We spent a morning on Banks Lake fishing for walleye recently and on my way home we took the route through Ephrata so I could check out Sun Lakes Park. The park had been closed due to the fire that burned over 3,000 acres in the area. I am happy to report that the park is open, and everything is operating normally. I saw lots of families enjoying the day. I loved seeing the youngsters zooming around on their bikes to get an ice cream cone or other treat, and there were people out on the docks fishing for rainbow. I told my fishing partner that I would like to go to Park Lake and fish for perch. They are plentiful in this lake and are of a very good size. Fishing should also be good at Deep Lake, which is nearby. It is loaded with rainbow and also has an excellent population of small kokanee. When were heading to the launch on Banks a boat motioned us over. A woman on board had a hook stuck in her hand and they wanted to cut it out. I told them to use the monofilament trick to remove the hook. Check it out online. This is a much better solution. If you cut the hooks off, like these anglers were going to do, you still have the barbed end in your hand. My fishing partner has seen me do the monofilament trick and it works!