OUYEN Lake has been topped up with 500 catchable-sized rainbow trout for local fishers.

President of the Ouyen Anglers Club Liam Blume said that each year, the Victorian Fishing Authority released rainbow trout and silver and gold perch into the lake bred at the Snobs Creek Hatchery.

"They started it as a bit of trial and it was such a success that they've been doing it for a few years now," he ...