As we get closer to the end of October I wanted remind anglers that there are many lakes closing to fishing until next spring. Looking through the Washington Sportfishing pamphlet, I see that Okanogan County has the highest number of lakes closing. Many of these are very popular with trout anglers, and the fall fishing for trout this season has been good to excellent this fall. Here are a few of the lakes that are high on angler’s lists to fish each year: Alta Lake, near Pateros, Big Twin, near Winthrop, Conconully Lake and Conconully Reservoir and nearby Fish Lake, north of Omak, Blue Lake, in the Sinlahekin Valley, Blue Lake, near Wanacut Lake, Wanacut Lake and Lake Chopaka, east of Oroville, Pearrygin, near Winthrop, Spectacle, north of Tonasket. Some of these are multi- species lakes and several of these lakes are “quality” lakes with special rules, like single barbless hooks and no bait. There are a few lakes in Grant County also closing at the end of October. These include Park, Blue and Deep lakes, north of Ephrata. Also, a lake that is producing some large trout this fall is Jameson Lake in Douglas County.