Twin Lakes in Park County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Twin Lakes belongs to Park County, Montana. The ground round it is lake country bush. The whole thing is a single swim; walk it in a minute. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Park County. For supplies, Red Lodge is 29 miles out. For a city, Billings is 81 miles off. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Twin Lakes

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Park County records list rainbow trout, brook trout, california golden trout, brown trout and black-spotted cutthroat trout among the fish reported. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. On Twin Lakes a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 52°F in July and bottoms out near 16°F in January. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late May. Ice usually gives way near late May, and forms again about early November. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. It holds true on Twin Lakes more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Should this one be busy, Sedge Lake is 0.7 miles off. Treat access at Twin Lakes as something to verify.