 Photo by Texas Parks and Wildlife
Trout anglers get an extra bonus this year as the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will stock additional hatchery-reared rainbow trout at seven sites from Feb. 22 to March 7.
TPWD has stocked upwards of 275,000 trout at 115 sites this season. TPWD has been stocking rainbow trout each winter since the 1970s, providing Texans a simple and economical opportunity to go fishing.
Catching these hungry fish can be easy, making the experience ideal for both novice anglers and kids. The fish will bite almost immediately after stocking and typically will take a variety of baits, from whole kernel canned corn or commercial soft bait to artificial flies and even small spinner baits.
A valid Texas freshwater fishing package is required to fish for trout.
Youth ages 16 and younger and all anglers fishing from the bank in state parks are exempt from the fishing package requirement.
Schedule of supplemental rainbow trout stockings:
New Braunfels (San Antonio area)
Feb. 22, Canyon Tailrace - 2,215 fish
March 4, Canyon Tailrace - 2,215 fish (plus extra if available)
Graford (Abilene area)
Feb. 22, Possum Kingdom Tailrace - 2,000 fish
Feb. 27, Possum Kingdom Tailrace - 2,000 fish
Lewisville (Dallas/ Fort Worth area)
Feb. 29, Lake Lewisville Tailrace - 2,000 fish
March 7, Lake Lewisville Tailrace - 2,000 fish (plus extra if available)
Llano (Austin area)
Feb. 27, Llano River, Grenwelge Park - 1,200 fish
Blanco (Austin area)
Feb. 27, Blanco State Park - 1,000
Tyler
Feb. 29, Tyler State Park - 1,000 fish
Wichita Falls
March 2, Plum Lake - 1,000 fish (in addition to 1,100 already scheduled)
| Stocking Location |
City |
Total |
Dates |
Hatchery |
| American Legion Park Pond [Directions] |
Missouri City |
2,000 |
21-Jan-08 |
Jasper |
| Amsler Park |
McGregor |
1,500 |
27-Dec-07, 7-Feb-08 |
AE Wood |
| Andrew Brown East Park [Directions] |
Coppell |
1,750 |
2-Mar-08 |
TFFC |
| Ascarate [Directions] |
El Paso |
6,900 |
4-Dec-07, 15-Jan-08, 12-Feb-08 |
AE Wood |
| Bandera City Park Lake |
Bandera |
1,250 |
9-Dec-07 |
AE Wood |
| Bates Allen Park Pond 1 [Directions] |
Missouri City |
500 |
16-Jan-08 |
Jasper |
| Beal Park Lake |
Midland |
1,650 |
(10-Dec-07 – postponed until further notice), 16-Jan-08 |
PK |
| Bear Creek Park [Directions] |
Keller |
2,695 |
20-Jan-08, 17-Feb-08 |
PK |
| Bethany Park Pond C [Directions] |
Allen |
2,450 |
7-Dec-07 |
TFFC |
| Blanco State Park #4 [Directions] |
Blanco |
4,000 |
6-Dec-07, 27-Dec-07, 10-Jan-08, 24-Jan-08 |
AE Wood |
| Blue Ridge Park Pond [Directions] |
Missouri City |
1,000 |
16-Jan-08 |
Jasper |
| Bob Sandlin State Park [Directions] |
Mt. Pleasant |
2,000 |
19-Dec-07, 27-Jan-08 |
TFFC |
| Brackenridge Park [Directions] |
San Antonio |
2,000 |
12-Dec-07, 9-Jan-08 |
AE Wood |
| Buena Vista Park Lake [Directions] |
Waco |
1,396 |
29-Nov-07 and continuing every two weeks until the first week in March |
AE Wood |
| Buescher State Park [Directions] |
Smithville |
2,000 |
5-Dec-07, 19-Dec-07 |
AE Wood |
| Burke-Crenshaw Lake [Directions] |
Pasadena |
3,000 |
25-Jan-08 |
Jasper |
| Burroughs Park Pond [Directions] |
Spring |
2,000 |
11-Jan-08 |
Jasper |
| C. J. Kelly Park Pond |
Midland |
1,650 |
(10-Dec-07 – postponed until further notice), 16-Jan-08 |
PK |
| Canyon Southeast Park Lake |
Canyon |
1,666 |
12-Dec-07 |
Dundee |
| Canyon Tailrace [Directions] |
New Braunfels |
17,936 |
7-Dec-07, 14-Dec-07, 21-Dec-07, 28-Dec-07, 11-Jan-08, 18-Jan-08, 25-Jan-08, 8-Feb-08 |
AE Wood |
| Carl Barton Jr. Park Pond [Directions] |
Conroe |
2,200 |
9-Jan-08 |
Jasper |
| Centennial Park Lake [Directions] |
Friendswood |
1,000 |
14-Feb-08 |
Jasper |
| Central Park Pond #1 [Directions] |
College Station |
1,792 |
29-Nov-07 and continuing every two weeks until the first week in March |
AE Wood |
| Claiborne West Park [Directions] |
Vidor |
1,100 |
18-Dec-07, 7-Feb-08 |
Jasper |
| Cleburne-Hulen Park |
Cleburne |
1,800 |
18-Dec-07, 13-Feb-08 |
AE Wood |
| Colleyville Nature Center [Directions] |
Colleyville |
