twin lakes ice

According to the boat house, there is noone icefishing approx. 1" of ice. sam

if it clears up i might make a trip out sat. are they stocking it at all in Feb?

with trout?

ORIGINAL: catbass

with trout?

Channel cats this winter catbass. From what I heard, the PGC had a lot of requests from fishermen for more channel cats in Twin Lakes. They are slated to stock 500 channel cats all in the 24-32" range, instead of the normal thousands of fingerlings. Should be a lot of fun.

As previously posted...February 14th!!!!

Apparently the warm water fisheries biologist for the PGC is a member here and read Catbass' request for more channel cats at Twin Lakes. He's sick of all the trout that get dumped in there and wants a more sustainable fishery. Check the WCO report for southwest PA on the Fish Commission website. If it's on the interwebs, you can believe it.

They should dump more trout in.

That is a very good site, thanks, note the word fingerling on the specie. sam

ORIGINAL: catbass

http://pfbc.state.pa.us/pfbc_webgis/WWCWStockingDetails_current.aspx sweeeeet

Think anybody that saw my smiley would clearly know that I was joking about the catfish stocking. Just a little mid-winter boredom setting in and having a little fun with the new guy.

16 or 17 years ago, I would fish Twin Lakes several times a week while I was a student at UPG. It is what it is. Just like most of the other approved trout lakes in southwest PA, Twin Lakes are two warm water lakes that are maximized in cool weather months to provide additional angling opportunities with trout stocking. With limited funding and resources, I don't expect any fishing clubs to make vast improvements to the fishery. Back then I was glad that the TLFA was around, as they provided nice trout and expanded opportunities to fish Twin Lakes, which I imagine they continue to do. Apparently the channel cat stocking program was not worth the investment, for whatever reason. Back in the day, it was a pretty decent place to fish for bass - lots of dinks, with the occasional 18-20 incher. Caught a few in the 22-24" class as well out of there.

It's a nice place, pretty clean, and the fishing was good back then, and I imagine it is now. It's a great public recreational resource and kudos to those that go above and beyond to provide additional fishing opportunities.

I was at the upper Tuesday and it was unfishable. The handicapped dock had about 12' of open water in front of it. Not sure what happened today...

ORIGINAL: Rnglgdj

Interesting that people talk about improving the fishing at Twin Lakes but they talk about it on the forum and will not come to any of the meetings and talk. The reality is that the other 394 members as there were last year keep asking the same question :When is the club stocking and how many tags are there.  What they are really asking is when are the 5-8 people that show up at the meeting going to do all the work of getting sponsors for the tagged fish,  figuring how much money is available to use for the stockings, setting up the time for stocking the fish, contacting the fish hatchery to see if the fish can be delivered on a certain date, being at the lake to help carry the fish to the water, and pay the bill for the fish. Then fill out the tag board, assign the number of the tag to the prize from the sponsor. Finally staple the tag board to the building for all to see

Maybe if there was more interest by the 394 members there could be a change to some of the rules to stock other fish types, and look into the availability of other species to stock. Also clear it through the PFC as to being lawful to do so.

So what do you think guys????  Are you interested????

Don, I went to the meeting but "the powers that be" wanted nothing to do with fish other than trout being stocked. I know you were there in those meetings. Not that I don't appreciate what the club does (the derby is awesome) but there are more than trout to catch in those lakes and its written in the bylaws that the club improves all fishing and fish structure. And don't bring up the weed removal, the fish need structure, the fisherman don't need to fish in a bathtub.

Just to give you an idea of what fish prices are today.

http://www.buybass.com/price_list.html
And delivery charges

$1000 would buy roughly 400 perch of 6-8" and with the limit today  4-5 guys could get them all in a day!!!!

I am glad that you got my point,that there are still plenty of weeds for those that want them. sam

I am naive ,but I admit it,lol btw there were no native fish there when those lakes were formed,the water comes up from the ground before they dammed it to form the lakes for the railroad.Most of the fish in there were stocked just like the trout were.I am sorry that I can't see how the little bit of weeds that was killed affected your fishing. Please explain. sam