I joined 5 old class mates and traveled to the Twins for a weekend of fishing. Keep mind, when I say old class mates I mean we went to grade school starting around 75 years ago, so this is an annual event.

They are not actual fly fishermen, but have bought fly rods and sinking lines (with my help) over the past 30 years so they now can troll and actually do have a great time---trolling from the same 18 ft. boat

I rent a barge so as I can stand, cast and explore On this trip the lake was just coming out of the winter doldrums with the temperature getting down in the 20's at night, thus there were now hatches of any kind and with a strong wind continually blowing out of the SW that made trolling was a challenge for even the boys in the boat.

I only fished one day, but did manage to pick up a 23 incher casting. The boys in the boat trolled for 5-6 hours each day and did catch a half dozen in the 22 to 25 inch class along with a half dozed smaller fish.

I spoke with the Tribal Biologist and was told 300 fish in the 2-3 pound range were planted this month, but next month will be the larger plantings.

These lakes should get much better as soon as the weather warms. On another note, two of our cabins did not have heat and there are no boats to rent, but I did obtain one by begging. I would make sure when you make your reservations the TVs', heat and hot water systems all work.

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