The results are in from the recent opening of the lowland lakes, and there were some surprises. Of the lakes in the Wenatchee Heights, Clear Lake was the best, with many large rainbow taken on the opener. Beehive Reservoir, which is usually a great on opening day was still frozen over this year. A real surprise was that Deep Lake, in the Sun Lakes area, outdid even Park and Blue lakes, with most anglers getting near limits, but Park and Blue produced fair catches of carryovers that were near 15 inches. In Grant County Warden Lake was also a near-limit fishery, with last year's fingerlings averaging over 12 inches and there were some carryovers that ran from 22 to 24 inches taken from Warden. In Okanogan County the best lake was Leader. This is a popular opening weekend lake for families and produced good catches of 10- to 11-inch rainbow with a few to 14 inches. The Conconully Lakes were fair for 10- to 12-inch trout, but also produced some 16-inch carryovers, including some triploids. One of the surprises was slow fishing at Jameson Lake, but that will surely change. Jameson is traditionally one of the best in our region.