Trinity in DFW Heating Up

Been out there 4 of the last 5 days. Gets better every time. Was there from 7:30-10 this morning and caught upwards of 15 fish for an upper 80" limit. Broke off one of the biggest fish at the kayak that I have ever hooked on the river, every bit of 24". They are moving shallow, and before long you will find them on beds. TRWD or whoever controls the water is releasing a lot of water from Worth, but I think this has helped the fishing. Here are some trough pics of some of the nicer fish. All fish are footballs right now.

We fished there the first time this past weekend. I am going to have to go back and find some honey holes. Good looking bass!

You should. There are definitely some dead stretches in the river, but there are some great ones as well. When you find these good stretches, it can be very very rewarding.

I'll have to finally jump on the Trinity train. Always been interested.

Got any of the good stretches you want to share =p

Chunky!

I found a few on google earth that looked good. I think I'll try them Saturday.

My wife wanted to take a walk and we live just a block or two from the FW zoo, so we drove over to the park. She took off on a walk, I fished from the bank on a creek.

I caught 2 LMBS, neither large at about a 1 to 1.5 lbs., but I had quite a few grab my bait. Problem was I had the same Fat Ika tied on with a 5/0 hook I used Sunday at Wheeler Branch and I think I would have hauled in a few more of them with a smaller hook and worm, maybe a drop shot presentation.

Maybe a dozen nibbles or so? Some could have been blue gills . . . but I didn't see any, so maybe small bass unable to latch on to my fat baits and big hook.

Anyway, it makes me think that the bass are moving into the shallows looking for warmer water and spawning sites.

Lots of fun. I need to go over there again and give it a go with a lighter presentation.

Brad

Brad,

Good info, good report. Thanks for sharing. Weekend plans?

D.L.

Good Looking Catch

Nice fish. Good job.

Lmiller, there are fish up and down the Trinity. I personally like to target rip-rap on the river 11/12 months of the year, and when they're spawning I look for hard mud/sand bottoms. Google Earth is your best friend.

Where is a good place to launch for the Trinity?

For the elm fork i think you can launch at the lewisville dam, if you are in that area. Am i right? I'm going to be jumping on the trinity wagon pretty soon as well.

Thanks I'll try there.

There is a nice place to launch on the trinity Trails at the Woodshack restaurant off University in Fort Worth.

This is true but it can be a pain with lots of bike/runner traffic and general lack of parking (unless you get there really early) you will need a cart or a buddy to help carry it down.

All good points.

Very nice man!

Haha yeah I know my put ins pretty well. I think Ive put in just about every stretch from below Benbrook all the way to behind lake worth dam. And have even fished a good way below the spillway at beach street. Thats one thing I like about the river. Lots of options!

Those are some fatties! Water clarity is awful right now I presume?

My 4 year old daughter caught her first bass last Sunday on the Trinity. I'd say she set the bar pretty high for herself.

Nice! I think I might go Monday. I'm sure the water is very muddy, but so is everywhere else.

Clearfork the water is fine just a little stained. West fork im sure is a muddy mess

Yeah the Trinity is alright

nice

Got you a fishing buddy for life now,well done.

Anyone fished the trinity the last week? Hows the water?

Still stained and high as of Friday. Figured out a pattern that worked really well in the stained water on Friday caught around 15 or so total bass just no big ones. 3 over 16 and all the rest were in the 13-15" range. As long as we dont get any more torrential rains and they calm down with water releases from lakes it should start getting really good again. Fishing was really heating up before all this crazy weather hit again.

Great fish!

WTG on the catchn guys, I'll be purchasing a yak soon to join in on the fun but I've had fun banking it on the river too....
Here are a few I've caught recently.....Not that bass are my target species but they are welcomed....

Anyone launch near the Woodshed off University? I love fishing that stretch but with the Woodshed crowd, there is almost no place to park. Where do you park?

We have not yet fished that area of the river, but we REALLY want to. We were looking at parking in this area https://goo.gl/maps/6UZ89EWpKPs . How is the fishing there TCU?

You gotta get there pretty early if you want to be the crowds. Its more the runners/bikers than woodshed business though lol. AS far as the parking that Lmiller157 posted your best bet would be to drag/cart/carry the yaks down to the bridge cause the banks are too steep everywhere else to launch.

That section fishes hit or miss it can be tougher than others and there isn't much water to cover, Up stream past the golf course is extremely shallow and downstream near the little railroad bridge is roped off currently. Your time would be better spent elsewhere. Its a great bank fishing spot though.

Thanks for the info Nathan, and insider information you would be willing to pass a long for a case of beer! We have only fished around the panther pavilion (we enjoyed it), and we are also looking at an area near riverside golf course, but i have heard that area is shallow as well.

You mean Rockwood golf course? Some of the deepest water on the river in that section so not sure who told you it was shallow. I don't drink beer so you'll have to do better than that lol.

Sorry riverside is over near Arlington, and runs through River legacy park! I have yet to make it up to Rockwood, i am a little to fat and out of shape at the moment!

you can launch at rockwood. Their is a park where the road dead ends by the golf course. I just drive my truck down next to river and unload and park in parking lot. Never had vehicle issues there but I did happen upon a truck that had been vandalized and seemingly pushed down the hill into the river one morning while launching and had to call police. No one was inside truck thankfully. The river is always an adventure. If I can ever get enough time I wouldn't mind showing you around and giving you some info.

Rockwood Park Road is currently closed once you get to where it runs next to the golf course. I drove by there today at lunch.

Thanks Natahan! That would be awesome. I know all about not having free time. I have an 8 month old, that takes up all my time at the moment (unless mommy is being nice).

Ha funny you mention that! I have an 8 month old as well! Looks like we are in the same boat bro!

Well crud. I knew they were making improvements over there to the course but didnt know they had it shut down.

Just think before long we can take the little ones with us

Im totally ready for that day! I just hope he likes fishing as much as I do. If he does Momma is in trouble because we will be gone all the time! lol