File this under "you never know"....

Visiting relatives on Orcas Is, like we do every July, my son and I make a trip or two hiking into Twin Lakes in Moran State Park. Very pretty spot, the eastern brooks in the larger lake usually run 7 to 10 inches. Colorful, tasty trout, nothing spectacular.

Until this year.

We found the trout more than willing to strike little 1/32 oz. black Rooster Tails tipped with a tiny piece of worm. Missed many strikes but landed 10 brookies...get ready...from 11 to 16 inches!!! Monsters for this lake, must be a cyclical thing, never seen them this big in many years. Biggest brookies I've seen in ages, who would have thought they would come from a lake on Orcas Island? Wow. And my dumb self, figuring we had plenty of shots of little brookies from here, neither I nor may son brought a camera or phone for a picture.

Make the 2.2 mile hike, very easy, from Mountain Lake trailhead to Twin Lakes for brookies. Bring your ultralight stuff, it's great this year.

The Landlord

AJFishdude

7/17/2016 1:45:00 PM

Great news! Last time I camped at Mountain Lake I fished at Twin Lakes and had a fairly slow time there. I'll be camping again at Mountain Lake this summer and was already planning on going up to Twin Lakes to try for brooks again, and this just made me that much more excited!

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