Fishing Tips

Texas stocks over 300,000 rainbow trout every winter, in water that kills them by summer. So keep your five. 1. The truck: stocking usually starts Thanksgiving week. Every pond and every date is on the TPWD trout stocking schedule, and most fish go in between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. 2. Where: your closest Neighborhood Fishin' pond or community fishing lake. The Guadalupe below Canyon Lake gets thousands too (lures only, special limits). 3. Bait: these trout grew up on pellets. Trout dough or kernel corn, a few inches to a foot off the bottom. Or a nightcrawler under a bobber. 4. Lures: a small inline spinner or a little spoon. Let it sink, reel slow, 6 to 8 lb line. 5. Stocking day: everybody lines up where the truck dumps them, but the trout spread out fast. Walk to the corners, the edges and the far bank. Rules: 5 trout a day, no minimum length. 17 and up need a fishing license plus the freshwater endorsement, kids under 17 fish free. Check TPWD before you go. Which pond are you hitting? Tell me in the comments. Find spots near you, save your pond as a private spot and check the wind in FishMan. Link in bio. #troutfishing #texasfishing #fishingtips