Twin Lakes Fishing near McCall, Idaho

• Overview

  Adams County, Idaho, is where Twin Lakes sits. Height above sea level is 6,850 feet. The water measures roughly 6 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. Our Adams County list holds plenty of bigger water. McCall is the closest town at 27 miles. The nearest city of size is Boise, 107 miles away. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Twin Lakes

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Survey and observation records for Adams County include rainbow trout, cutthroat trout, Coho salmon and yellow perch. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Fish Twin Lakes to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect August near 54°F and December near 20°F on the long-run figures. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. At Twin Lakes the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Black Lake, 3 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm access to Twin Lakes locally before you travel.