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By: dave g
Posted: 4/30/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/29/2007
Hot Spots: 0
bubba and i put in about 0930. this was our 'opening day', as we didn't feel like battling the thundering herd on saturday. we started out trolling our familiar patterns without any luck, so we headed...
By: joekacker
Posted: 5/2/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/2/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Went out on Armstrong today about 3:00 or so in a rubber raft, Got 3 fish in about 30 mins. Fish were very close to shore less then 12 feet away/ All in all we landed 10 trout most of them about 12 in...
By: dave g
Posted: 5/3/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/3/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Bubba and I put the leakin lizard in the water at 1200. He landed the first fish within 5 min and we spent the next 1/2 hr trolling without any more luck, so we headed to the honey hole where we spent...
By: dave g
Posted: 5/11/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/9/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Bubba and I put in the water about 1430. We also took along 'ratman' for his maiden fishing voyage. He got a little froggy with the golden retriever that likes to hang out at the ramp, but other than...
By: dave g
Posted: 5/26/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/25/2007
Hot Spots: 0
we put in the lake at 1400. we had our doubts about fishing here today as when we pulled up and looked at the water, it was a dark greenish-brown. after getting on the water we could tell that it wa...
By: dave g
Posted: 5/31/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/29/2007
Hot Spots: 0
We put in the water at 1630. We hung around the south end of the lake for awhile, waiting for our friend and his wife and son to launch their new raft. We didn't get any action there as we trolled ar...
By: dave g
Posted: 8/12/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/11/2007
Hot Spots: 0
after spending a relatively unproductive morning fishing Lk. Mcmurray, we got in the water here at about 1115. it was a nice sunny morning with almost no wind, and there were 4 other boats on the lake...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/26/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/26/2008
Hot Spots: 1
Put the boat on Armstrong about 7:30AM. I went to my usual spot and had non-stop action until 12:30PM when the fishing slowed down quite a bit, but still caught a few after 12:30. Used only different ...
By: urbanangler
Posted: 5/16/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/15/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 7:45 to 12:15. Very slow day -- caught only one rainbow trout, after I had given up on them and was spincasting from the boat for bass. Caught him on a large black and silver roostertail c...
By: dave g
Posted: 5/16/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/15/2008
Hot Spots: 0
went to armstrong for the first time this year. dropped the canoe in the water and was fishing by 1730. we were kinda disappointed when we didn't get a fish within the first 15 minutes or so, lol. we...
By: steve
Posted: 5/19/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/17/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I was first guy out on Armstrong sat. AM in my tube. Had a couple of takes, nothing landed. Saw a few fish jumping early, but that quit as soon as the sun hit the water. Lot's of floating debris, w...
By: Lalo
Posted: 4/25/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Casted off at 6:15AM. Many people at the lake but not as busy as most years. Once I got to my spot I had non stop action. I switched the type of spinner I was using frequently as the action dictated. ...
By: joekacker
Posted: 4/26/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy and I launched the livy out at around 6:00 am or so . There was only a few people there, usally its crazy. We went just a little left of the boat launch and started out with power bait Hatche...
By: joek25
Posted: 5/2/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went to lake armstrong for the first time ever WOW, what a nice lake.I launched the boat at about 2 pm started trolling kastmasters needless to say we took eight home and released five more
By: joekacker
Posted: 5/2/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/2/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to launch out today, before the rain hit. Not sure of the temp But I would guess 57-61, We had a nice variable direction breeze. It was strange it kept blowing in form diffrent directions, qui...
By: joek25
Posted: 5/14/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/11/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy don and I went to lake armstrong and both limited in less than two hours, floating power eggs about three feet from shore under trees.
Posted: 5/27/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
First time at Armstrong. Nice little lake. Not many strikes but managed to land these two using a Black Hare's Ear w/brass bead on the East side of the lake.
By: Lalo
Posted: 4/24/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/24/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Got out to the lake at about 5:30. Lots of people fishing already and the sun was just starting to come up. Went to my favorite spot on the other side of the lake. I used only spinners and it took abo...
By: stever
Posted: 4/29/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Took my 8-year old out in our float tubes for the first real fishing trip. Only stayed for a couple of hrs, she caught one and paddled around with her keeping her out of any trouble. Overall, didn'...
By: leeman275
Posted: 5/7/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went out on the lake first time this year. There lots of people in the begining but at 3:00 people started to leave. Trolled for couple hours. Caught two 18-19'' trout and one 12-13''. Had a great day...
By: mitchard
Posted: 6/19/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/18/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Pretty slow day. Started the day on the west side of the lake at around 4:30 or so. Going for bass with plastics and cranks. Not action at all. Switched over to the east side for some bottom fishing. ...
By: mitchard
Posted: 6/23/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/22/2012
Hot Spots: 2
Great day at Armstrong. Got out at about 6 am. Hooked into a couple small rainbows and a small LMB right away on the west side of the lake. Nothing after about 30 minutes on the east side, so I went a...
By: mitchard
Posted: 6/25/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/24/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Bottom fishing chartreuse and rainbow powerbait on the bottom again. Hit up the northwest side of the lake around the big grassy log and anchored up. Pulled five fish in between three of us pretty qui...
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 6/30/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
My first trip to Armstrong. Arrived at 5:30AM, inflated pontoon boat, set up my poles, loaded the boat and was on the water by 6:00AM. Water temp. at 10' was 64 degrees. Steady, light rain falling for...
By: deerchser
Posted: 6/9/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/7/2013
Hot Spots: 2
We got on the lake around noon and fished until dark. Rainbows were on the hunt. We landed 10 total between 10" and 16". All were caught about 40' off the shore on the left side of the ramp at about t...
