Took a couple hours to go "dink" around on Armstrong.

Used to be a great place to go and catch large quantities of fish up to 1.5 pounds on just about whatever you felt like throwing but unfortunately too much of the lakes bass population has been hauled away in five gallon buckets over the past few years.

Topwater bites were very sluggish and the fish almost preferred the bait motionless. Wacky Senko caught the bigger fish out in the submerged grass lines. Overall I hand released 12 and boat released about half that. The lake still produces ok but is a shadow of what it was not even five years ago.

To put it in perspective, my buddy and I have fished this lake for kicks since late 80's and the deal was whoever caught and released 30 bass first won, with the loser buying dinner. Half the time you could reach that mark in about two hours and it was typically a drag race!

Might take a full day to hit 30 now? If at all. Oh well, still fun and still very close to me. No temps or depths as I took the Jon Boat, oars, six baits and three rods.