Well I have been fishing the pond near my house. (Pioneer Rd @ baseball park)

There are two ponds here. One is located north of the baseball field and one south of the baseball park.

So far I have been hooking a ton of Cats in the pond to the north. No keepers since they were all female and full of eggs. There have been some bass hooked and a few crappie too.

I plan to fish every single place in Mesquite that I can find and report what I find and where I went.

thats awesome, i live in Rowlett and i need a few places to fish around here, seems like all these other guys are fishing way up north..... what are the cross streets of this pond??

These ponds are located at:

Valley Creek Park - 2482 Pioneer Rd. Mesquite, TX 75149

88.21 acre park with a 1.14 mile concrete trail, a playground, small lake with fishing piers, a large picnic pavilion and 6 picnic tables. The park also includes Hubert Terry Athletic Complex which consists of 4 lighted baseball fields, 3 football fields, and a concession & restroom building.

I will be there today but fishing the south pond for a change to see what is in it.

I will be using small jigs and chicken livers.

i used to catch a ton of cats out of palos verdes pond by porter elementry. Off of northwest highway in between beltline and 30

I have seen these i must try all i need is time

Well, I just got back from fishing. The water was calm and the water color was a little murky. The temperature outside was 77 degrees. I went to Wal-mart to purchase night crawlers and some spinner bait.

I arrived parking on the south side of the pond. With all the water up the pier was underwater and was real marshy. I ended up on the other side of the pond furthest to the south.

I started with a night crawler. For 30 minutes nothing in that one location. I moved 20 feet to the west and hooked up some chicken livers. I sat there for another 30 to 40 minutes and nothing. There were fish jumping, just not jumping on my line.

I dunno.

I moved to the North pond and ran into a guy that always fishes there. He was telling that he has had a few good bites. I changed my rigging to the spinner bait. 45 minutes passed and nothing...

I must be doing something wrong. It was my first time rigging up the spinner bait so I might have done that wrong.


Until next time.

About three weeks ago I caught a nice 13" big mouth bass in the Palos Verdes Park. My daughter and i have also caught a number of catfish and perch as well. Yesterday I had a few bites there but couldn't set my hook. One of those days. We were fishing just before the big storm hit.


We have caught big mouth bass at a pond on Cartwright between 635 and Pioneer. It's kind of tough to get there. It sits across from some soccer fields and is between a housing developement and a park. If you're not looking for it you will miss it.

The big pond there at the park does have some bass in it. at least one in 3lb range.
tried the pond you mentioned Vince. or atleast I think I have it sits on the opposite side of Cartwrite?

Also try Samuel Farms. go to the farthest east pond and you'll find some nice bass.

if you just want to get your line pulled (hard) , the city park pond in downtown old mesquite has some nice fighting carp . wheat bread on a hook should do the trick .take a net because the banks are about 3 ft down from ground level

Today I didn't work, so I am going to hit Samuel Farms. I am going to hit the east tank and try to fish for my first bass. I'll be back with results.

good luck!!

When I got there there was an overcast. So from the advice from a friend, I chose to use a darker worm to use. After an hour, I got nothing. I switched places around the pond but there was a lot of moss and grass in the water.

The weather started to mist and then all of a sudden, the sun came out. So, I switched to a brighter plastic minnow. NOTHING.

UGH! Well it was time to go and I heard from the people gathering in the front of the entrance that the bass were biting at live minnows and someone walked out of there with four large mouth bass and a ridiculous size blue gill.

Until next time, keep on fishin.

really..i catch LMB the all th time..both big ponds there are exellent...



i cought this guy not 2 feet from the shore in the big pond..

Alright, Friday I went to Samuel Farm at about 5:30pm ready to fish and was not let in because they close at 5:00pm. Unbelievable. So I then went to the City Lake in south Mesquite and fished for an hour and a half and caught nothing. Bummer.
Saturday, went fishing at the Palos Verdes Park I didn't catch anything but my daughter caught a catfish and a perch. She was excited. My wife also caught a catfish. Today we may try Samuel Farm again. I'll let you know what happens.

Hmmm. "Someone walked out of there with four large mouth bass"? If I recall correctly, there is a sign posted in the breezeway of the office of Samuel Farms stating that the LargeMouth Bass are 'catch and release only'. The other species are fair game. Has that restriction been lifted now?

lifted restriction

Caught a nice 16" LMB at Samuel Farm this afternoon in the furthest east pond. I was casting about 30 minutes and then BAM there it was. Nice catch it was. Wish I knew how to post a picture here, I'd love to show it off.

2 weeks ago a fished a pond where galloway ends,not sure the name of the park.To my suprise when i had literally walked around the whole pond,i hooked into a 60+ pound yollow cat.Unbeliveable but very true.It hit a 5 inch fluke a had been throwing.I do have a pic of it.Just dont know ho to post.if anyone knows how id be glad to email it to ya

I have fished the ponds at the ball fields a whole lot, wife used to walk the trails. Have not fished there in a while. But have pulled out several bass in the 3 - 4 pound range. I had best luck flipping a texas rigged craw on the edges of the cattail grass. May be a few late spawners, caught one on a bed next to the big peir. Good luck, hope you hook a good one soon.

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Thanks Jesse

congrats o.e. .lol who would have thunk it

nice!! what did u do with that big ol sucka???

went to try the city pond in old mesquite near galloway and scyene . was ther form 2pm till 4pm and landed this smallish carp (about 20 inches) on wheat bread

Grimaldo..He is still in there for someone else to catch.Make sure you have plenty of line on your reel and a good drag.