Does anyone know when the first stocking of catfish will happen at this park?

Looks like April 21 is first catfish stocking. And then...

Catfish will be stocked on the following dates: April 21, May 5, May 19, June 2, June 16, June 30, July 14, July 28, September 1, September 15, September 29, and October 13, October 27.

http://www.ci.hurst.tx.us/departments/Recreation/Specialevents.htm

Chisholm is my back up catfish dinner suppy place. If I don't catch an cats this Sat. I will be heading to the park Monday morning to catch me a couple of them to fry up.lol

they actually stock on Thursdays of the same week now, so instead of 5/5/8 they stocked on 5/8/8

Same information I found.The catfishing is very good there,I've been catching lot's of channell cat on a new dip bait from Team Catfish called Secret 7

so they are stocking it on thursdays instead of mondays?

but ya I want there this morning caught 7 between me and my little girl on capela worms I tried DK and didnt even get a bite!! and I also used shrimp with baitmate and got a few bites

What kind are fish are in the water?

cats, some bass etc etc trout when they stock them, bluegills

Is the daily limit still 3 from there?

for the cats it's 5 I think

I used to fish there..
Havent been out in a while.
What size fish do they stock?

30 years ago, when it was legal to do so, folks who boat fished around there would keep a few in the livewell and stop by the pond to stock it. I remember every day after school walking a mile or so and catching 6-8 pound bass and all the crappie you could eat from that pond. Sad in my opinion it is not the same today.

lawmann what school did you goto?

Shadybrook Elem for a few years and Bedford Jr High for a couple of years.

Shady oaks here

Chisolm Park used to be the place to catch big black crappie right at two pounds. I remember growing up as a kid, fishing every weekend and just limiting out on big and small crappie. Boy, that was 20 yrs. ago. Man, those sure were the days.

I have never had much luck in that pond except for Trout. Seems like it's real shallow. Anyone know the depth of it?

getcha some cats mmm

If I recall correctly, I think this little pond was dredged a couple of years back. ?

I was told last year that in the middle of it that is was around 15 ft. deep. This was from one of the park officials that comes around and keep tabs on where everyone was from for the park survey. He also told me that they stock it every 2 weeks with 500 catfish. I got there during the week when I have the urge to fry me up a quick batch of catfish for dinner.

Thanks for the info Mike!

No problem Stucky. Anytime

does anyone had a recent trip out there and would share what bait worked the best?

I use worms and Sonny's dip bait. Both work pretty good. Recently tried the secret 7 but not much luck with it yet. I just need to give it more of a chance I think. I am prety fond of the Sonny's dip bait as I have caught severl hundred cats with it. Both blues and catfish.

Does anyone know what time they release the catfish today? I drove by during lunch and found a BUNCH of people out there but not anyone catching any.

They released them on Monday. They pulled a fast one on us. lol.. I fished there today, caught some panfish, a few channels, threw em all back, didn't feel like cleaning any.

I was out there myself this evening got out there around 7:00 and fished til 8:45. I caught 1 cat and my wife caught 2. All caught on DK punch bait.

WHERE THE CATS BIG or little .I was out there last sat saw a guy get a small cat about 5"long with a large body.

How does this kids derby work...? Do u just show up or is there more to it..?

you have to register, its free i guess they just need a head count. I live a few miles away down norwood, and my boy and his lil cousin will be in it. I went to the rec center on Mary dr off pipeline and just fill out the paper work.

City of Hurst
Recreation Center
700 Mary Drive
Hurst, Texas 76053
(817) 788-7325

heres the addy and #. let me know if you plan on going. the wife and I are taking the kids. So just let me know

Thanks.... They should have said that u had to register on the website. They make it seem like u can just come on down and fish... If i had known that I would have done that weeks ago...

yes i know. I discussed that with them as well. then they asked if I would be interested in maybe taking over fishing events there. I told them sure, but that the first thing they needed to do was keep the public in formed. It says for 8 to noon and the derby is actually from 7 30 till noon then they said there would not be food, then there would now they say bring a lunch. So as of 3 o clock which i found out was the cut off for the registration. there willbe no lunch served. and it starts at 7 30. and there will be prizes for first fish, biggest fish, and some other catergories. Sorry, i feel like i am so long winded. hope to see ya out there. Will have on my longhorn hat bacards glasses and a sleveless drk blue softball shirt with a orange D on the front and a 29 on the back.
hope to see ya'll out there.

