I got a chance to fish Bethany this morning...(5 minutes from the house) threw a rainbow trout colored rooster tail caught one of those little silver pink boogers...first trout in my life time (multi species contest watch out!) lol too many fisherman slingin their fly rods around so I left plan on going back after I get off work Monday morning hopefully bringing back some dinner....I dont know jack when it comes to catching trout...any color suggestions for a roostertail or spoon that would better my chances????

I used a black body with green blade panther martin from academy.
gold or silver super duper was decent. u can catch and release all u want. I asked tpwd about this. many people do it. better with a lure. just catches them in lip.

Gonna go by walmart and pick up a few rooster tails.... Go back to Bethany right after work eaaarrly in the mornin'(one of the many adavntages of covering nightshift on sundays)....horns do you use a slow or fast retrieve??? like I said Im clueless when it comes to these trout..I heard they are quite the delicay though

try slow or fast . sometimes one works over the other. get chartreuse or white rooster tail

emailed tpwd. here is their answer.



Is it ok to catch and release the rainbow trout?



If you are questioning the practice of returning the fish directly to the water you just caught it from- yes you can.

If you are looking for a new place near Ft. Worth to catch nice Rainbow Trout you might look @ the supremebassfishing.com web page. We have two private lakes that we stock with fifteen hundred pounds of trout each Thanksgiving. No stamp required.
Our average fish is 12 to 14 inches with several over four pounds. Nothing under 12 inches, we buy brood fish out of Mo.

Best fishing is with wolly boogers # 10 or small silver or gold spoons for spinfishermen.

chuck/supremebass

Horns, please email me a copy of that e-mail please. Thanks

i would like a copy too if it convenient.
just got in with my limit and the guy next to me acted like i committed a crime when i threw one back

In years past you had to keep what you caught..if something has changed, I'd like to know...

wrickv@hotmail.com

i still cannot find anything on the site

Sorry, what I should have said was, in the past it was in the regs. I do not see it anywhere in the current regs.

i guess i could get 'clumsy' with the little ones and let em flop back in.

Go to the website and click on the contact us at bottom of page and ask them. the email was just what I had on the thread.good luck


http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fishboat/fish/management/stocking/trout_stocking.phtml

by the way, many are catching and releasing. these fish just are not the size they used to be. if you use powerbait you need to keep them though.trout usually swallow that and they are deep hooked.cya

Jerry its about time