TEXAS, USA — Get ready, Texas anglers!
The winter tradition of rainbow trout stocking returns to waterbodies across the state beginning the week of Thanksgiving to give everyone a chance to catch one of these iconic fish. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) said it plans to stock 343,331 rainbow trout in Texas from Nov. 22 through March 1, 2024.
TPWD officials say it doesn’t take a lot of sophisticated fishing equipment to reel in a rainbow trout. They can be caught using simple, light tackle or hand-tied flies on a fly rod. TPWD advises that anglers, however, keep an array of baits and lures as well as ice to keep trout fresh.
Because rainbow trout are unable to survive in most areas of Texas after winter, due to the warm water temperatures, anglers are encouraged to keep up to their daily bag limit of five trout. The only exception exists within special trout management zones on the Guadalupe River downstream of Canyon Lake, which often remains cool enough for rainbow trout to survive year-round.
Here is where and when TPWD will be stocking rainbow trout in North Texas:
Rainbow trout fishing locations in North Texas
Note: Neighborhood Fishin' ponds (marked with *) will be stocked frequently throughout the season.
- Collin County
- Bethany Park Pond C, Allen, Texas – 1,800 rainbow trout; Dec. 7, 2024
- Warren Park Lake, Frisco, Texas – 5,500 rainbow trout; Feb. 11, 2024
- Towne Lake, McKinney, Texas – 5,000 rainbow trout; Feb. 18, 2024
- Murphy City Hall Pond, Murphy, Texas – 2,600 rainbow trout; Feb. 25, 2024
- Frontier Park Pond, Propser, Texas – 2,814 rainbow trout; Feb. 18, 2024
- Dallas County
- Josey Ranch Park South Pond, Carrollton, Texas – 1,000 rainbow trout; Dec. 13
- Cedar Hill State Park Perch Pond, Cedar Hill, Texas – 2,000 rainbow trout; Dec. 27, Feb. 9, 2024
- Kidd Springs Park, Dallas, Texas – 1,000 rainbow trout; Dec. 14
- Kleberg-Rylie Recreation Center, Dallas, Texas – 1,000 rainbow trout; Dec. 14
- Lake Highlands North, Dallas, Texas – 400 rainbow trout; Jan. 17, 2024
- Samuel Farm Pond #4, Dallas, Texas – 2,000 rainbow trout; Feb. 11, 2024
- Lakeside Park*, Duncanville, Texas – 1,826 rainbow trout; Nov. 22, Dec. 8, Dec. 22, Jan. 5, 2024, Jan. 19, 2024, Feb. 2, 2024. Feb. 16, 2024, March 3, 2024
- Ablon Park Pond, Garland, Texas – 5,000 rainbow trout; Dec. 13
- Mike Lewis Park – Grand Prairie, Texas – 1,600 rainbow trout; Jan. 9, 2024
- Mesquite City Lake*, Mesquite, Texas – 3,160 rainbow trout; Nov. 22, Dec. 22, Jan. 19, 2024, Feb. 16, 2024
- Rowlett Community Park North Pond – 1,000 rainbow trout; Dec. 11
- Caruth Park, University Park, Texas – 1,000 rainbow trout; March 3
- Denton County
- South Lakes Park Pond*, Denton, Texas – 2,400 rainbow trout; Nov. 22, Dec. 9, Dec. 22, Jan. 5, 2024, Jan. 19, 2024, Feb. 2, 2024, Feb. 16, 2024, March 1, 2024
- Heritage Park (Flower Mound), Flower Mound, Texas – 500 rainbow trout; Nov. 29
- Rheudasil Park, Flower Mound, Texas – 1,000 rainbow trout; Nov. 29
- Lewisville Tailrace (Elm Fork Trinity River), Lewisville, Texas – 3,000 rainbow trout; Jan. 2, 2024, Feb. 6, 2024
- Ellis County
- Lion's Park Pond, Ennis, Texas – 602 rainbow trout; Dec. 7
- Red Oak Municipal Lake, Red Oak, Texas – 2,600 rainbow trout; Jan. 20, 2024
- Mustang Creek Park, Waxahachie, Texas – 1,500 rainbow trout; Dec. 4, Jan. 10, 2024
- BelleVue Park. Waxahachie, Texas – 530 rainbow trout; Dec. 4
- Sports Complex Park, Waxahachie, Texas – 1,500 rainbow trout; Dec. 4, Jan. 10, 2024
- Hunt County
- Graham Park Pond, Greenville, Texas – 2,670 rainbow trout; Jan. 28, 2024
- Pear Trees Pond, Wills Point, Texas – 500 rainbow trout; Feb. 17, 2024
- Johnson County
- Bailey Lake, Burleson, Texas – 1,700 rainbow trout; Nov. 30, Jan. 23, 2024
- Byron Stewart Park Lake, Cleburne, Texas – 600 rainbow trout; Dec. 11
- Parker County
- Holland Lake Park, Weatherford, Texas, – 2,100 rainbow trout; Dec. 4, Jan. 8, 2024, Feb. 5, 2024
- Rockwall County
- Harry Myers Park SE Pond, Rockwall, Texas – 1,000 rainbow trout; Feb. 1, 2024
- Harry Myers Park SW Pond, Rockwall, Texas – 1,000 rainbow trout; Feb. 1, 2024
- City Lake Park, Royse, Texas – 1,000 rainbow trout; Feb. 7, 2024
- Somervell County
- Glen Rose Town Lake, Glen Rose, Texas – 2,000 rainbow trout; Dec. 5, Jan. 3, 2024
- Paluxy River at Dinosaur Valley State Park, Glen Rose, Texas – 500 rainbow trout; Dec. 7
- Tarrant County
- Randol Mill Duck Pond, Arlington, Texas – 1,000 rainbow trout; Feb. 19, 2024
- Dutch Branch Park, Benbrook, Texas – 850 rainbow trout; Jan. 11, 2024
- Airfield Falls West Fork Trinity River, Fort Worth, Texas – 850 rainbow trout; Jan. 16, 2024
- Greenbriar Park*, Fort Worth, Texas – 1,896 rainbow trout; Nov. 22, Dec. 8, Dec. 22, Jan. 5, 2024, Jan. 19, 2024, Feb. 2, 2024, Feb. 16, 2024, March 1, 2024
- River Park Clear Fork of the Trinity River, Fort Worth, Texas – 2,603 rainbow trout; Jan. 9, 2024, Feb. 20, 2024
- Trinity Park Clear Fork Trinity River, Fort Worth, Texas – 2,603 rainbow trout; Jan. 2, 2024, Feb. 6, 2024
- Hurst Chisholm Park*, Hurst, Texas – 1,896 rainbow trout; Nov. 22, Dec. 22, Jan. 19, 2024, Feb. 16, 2024
- Sonora Park, Kennedale, Texas – 500 rainbow trout; Dec. 28
- Chandler Park (Mansfield), Mansfield, Texas – 200 rainbow trout; Dec. 5
- Chris Burkett Service Center Pond, Mansfield, Texas –100 rainbow trout; Dec. 5
- Elmer W. Oliver Nature Park, Mansfield, Texas – 175 rainbow trout; Dec. 5
- Rose Park, Mansfield, Texas – 182 rainbow trout; Dec. 5
- Green Valley Community Park, North Richland Hills, Texas – 500 rainbow trout; Dec. 12
- Linda Spurlock Park, North Richland Hills, Texas – 500 rainbow trout; Jan. 23, 2024
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