Flowers are blooming, days are getting longer, winter seems like eons ago, and that in turn means it’s time to get out on the water to wet a line!
While there are so many choices to go fishing in the spring, the one that stands out from the rest is the much-anticipated statewide lowland lakes trout fishing opener on April 27-28.
The trout opener is when thousands of anglers will converge to hundreds of lowland lakes stocked for a chance to catch millions of fish planted by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) hatchery facility crews.
“The trout plants are pretty consistent from 2023, and we’ve got enough fish going into lakes to satisfy the needs of everyone who participates,” said Justin Spinelli, a WDFW Puget Sound regional biologist. “These trout are quality sized, and our hatcheries do a great job raising them before they’re released into lakes.”
In 2024, WDFW expects around 14.5 million trout will be….
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