FISHING -- The Colville Tribe released 10,000 triploid rainbow trout weighing about 2 pounds each in Lake Rufus Woods on Thursday, making the reservoir between Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee dams a likely hot spot for anglers this weekend

"There hasn't been a lot of escapement from the aquaculture net pens in recent years, so we've been stocking the waters for fishermen," said Bret Nine, Resident Fish Program manager.

Thursday's trout release follows the stocking of about 5,500 rainbows in the 1.5-2 pound range into the Columbia River reservoir on  Feb. 24, he said.

Some of the trout are tagged for research.  Anglers are asked to give information from the tags to creel clerks at the fishing access points.

Anglers also can report their tagged fish and see stocking data online.