Twin Lakes just north of Roblin in Manitoba is a gem! It is a catch and release lake that has an excellent population of tiger trout, some are very impressive in size. Tiger trout are very cool. They are a cross between a brook trout and a brown trout. Tigers can be quite aggressive and that makes for very interesting days out on the water. I love the vermiculations on tiger trout!
From my experiences, tiger trout are like teenagers. They seem to take a while to really get going during the day. There seems to be no real rush to start early although there are definitely days they are feeding right away!
It was backswimmer and boatmen time when we arrived in the last week in September. Our days started off stripping streamers until the backswimmers got going. Steve and I were connecting with streamers, specifically, minnow imitations. As soon as we saw evidence of the backswimmers getting going, we tied on either a greater water floatman or an ultimate boatman. Sometimes we tied on both at the same time. The takes are explosive and great fun!
If there is a drawback to Twin Lake, it is the tiger trout constantly have fishing pressure. Catch and release fisheries definitely allow fishermen of all sorts to enjoy the opportunity to connect with a trophy trout.
Over the last 4 years, tiger trout have been stocked into Pybus Lake. Unfortunately, nobody has taken care of the boat launch which is a mess. Several of us went to Pybus to check it out but we could not launch our boats. I do know that the Parkland Region needs more tiger trout lakes. That will help relieve the pressure on Twin Lakes. It does have an aerator and it has been running the last 3 winters at Pybus.
Twin Lakes has tigers that are heading towards 30 inches in length! Tangling with one of these beasts is exciting. Do use 2x tippet or you are going to get broken off! That advice comes from personal experience. You definitely have a chance at a master angler tiger every trip to Twin.
I hope Pybus Lake tigers are doing well. I do know that the boat launch should be good to go by spring! I will definitely be back to check it out! If you have a pontoon boat, small pram or float tube, you definitely can launch at Pybus!
Backswimmers constantly landed in my boat.
Great Water Floatman- One of my favourite backswimmer patterns.
Watch out, backswimmers can bit you!
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