Merrill Creek Res. 10/6/13:

[AndyS]

Headed up with Wilson in the pea soup fog. Thought with the heavy overcast and fog we would do really well. Water was very clear and we had some great looking herring.
First stop double anchored in close to try to beat the strong East wind, around 32 FOW. I think Wilson got a runt smallmouth there. We tried a little deeper in 42 FOW and I had a couple run offs and didn't connect. Last spot in 70 FOW over by the main dam, we stunk it up over there.
Place is LOADED with cormorants !!!
Counted 14 trailers in the lot when we left at 1pm. There was a very tiny bass tournament going on, maybe 6 boats.