Twin Lakes, NW Iowa

[rod bender]

Does anybody know anything about this lake. Seems to be a really nice lake. I'd like to ice fish it but don't have a clue where to start. What kind of fish and structure does it have in it? Thanks.

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Rodbender

[orngruffee]

Nite bite. Nite bite. Nite bite.
Real clear in winter. Max depth
12or13 feet.You can see bottom everywhere.
They dump a ton of waldos in there,but
most of the focus seems to be on crappies.

[smoker craft]

Glad you asked it just came out in the paper and the dnr and some local fishermen who live on the lake just built and in stalled 28 stake beds made of pvc I do not know where they put them but I would say they are with in 300 feet of shore no wake area this was in the fortdodge paper on monday. I fish there and I was fishing a area on the south west side where they put a steak bed 15 years a go, the locals tell me. I also was told by a friend who dives and he said the bottom of the lake is like your garage floor flat and smooth. So if you find stucture there remember it it will hold fish. Tons and tons of ski boat trafic in summer the fish just shut off. Very good in the winter.

[rod bender]

Sounds great. If you get any GPS coordinates or better approximations where those beds are at please give me a hollar. Thanks for your help!

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Rodbender

[goodyy7]

I know WALLEYES_ONLY fishes this lake quite a bit....sounds like it would be a decent ice lake if it doesnt get too much early ice pressure. What is the ice fishing pressure like on this lake?

goody

[orngruffee]

I fished it a couple of times last winter.
Went late afternoon and fished till 8 or 9
P.M.Caught some crappies,nothing huge,but
keepers.There are also some nice gills if
you can find them.I never caught any waldos,
but I did see a 2 pounder eyeballing my
minnow.I could see red on my vex,and I leaned over and looked down the hole and he
was 1"from my minnow.I yo yo it a couple of
times but he just swam away.

[Guest]

I think that North Twin is on a rebound. Seems like the last few winters we have been picking up more and more fish. There is very little structure in the lake, but there is some. There is an old guy that has put big rocks down a hole in his shack for years and created a nice pile. This has produced good walleyes in the past. Seems like folks have the best luck in the narrows during early ice, but the ice is not always the best. They are talking 12 degrees tonight, maybe we will be on the ice by Thanksgiving!

[smoker craft]

That would be great ice at Thanksgiving. A friend of mine in northern minn. said you had to have your shack ready for the ice so you could put it out during thanksgiving break from school but even the last few years up there thats been slim. November ice that would be great!!!

[WALLEYE_HUNTER]

i fish north twin lakes all the time...i think twin is on a big rebound from last year and 2 years ago....this year i have caught nothern over there with my biggest at 10lbs he went back i also caught 2 7lbs notherns they both went back plus we also caught alot of smaller notherns..we did ok on walleyes not too many of them this year most of them was small..ive fished that lake for 15 years and never have i caught any largemouth bass out of there we caught alot of them this year...theres a bluegill fishery over there now alo we never have caught any of them either....we did get some crappie well we was trolling for walleyes one day we went over there and we caught 5 crappie that ran 14"...i fiind the best lucck i have over there is in the summer alot of jet skis and speed boats but the fishing can be really good.....the lake is 13' at the deepest there is a hole over there that is 13' theres alot of 6' to 9'...i have caught fish all over that lake my best lure is either a wally diver or a number 5 shad rap..one good spot is off the point by the big beach i ran across there with my locater it drops reall fast....i think if you would get about 20 feet out or so its 9 foot alot of people set there ice shacks up here...good luck

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"If it doesn't have teeth and a white spot on it's tail, I don't want it in my boat"

[rod bender]

Has anybody been out on this lake this winter? I'd like to try it right after Christmas.

[Don Shafer]

Down by the radio station seems to be the best spot for crappies.

[rod bender]

Are you all talking about the North Skinny lake instead of the south circular lake?