Trout fishing has opened on several lakes in the Quincy Wildlife Area, but the big crowds of anglers will be arriving this weekend. Most of them will be headed for Burke Lake to join the fun of the 5th Annual Tagged Trout Derby put on by the Quincy Valley Tourism Association that will be held on Saturday, March 7th. One of the tagged trout released into Burke will be worth $2,000.00, and another worth $1,000.00 to the lucky angler that catches them. There are other tagged fish in the lake and they are all worth $100.00 each. There will be prizes handed out for biggest fish, heaviest stringer in both adult and youth divisions, and raffle prizes, too. The QVTA also puts about 150 trout in the lake for the event, and some of them weigh up to 7 pounds. The group does an excellent job of conducting the derby and people come back every year whether they got a prize-winning fish or not. Fishing should be particularly good this year. The water temperature will be warmer than usual and the trout should be very hungry. You can still register, and you can do so by going on line to quincyvalleytourism.org.