ARCHIVED NEWS RELEASE
This document is provided for archival purposes only. Archived documents
do not reflect current WDFW regulations or policy and may contain factual
inaccuracies.
News release Oct. 15, 1998
OLYMPIA--Trout fishing should pick up at several lakes in King, Thurston Snohomish and Pierce counties with the planting of thousands of 2- and 6-pound fish, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced today.
The 2- and 3-year-old trout are broodstock from WDFW hatcheries.
The number of fish planted in the following lakes follows:
- King County: Angle (410); Fenwick (70); Meridian (595); Pine (345); Steel (180)
- Snohomish County: Ballinger (400); Blackman's (240); Martha (240); Silver (420)
- Pierce County: Spanaway (400); American (350); Clear (200)
- Thurston County: Black (400); Offutt (200); St. Clair (250); Lawrence (300)
The fish will be planted in the following lakes by Friday (Oct. 16): Spanaway, Clear, Offutt, Black, Steel, Angle, Ballinger and Martha.
The plants in the other lakes will be completed by Oct. 24.