BENBROOK WALLEYE?

I was throwing for shad at benbrook last night and caught a few small fish about 3 to 4 inches. They were best identified as walleye fry. I've fished benbrook for 20 years and never caught a walleye. Anybody ever caught or heard of walleye in benbrook?

They were probably Gar

3 or 4 inches?I can see how a river perch might be mistaken for a small walleye..

possible. get a close up pic of one and post it if you can, next time. I have fished benbrook for 35 years and never seen a walleye come out of it.

Sounds like a little sucker-fish, to me...

It would be very nice to find a place to catch walleyes. They are the best freshwater fish I have ever eaten, by far.

Log Perch

Keith,
Good call. I never even heard of a log perch. But, I looked it up and it completely makes sense. Thank you. And, here is a link with more information.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logperch

Keith,
Good call. I never even heard of a log perch. But, I looked it up and it completely makes sense. Thank you. And, here is a link with more information.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logperch

They're most likely Log Perch. I see someone's already mentioned that, but that's almost certainly what they were. Definitely not Walleye.

Texas has several species of Log Perch, including the standard Log Perch, The Texas Log Perch, and the Bigscale Log Perch.

Well I guess what I call a river perch is technically a log perch..Use to catch a few on Pk and now I am seeing them in Granbury.Cool looking fish.

In late 2000 or early 2001 I caught fingerling Walleye in thrownet at PK, just before the first outbreak of GA. Never caught one out of Benbrook and I have been fishing it since I was 4 (first fish I remember catching was a 4lb LMB on a cane pole) and I am 52 now, neither have I heard of a Walleye coming out of that lake. However they did stock Lake Weatherford with around 5 million Walleye.
Also never saw a gar in the lake and always heard that the salinity was too low for gar to be present.

lol gar are the rats of the fish family..They can live anywhere..What you caught at pk was river perch..Bet they felt like sand paper.5 million walleye in Weatherford and not one report of someone catching one?Something smells fishy.

That would be all the dead Walleye that died shortly after stocking in the '80's. Since they didn't survive well on Weatherford. Or most of the other lakes TPWD threw them into years back.

there was actually 1 or 2 mounted and on the wall in the weatherford marina many years ago. yes, there were a few caught- and one guy claimed that there were still some in the lake by the damn in the deep holes.... my dad never saw him catch one, but he was always out in the middle of the lake jigging for them and swore up and down he still could catch them....

I stand corrected..Just figured our water was way to hot for a stable walleye population..But on a research of river perch they spawn sooner than most fish and may attribute to the recent catches..

i agree on the log perch. i just didnt want to say anything cause the bass love them

i still wonder if that guy on weatherford really does catch walleye, or if he just drinks too much LOL!

If it looked like this is a Texas Log perch. I have caught several the last few years in the cast net at Benbrook. I contacted TPW a few years ago hoping they were a protected species, hoping it would stop the 7-12 drops in the lake each year from them pumping water out.but no such luck.

i snaged one of those at pool last year on a trap thought it was carp fry

No walleye left in Weatherford. The first population survived but the conditions are not right for them to reproduce. The originial population died off a long time ago.

A few months back my neighbors son brought a fish to my house he caught in Bear Creek a mile or so from benbrook (We live in a subdivision that backs up to Bear Creek). We normally will catch a lot of bass, perch, catfish in there when it's running. It MOST definitely was a Walleye! teeth and all, I have pics to prove it. The fish was about 9 inches long and had the exact same coloring as a walleye. Log perch don't have long sharp teeth similar to a speckled trout... I know in the stocking history for Lake Benbrook on the TPWD website, It said they had stocked walleye in Benbrook in the '70's, apparently they are still there and spawning...... Good to know!

Post the pics then..........

yes i need to see proof lol! I live down the road from benbrook and havent heard of any walleye being pulled from there in the 26 yrs i have lived around here....

However there is a little small lake around the dfw are that does have some walleye hint its near cleburne

tpwd stocked it with 365,000 last year

I believe wheeler branch has a walleye population that is maintained

I caught about 2 lb Walleye on Grapevine long time ago

I used to target them on Lewisville around the old party cove by the 35 bridge, never caught one. Knew a few guys who caught them back in the day........

The walleye are able to survive the warmer temps around here, the problem is many of the lakes don't have the Rocky structure and cool enough water for them to reproduce. Temps have to get down to the mid to low 40s for a successful walleye spawn with lots of rock structure. Saugeye would probably make it around here but I bet the stocking programs would cost too much.

referring back to the post of no gar in Benbrook.Dad fished Benbrook startin the first day it opened and I grew up fishing it hard and now at 66 ive never seen a gar in the lake.

Ive seen small gar in the back of Bear creek when the water is clear and full, but not many and never seen any rise anywhere in the lake.

No, TPWD does not indicate any stockings of walleye at Lake Benbrook in the 1970s. And, it shows listings as far back as 1968.

TPWD does show walleye stockings at Lake Weatherford in the early 1980s on several occasions . . . and this lake is next in the chain "up river" from Benbrook. Water coming out of Weatherford flows into Benbrook; and, Weatherford also occasionally buys water and pumps it back into Weatherford from Benbrook in drought situations. As I recall, it did this recently before the last drought broke.

Now, it doesn't mean walleye aren't in Benbrook, there is at least a fairly ancient path for it to have occurred, but it would be one of those Jurassic Park moments I suppose where nature's will perseveres.

I would like to see a photo, for sure. I sort of hope they are in Benbrook though I align myself with the camp that thinks it is highly unlikely.

Brad

Looks like a walleye to me

What lake? Wheeler Branch?

The photo with the young man wearing the shade cap on is definitely holding a walleye and he is definitely on Wheeler Branch where there are definitely walleye. That has never been disputed. While I have never caught one out there, I have seen others who have.

Not sure regarding the provenance of the latter photos. Is this a fish caught on Benbrook?

Brad

sure not Benbrook looks like wheeler

I have caught many walleyes over the years, the easiest way to ID is the white tip on bottom of tail, the teeth and the eyes. The fingerlings look like the big ones just smaller.

The log perch are OK but I prefer the tree bass.

Yea definitely wheeler branch I have really figure them out they are fantastic eating I need to apply for the lake record I've caught several over 4 pounds. I have been catching them every trip out now. I have been trying to catch them out there since that Lake opened I have put in a ton of days and read about all the walleye information I could possibly take in. Just this last summer I finally got dialed in on them.

There are gar in Benbrook. Not as many as some
Other lakes around here but they're there for sure.

It USED to be on there I swear. I also saw myself that it was no longer on the stocking history. Maybe because they didn't survive for the most part? Might have to call TPWD to make sure.

There was a major push by TPW to stock walleye in Texas in the late 70's and early 80's. They never took hold due to the water conditions and temps. Sure there are some that have a small population like Wheeler but never Benbrook.

I have caught drum out of Joe Pool.
There not supposed to be any fish in that lake

I've definitely seen gar in Benbrook, mainly in the bear creek arm as well.