Some anglers efforts were hampered by chilly morning temperatures and high winds on the opening of the lowland lake fishing season last Saturday, but others enjoyed calm conditions and really romped on the rainbow at other lakes. The best fishing reported, of the lakes that were survey by the Department of Fish and Wildlife, was Warden Lake near Othello. Here almost every angler filled their stringer, and the fish were surprisingly large. Yearling rainbow were 13 to 14 inches and there were many 17-inch rainbow included in the catches. In Okanogan County Wannacut Lake had the best catch average at 3.8 trout per angler, with the rainbow fairly small, at just 9 and 10 inches. Fish Lake anglers averaged 3.5 fish and the yearling rainbow here 10 to 12 inches. Pearrygin Lake produced rainbow of 9 to 11 inches, and there were triploids to 17 inches also taken here. Park and Blue lakes buffeted anglers in the morning, but later in the day the angling was very good and the trout very large. Rainbow averaged 12 to 13 inches and some to 18 inches were landed. Brown trout this year at these lakes were as large as 22 inches. Overall it was one of the better opening days in a while according to the DFW.