Small cats, eaten size only. A FEW Cats in the 5lb+ range once in a while.

i went out there to look around and saw some nice cats caught im curious what bait works best here i was going to use some worms on the bottom ?

thanks anthony

I just got back from out there. My brother and I got our limit with hotdogs, worms and Magicbait. We caught a lot of mudcats in the process but managed to get our 10 for a fish fry tonight.

The wife and I just got back from out there and caught 5 good size cats (wife-3, me-2). All caught on DK punch bait.

Thunderbolt gave me two of them also. Thanks Bolt. The wind was very strong out there today. I have one question what is that green floating device in middle of the pond?

It was nice meet you Nola. Did you catch the rest of your limit out there? Anything on the shad? That green box looks like a deer feeder to me.

Its a feeder for the fish.

I went yesterday and caught a quick limit with Team Catfish's Secret 7.The fish I caught yesterday were quite a bit bigger than what they have previously been stocking.Probably go out again this evening while the gitting's good

I might head out there myself this afternoon.

How did it go?

Anyone been out lately?

I tried fishing yesterday with some hotdogs but they kept falling off. Any suggestions?

fry the dog. then insert on hook. stays on better

plan B: if that doesn't work insert hotdog in mouth.mmmmmm good

I fished yesterday and got skunked,I think most of the catfish have been taken and I will have to wait till the next stocking.Out of about fifteen people fishing I saw one catfish caught.Does anybody know when the next stocking is,I thought I saw somewhere that it would be this thursday but I got several different opinions while fishing

they stock it every other Thur. if that is of any help.

What kind of DK Punch bait you'll are using? example: flavor

I use worms and Sonny's dip bait and now trying the secret 7 dip bait when i go there. DK never did me much good. Sonny's has a reg. and a blood dip bait and at times one will work better than the other one will.

Its been about a week and a half since i've been out there, whats the latest report anyone has??

I went out there for a couple of hrs. Sun. Seen 3 caught was all. Bites were slow and far inbetween. Used worms, secret 7, sonny'd dip bait, DK, and some ghost minnows.

Last year there were several occasions where people were taking HUGE quantities of fish. One group of 4 had like a 100qt cooler they were throwing them in. Each stocking would last maybe 3-4 days due to people doing this.

When they left it was a workout for 2 guys to carry it. And not only did they take WAY more than their fair share, if I were a bettin man I would've bet my left *** they didn't have fishing licenses.

These are the yahoos than ruin good public fishing fun for the rest.

Oddly enough I did talk to a guy last year out there who went fishing without a license cuz he didn't want to buy one in June and got caught. The fine was $300 and he said the TP&W fined him their own fine of $100 for 5 years. So when he gets done that'll be a hefty little $800 mistake!

I fished there regularly when they first started stocking this year and the catfish seemed to last till the next stocking.But now just a few days after stocking your catch rate goes downhill quickly. I think fishNfanatic is right,I heard stories from other fisherman about people taking way over their limit out of there.I had someone tell me about a man that had his daughter at the kid fish tournament and took home about 30 fish

Took the wife and kids out there last nite. Had a lot of bites, but didnt catch anything. Next time I'll take my lighter setups to fish with. A guy there had caught two and gave them to us as we where leaving. If your here on the forum, thanks again.

hot dogs on ultra light spinning gear

Yep. Ill take the boys back out there on Monday with the ultralights. Ive got some chicken livers candied up so they stay on the hook good. Ill take some hot dogs as well.

do you guys fish on bottom or with a float about 3-4 feet deep ?

I have seen more fish caught fishing on the bottom that with a bobber.

Went this morning for a couple hours. Fished with shrimp and hotdogs. Nothing but yellow bellies....so many I could only fish with ONE pole!

Lots of action but no channels. I have never had a problem with yellow bellies there in the past.

I fished yesterday midday and caught several channel cats. 1/2 dozen were short and 2 were OK enough to keep. I didn't see any trucks come to stock the place and I only saw 1 other angler catch a catfish so I'm not sure if it was stocked (atleast from 10 am - 4 pm). Anybody know what time they stock?

Went out there this evening for a couple of hours. Caught 4 cats but got alot of bites. All caught on DK punch bait.