The Field Journal
Rivers & Lakes · Stillwater

Armstrong Lake

A stillwater in the Duncan Lake watershed, Expansion of Beaton Creek, E of Beaton Arm Upper Arrow Lake, surface area not recorded. Confirm the fishery, the launch and the Region 4 rules before you commit a day to it.

Armstrong Lake is a stillwater in the Duncan Lake watershed, Expansion of Beaton Creek, E of Beaton Arm Upper Arrow Lake. Surface area not recorded.

The water

Armstrong Lake lies Expansion of Beaton Creek, E of Beaton Arm Upper Arrow Lake; in the Duncan Lake watershed. It covers surface area not recorded. The lake survey puts it at max 6 m, mean 3.4 m, which sets the depth you fish.

The fishing

Armstrong Lake fishes on classic stillwater lines: chironomids over the shoals, leech and attractor retrieves along the drop-offs, and depth or troll work to the shoal-and-drop-off structure. Match the season and confirm against a local report.

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Stillwater
Duncan Lake watershed
water
max 6 m, mean 3.4 m
lake survey

Conditions

  • Depth: max 6 m, mean 3.4 m, Secchi 5.2 m (BC lake survey 1970-06-29).

Access & the rules

Confirm the launch, parking and any motor/float or seasonal restrictions for Armstrong Lake locally before you commit a day; the map shows where the lake sits in its drainage.

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Before you fish

Confirm the current BC freshwater fishing regulations (Region 4 – Kootenay) before you go. Official synopsis: gov.bc.ca fishing regulations.