A buddy and myself took a last minute trip to Twin Lakes to do a little trout fishing. One word will sum up the success we had..."PHENOMENAL"!!!!!
The first couple of days there were spent doing some trolling but mainly we still fished. The last three days we only still fished.
Our action was so steady that the worm canteen lid was never shut.
Crawlers and marshmallows was the norm for bait but we also did well on powerbait paste and power eggs.
We averaged about 50 rainbow a day with many carryovers in the 14"-15" range the biggest at just under 18". Only 1 brookie was caught on the trip about 13". Of the 200 or so trout we caught we kept 18. One can only eat so many fish. So please practice catch and release when you can to keep these two top notch fishing waters just that.
We fished the North the South it didn't seem to matter. If we dropped anchor and had no action in 15-20 minutes we were gone looking for a new hole. Most fish were caught just outside the weedline.
The majority of the fish were very healthy although some of them did have a whitish parasite on them that we cleaned off each fish we caught that had them. Sure would like to know exactly what this parasite is.
We stayed at Rainbow Beach and I really couldn't tell you whether or not if it's a great place to stay since we were on the lake so much.
The abundant wildlife in the area you will see on these lakes is a definite plus.
The weather was as good as the fishing.........cloudless sunny days and about 80 degrees each day.
I will be going back.............

*Editor's Note: Anglers please remember, per WDFW regs, when fishing for trout with bait, all trout equal to or greater than the minimum size are counted as part of the daily limit whether kept or released.

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