I made my annual swing through Grant County to check on a coupe of popular destinations on the opening of the lowland lakes trout season. When I stopped at the boat launch on Blue Lake it was empty of trucks and trailers. The wind was blowing hard and no one had launched yet that morning. I could see some people fishing along the highway on the opposite shore. Not many though, as it was cold and breezy. I drove on up to Park Lake, where the wind wasn’t blowing as hard and there were several parties fishing from the docks. As I walked out I saw an angler hook a fish and as I watched him net it, he mentioned that he had seen me last year. His name was Jay Wehmeyer, and his family was making their 63rd annual visit to Park Lake for the opening day weekend. We measured the trout on his stringer, and they were 12 ½ to 13 ½ inches long and he said he had just lost one that he figured was 17 inches. I would expect the trout caught in Blue Lake would be of a similar size. Park Lake was planted with over 34,000 rainbow in October of 2024, and Blue Lake with over 53,000 the same year. There should be plenty of fat rainbow in both of these lakes this season.