Twin lakes

also any secrets on the carp? i only caught two all summer, one was 28" the other was 30" on the lower lake, no luck on the upper.
I know there are some monsters in there.

For the most part all the big cats have been fished out of there.  I've put a ton of time into catfishing at twin lakes and the number of cats that I have caught has steadily declined over the past couple years.  You can still catch a lot of yellow bullheads out there but as far as channels and brown bullheads go you'd be better off trying somewhere else.

As far as the carp go try fishing at night for them.  I try to switch up my baits a lot because twin lakes gets pressured so hard I think the fish get used to seeing the same baits day in and day out.  I've caught some big carp out there on weird baits like hotdogs and butterbeans.  If you do fish at night for carp keep you lantern turned down as low as possible, keep it away from the edge of the water and just sit still without making any noise.  Those carp will spook easily if they notice any movement/noise around the shoreline.

I just came back from fishing the lower lake,very little open water,what was open yesterday froze last nite & was slowly thawing to-day. Most of the open water was near the breast. Saw a couple trout caught. Also talked to a guy that said he caught ,weighed & released a 20# channel at the upper lake this summer,on crawlers. sam

i would be willing to bet that there are less than a handful of big cats left in twin lakes.  they supposedly stocked twin in 2010 and prior to that the last time they stocked channels out there was in 2006.  i think they cut back on stocking due to lack of natural reproduction.

If you want come spring if you want to learn some different techniques for carp I can show you a few things when I come out that way. Its easier to show hands on than try to explain it.

ORIGINAL: catbass

I guess I will have to find a new catfishing spot

they still iced over?

ORIGINAL: Mountian Man

The cats are in there...The lower lake is mostly a uniform muck bottom, found it best to keep moving every so often inside of sitting in one spot, and the right bait works wonders ...

Most fish in that place are pressured besides the dum stockies, use stuff others aren't and think outside the box and you'll catch them...

Care to share your secrets? Lol

ORIGINAL: rsquared

I've never fished for cats in Twin Lakes, but the absolute best channel cat bait I've ever used is cut trout.

Plenty of trout in there. Bet the big cats feast on those buggers.

Is that legal? I've honestly never heard of using cut trout lol

Or anything endangered, or gobies.

ORIGINAL: Swans500

Any ice news...or diminishing of it? TY....

i second this request. save me the 45min drive! lol

also on the yough, I want to find some good smallmouth/catfish spots.
If anyone wants to share it would me much appreciated

thanks fishinguy

80% melted off in the wind and rain yesterday, but I would not bet on much open water for the next week at least....

Thanks for the report Sam although I am guessing this 24/48 hours will do the "damage" now that the wind has gone. However...like last week a good rain is coming again with temps rising....

I got 23' off of the breast of the upper lake . sam