1,100 |
24-Feb-08 |
TFFC |
| Comanche Trails Park |
Odessa |
7,080 |
16-Dec-07, 13-Jan-08, 17-Feb-08, 9-Mar-08 |
PK |
| Comanche Trails [Directions] |
Big Spring |
3,004 |
18-Dec-07, 9-Jan-08 |
PK |
| Community Park Pond A [Directions] |
Rowlett |
1,800 |
1-Feb-08 |
PK |
| Copperas Cove City |
Copperas Cove |
1,000 |
17-Feb-08 |
AE Wood |
| Doornbos Park |
Nederland |
550 |
24-Feb-08 |
Jasper |
| Dupree Park [Directions] |
Lubbock |
3,048 |
11-Dec-07, 6-Feb-08 |
Dundee |
| Eisenhower Park Pond [Directions] |
Houston |
3,500 |
3-Jan-08 |
Jasper |
| Elder Lake |
Kilgore |
3,000 |
20-Dec-07 |
TFFC |
| Eldridge Park Pond [Directions] |
Sugar Land |
1,000 |
6-Feb-08 |
Jasper |
| Elm Creek Buffalo Wallow [Directions] |
Abilene |
500 |
13-Dec-07 |
PK |
| Emory City Park Lake |
Emory |
400 |
2-Feb-08 |
TFFC |
| Faulkner Park Lake [Directions] |
Tyler |
1,600 |
13-Dec-07, 24-Jan-08 |
TFFC |
| First Capitol Park Pond [Directions] |
West Columbia |
1,750 |
5-Dec-07 |
AE Wood |
| Fort Boggy State Park [Directions] |
Centerville |
1,000 |
29-Jan-08 |
Jasper |
| Fort Richardson State Park [Directions] |
Jacksboro |
2,585 |
23-Dec-07, 20-Jan-08, 20-Feb-08 |
PK |
| Frisco Commons Pond [Directions] |
Frisco |
3,750 |
10-Feb-08 |
TFFC |
| Fryer (Wolf Creek Park) |
Perryton |
3,000 |
11-Dec-07 |
Dundee |
| Garner State Park (Frio River) |
Leakey |
928 |
11-Jan-08 |
AE Wood |
| Glen Rose Town Lake |
Glen Rose |
1,000 |
5-Dec-07 |
TFFC |
| Green Valley Community Park Pond A [Directions] |
North Richland Hills |
1,550 |
6-Feb-08 |
TFFC |
| Greenbriar Park [Directions] |
Fort Worth |
3,000 |
20-Dec-07, 17-Jan-08, 7-Feb-08 |
PK |
| Guadalupe River (see Canyon Tailrace) |
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| Harlingen Sports Complex [Directions] |
Harlingen |
1,000 |
7-Feb-08 |
AE Wood |
| Hearne Eastside Park Pond [Directions] |
Hearne |
278 |
5-Feb-08 |
AE Wood |
| Heritage Park Lake [Directions] |
Mt. Pleasant |
700 |
17-Dec-07 |
TFFC |
| Herman Brown Park Pond [Directions] |
Houston |
1,000 |
6-Feb-08 |
Jasper |
| Hubbard City Lake |
Hubbard |
550 |
5-Dec-07 |
TFFC |
| Hurst Chisholm Park [Directions] |
Hurst |
1,896 |
29-Nov-07 and continuing every two weeks until the first week in March |
TFFC |
| Jasper City Park Pond [Directions] |
Jasper |
1,800 |
13-Jan-08 |
Jasper |
| Keneteso Pond [Directions] |
Gainesville |
3,135 |
13-Jan-08 |
TFFC |
| Kennedale City Park [Directions] |
Kennedale |
956 |
23-Jan-08 |
TFFC |
| Kidd Springs Park [Directions] |
Dallas |
4,000 |
16-Jan-08, 27-Feb-08 |
TFFC |
| Kitty Hollow Lake [Directions] |
Missouri City |
1,000 |
17-Jan-08 |
Jasper |
| L.B.J. State Park [Directions] |
Stonewall |
533 |
16-Jan-08 |
AE Wood |
| LNVA Barrier Pond (Neches River) |
Beaumont |
4,500 |
20-Dec-07, 24-Jan-08 |
Jasper |
| Lake Corpus Christi [Directions] |
Mathis |
1,500 |
3-Feb-08 |
AE Wood |
| Lakeside Park [Directions] |
Duncanville |
1,896 |
29-Nov-07 and continuing every two weeks until the first week in March |
TFFC |
| Lakeview Park Pond |
Nacogdoches |
769 |
27-Jan-08 |
Jasper |
| Lamesa 9th Street Park Lake [Directions] |
Lamesa |
3,000 |
16-Dec-07, 5-Feb-08 |
Dundee |
| Landmark Inn State Park [Directions] |
Castroville |
1,000 |
27-Jan-08 |
AE Wood |
| Lewisville Tailrace (Elm Fork Trinity River) |
Lewisville |
5,100 |
21-Dec-07, 4-Jan-08, 25-Jan-08, 29-Feb-08 |
TFFC |
| Live Oak City Pond [Directions] |
Live Oak |
500 |
9-Dec-07 |
AE Wood |
| Louise Hays Park |
Kerrville |
2,800 |
9-Jan-08, 13-Feb-08 |
AE Wood |
| Mark Holtz Lake |
Arlington |
|
Cancelled; relocated to Lewisville Tailrace |
TFFC |
| Mary Jo Peckham Park [Directions] |
Katy |
3,160 |
29-Nov-07 and continuing every two weeks until the first week in March |
AE Wood |
| Medical Center South [Directions] |
Amarillo |
4,424 |
29-Nov-07 and continuing every two weeks until the first week in March |
Dundee |
| Meridian State Park [Directions] |
Meridian |
2,200 |
9-Jan-08 |
AE Wood |
| Meyer Park Pond [Directions] |
Houston |
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