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By: Norm
Posted: 4/27/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/26/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Got there early, first one to launch. Three buddies and I set out at first light and anchored up. We all love bobber fishin so we threw out a bunch of bobbers and worms, then got the grill going to co...
By: Norm
Posted: 6/8/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
The little cousin was in town and really wanted to catch some fish so after work we headed out to the lake in search for some trout. It was real windy so I decided not to troll around and just find a ...
By: Papahj
Posted: 6/9/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/8/2014
Hot Spots: 0
We launched the boat around 9 am and started trolling a chartreuse wedding ring with a little worm. The fishing was good but all of the fish that were caught had white worm like growths all over them....
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/2/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/30/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Don't use the rating above. The fishing was just Horrible. My Nephew and niece usually have to keep telling me to throw that one back. Last year we caught our limit in a hour. We caught just 2 fish fo...
By: N E 1 FISSION
Posted: 5/2/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/1/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Wow, could not believe the lack of, have never worked this hard to get 1 fish, only bite of the day, about 10", my wife, (1st time out, ever!!) also was 1 for 1. My brother, went out both days, total ...
By: flyguy
Posted: 5/4/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/4/2011
Hot Spots: 0
McMurray had a good number of boats today, parking full, and mostly calm waters. Water temp was 54 degrees. Trolled atractors flies, sparse body, size 16, caught 8 fish in 2 hours. Switched to bla...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/9/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/8/2011
Hot Spots: 0
We had a great day, but of us caught our limit. All the fish were 12-14" except one which was 18 1/4". Seeing the eagles fly around while fishing is an added bonus, beautiful!
By: MarkFromSea
Posted: 5/9/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/30/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Tried McMurray for the opener since it didn't break the bank to drive to. Crowded, lots of fun and excitement. Trolling wasn't effective for me so switched to drifting around dragging bait. Caught ...
By: N E 1 FISSION
Posted: 5/21/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
So much re: forecast, overcast & intermittent rain, but still went out. Wife caught 3 including the biggest one about 14", I caught 2 about 10" each. 2nd time out for her ever, but she stuck it out. W...
By: Smiles22
Posted: 5/23/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
We fished Saturday and Sunday afternoon.
The past few times we have been out we have each been able to catch a our limit with in just a couple hours. Worms and a bobber are the way to go right now...
By: GeryG
Posted: 5/24/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/24/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 10:30 to 3:00. Between the two of us we landed and released 9 trout. Slow day on the water. If you used flashers it was better, but I cant bring myself to use them due to the drag. All fis...
By: Einar
Posted: 5/31/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Started out fishing around 10:30am. Using red HotShot plug caught & released 3, then switched over to red Flatfish caught & released 1. Constantly getting bites. Fished until 2:00pm.Descent day of fis...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/2/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/30/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished McMurray with son. On the lake 7:30. Off by 11:30 with limits. All were 10" to 12.5" in length. Some showed parasite damage. This was third outing to McMurray, but first time limiting. We...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/4/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/4/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well Finally the Lake started being fun. Water temp 60.3, and fish were biting very well. Most fish on top 5-8 feet of water. trolling pop gear with a Black wicked willie. Love those lures and when my...
By: N E 1 FISSION
Posted: 4/28/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/28/2012
Hot Spots: 2
Beautiful day to be out, No rain!! Overcast with some sun, slight to moderate breeze. Trolled Needlefish/Wedding Ring tipped with power maggots and chartreusse powerbait, got 4, brother caught 5, lost...
By: stever
Posted: 4/29/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/28/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Fished McMurray for the opening. Fishing was fairly slow, C&R about 7 fish, but nearly as good as years past. A little disappointed with these "larger" fish, I actually liked the old mix of catchabl...
By: Swapmaster
Posted: 5/1/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Great fishing right from 6:00am caught 2 trout within 10 minutes. Then catch and release from there on.
By: Swapmaster
Posted: 5/27/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Caught (3) 12" & (2) 10". Lost (4) and fish were nibbling all morning til 12:00pm.
By: jonb
Posted: 6/3/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/3/2012
Hot Spots: 3
got to mcmurray and into the water by 7:15 am, out of the lake with a limit for me and my friend by 9:30am we knocked em dead on wedding rings and worm. the rainbows were 9"-13" and all seemed unusual...
By: jonb
Posted: 8/24/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/24/2014
Hot Spots: 0
my friend yen (ilvlkcassidy) and i hit lake mcmurray today in search of trout. we arrived just before noon, the wind was rough, the sun was bright and the temps were hot, some of the toughest conditio...
By: cobrar543
Posted: 4/26/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/25/2015
Hot Spots: 1
The morning's rain sure has changed me. I would never let some liquid sunshine stop me as a young man. LOL It stopped about 11am and I couldn't stand it any more.
The boat was ready so off I we...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/7/2004
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/7/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Very slow this time of year, my friend Rick and I trolled in the evening from 6:00 to 9:00, got two strikes using #12 olive bead head wooly bugger 3' below surface and the other fly at various depths ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/8/2002
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/8/2002
Hot Spots: 0
SUMMARY: One 9 inch perch caught in 8 hours of fishing while trolling with an orange-and-green, tiger-striped Luhr Jehnsen spoon.
DETAILS: Started fishing at 6:30 a.m. mild drizzle to full sun f...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/1/2001
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/1/2001
Hot Spots: 0
We arrived at the lake about 8am, six of us. The fishing was very slow with me being the only successful one in the party. Caught one 16" on a homebrew red chironomid pattern and lost another brut (...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/19/2001
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/19/2001
Hot Spots: 0
We went fishing on lake Mcmurray. me and my friend on a boat. The lake has cutters and rainbows. We only caught one 6 pounder on powerbait. People have caught their limit their!.
