I called Athens and he has loaded up the trout and the truck is on the road. I figure around 3:00pm they should be releasing.

I cant make it but good luck to everyone!

Tomorrow morning is Trout Season!

Got my rod in the truck and heading out about 3.

Good LUCK

anybody catch today?

Forgive the lack of knowledge on trout fishing, but what are the rules as far as how many you can keep per day? Also, is Mesquite city lake packed during this time? Appreciate it!

you can keep 5 per day per person, no size limit. All other game laws apply. There is always plenty of room to fish in my past experience

At Mesquite City Lake yesterday...I didn't get to see the truck unload the fish...I didn't see anyone (maybe 10 people fishing) catch any fish...I didn't see any fish in my bucket when I left at dark. I'm on my way back this morning to see if they settled down and have become active.

Personally, I do not believe they have stocked Mesquite as of yet. After 45 minutes I got nothing,I see nothing, and most of all, I caught nothing this morning.

They are in there. Caught one yesterday, see winter trout thread.

nada

Same here...zilch! I even went to the park pond over on Olympia (they dropped there five years or so ago) and zipola today.
Over in Mesquite City lake I saw a dead fish floating and couldn't tell what it was. Cast a dozen times and finally drug it to the bank and it was a big ole shad, maybe a pound. I was not impressed so I left it there and I left all the 3,100 trout that are suppose to be there also.

divide 3100 by 8 stockings and thats how many fish are stocked each stocking at mesquite

This place suck was there last year, fished it twice right after a stock and waited a couple days after stock and not one bit. Fish all around the lake and nothing seen lots of bait fish but no trout.Like I said it SUCKS

yup has anybody caught a fish at meskeet pond yet. alls i caught was a cold

Keep up the reports on City park lake. This year after the season I would like to try and convince the City of Mesquite to do something better/different using this thread. I fished it last year and never caught a trout. Not even gonna try this year.

Do you still have to go to city hall and get the card? i think it was a $1. Whats the average size trout they stocked this year?

The trout will need a couple days to adjust before they start hitting.

FishHarder, what have you been using for bait?

Any new reports on Mesquite City Park , Ive tried at least twice a week since the first stock for a couple of hours each time. Have tried various spoons and jigs to no avail . Planning to try trout bait next . Have Heard of at least 3 caught all on bait .

fish irving. they stocked all in one stocking. everyone catching out there. maybe mesquite doesnt like the idea of people catching all the fish

I've caught a few, nice bass there . Even thou I have been told over and over that there are no bass in there lol .. wow wouldnt it be nice of we could get them to stock it with crappie !!

I have used several types of power bait,artificials, and even the dread fresh kernel corn to no avail at City pond. This was last year. Since they quit stocking at Samuel Farm I tried City pond but it is worthless. Especially with the way they dole the trout out during the season.
The pond is too big and the amount of trout stocked per session is too small to have any effective hope of catching trout much less little kids getting to.

I'm through with Mesquite City Lake...too dang hard to catch those, even though they are a little bigger than normal.

Went to Irving the other day (Wed) and it's so easy, I had to give fish away after five limit. Going back this afternoon.

A guy out there turned me on to a new color that worked great.
Orange Pulp with glitter. I was constantly getting hits on the fall. He said he was looking for a copper color but couldn't find it. I bought what he had in the Orange as he was leaving.
I'm hooked on Orange Pulp now, if I can find anymore. BPS didn't have it.

Someone should suggest what they do in McKinney, fence off a section.