Left home at 4 a.m. to travel to Twin Lakes near Preston, Idaho, for some bluegill and bass fishing. As I pulled into the parking lot, the South Lake was calm and the mountains were reflecting off the mirror surface. It did not take me long to stir the surface up as the bluegill were spawning and fighting mad.
The first pocket of them were all small, under six inches, but other pockets held some large ones - up to nine inches. This one was just under eight inches, but was a keeper.
Not only were the gills ready and willing to hit my Beadhead Mity Mouse, but the bass were also into it. Most of them were about eight to ten inches, but three were over 12 and this one was a 14 incher.
By 10:30 the wind was howling and the fish quit biting. So I headed home with 12 bluegills and my wife and I had fresh fish for dinner along with salad from our garden.
Another great wild day in Idaho.
