 10/22/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/21/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I was surprised the top water fishing was so good. The fish really attacked my orange stimulator. Caught 13 and missed more than that. The morning was cold and wet and the sun peeked through a few tim...
By: flyfisherguy
Posted: 7/2/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/30/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Merrill Lake is really hot right now. The hex hatch is on in the evenings, although Saturday didn't have a very heavy showing. But the trout, mostly rainbows and cutthroats, feeding heavily towards e...
By: spamman
Posted: 5/15/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/15/2007
Hot Spots: 0
The terrestrials have landed!!
I fished the afternoon from noon to 5PM...
About 1PM the splashy surface feeding begin...not heavy but all over the lake.. deep water and shallow.
Interesting as t...
By: spamman
Posted: 5/8/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/8/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I got on the water about 10:00AM...rowing my drift boat. wind blowing as usual...fished for a couple hours with no luck so rowed down to the North end trolling a wet fly. I caught a couple small cut t...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/26/2007
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Rating: 2
Fished: 3/26/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Went in at first light trolling a black, green woolly bugger and then switched to a prince nymph with weighted line. Got blown out by the wind an hour into fishing. Don't bring a float tube in here ju...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/3/2006
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Rating: 5
Fished: 10/3/2006
Hot Spots: 0
This is a great lake, lot's of activity. The trick was matching the hatch, and I did not have a termite pattern. I would describe the evening surface activity as a feeding frenzy, with fish up to 16...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/13/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 10/12/2005
Hot Spots: 0
The gate is locked! There is no longer access to the public boat ramp on a lake you can fish all year round. I don't know how they can do that.
There was lots of fish activity along the east ( boat ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/30/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 9/30/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Rainy periodically heavy. Water crystal clear. Many fish jumping. Traditional wet fly works well fished near surface. Plenty of action. Largest trout just over 12 inches. Great fighter. Great Fun.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/19/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/19/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Well, Dad and I hit this lake about 9:30. Not many folks there. There were hatches of dark colored caddis near the shores, along with egg laying adults hitting the water, but very few rises.
A quic...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/12/2003
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Rating: 2
Fished: 7/12/2003
Hot Spots: 0
This was my first attempt to fish merrill lake, true to the reports that I had read on the internet the fishing did not start until 9:00 pm when the sun was completely gone. Caught my only fish at 9:0...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/27/2001
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/27/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Due to the cooler weather and a little overcast on the 27th, the Hex hatch didn't seem to be as large as we expected. The Hex hatch lasted about 30 minutes and brought some trout to the surface, but ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/30/2001
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/30/2001
Hot Spots: 0
I've been fishing this lake steadily for the last few weeks. Hex hatch is on and the big ones are biting. Mostly rainbows from 10"-16". Every 8 fish or so there will be that big brown. Usually 17"-24"...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/26/2000
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Rating: 2
Fished: 12/26/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived @1:00 PM. Fished until 4:30. Used bead-head green wooley bugger with flash tail/wrap. (I usually use black) Caught 1 really fat brown, 18" but it took both hands to get around it. Had 4-5 othe...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/19/2000
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Rating: 2
Fished: 11/19/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Went up to the lake around 2:30 in the afternoon. We are down on the headwaters of the Kalama for a while with no luck. Hiked down to the lake on the north side. Lots of ice and bits of crawfish ar...