Several of the popular lakes in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge will not have catchable rainbow in them for the April 1st opener. Many lakes will open on the first but Upper and Lower Hampton lakes, Sago, Hourglass and Widgeon were treated to remove pumpkinseed sunfish last October. The lakes are located within the refuge, which is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the agency doesn’t allow the planting of catchable trout. These lakes will be planted with trout fry this spring and will have rainbow ranging in size from 10 to 13 inches by next year’s opener. There are many other lakes in the refuge that will offer good trout fishing on the April 1st opener, though. Some of the lakes that anglers will want to try include: Pillar, Snipe, Cattail, Gadwall, Poacher, Shoveler and Lemna. Fishing should be particularly good this year at North and South Teal lakes. In the mean time anglers can expect to find good action for trout at Burke and Quincy lakes near Quincy and at Caliche Lake near George. Our early spring weather has fish especially hungry this year.