The statewide lowland lakes opener is a month away, but anglers can get a head start on some year-round lakes recently planted with trout.

"We've already started planting some lakes with trout in King and Snohomish counties," said Chad Jackson, a state Fish and Wildlife biologist. "We are going to hit it heavy with plants on more lakes starting this week and right through April."

Local lakes planted last week include Beaver, 7,056 trout; Bitter, 2,520; Doloff, 2,070; Fivemile, 3,000 and Roesiger, 998.

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Salmon in open marine areas: "It was pretty slow for us over the weekend at Point No Point, but we managed to get one keeper at Midchannel Bank," said Pete Seergeef, a state Fish and Wildlife