I was finally able to put together a video of our trip to Bethany Lakes...I took a break from striper fishing to take my 5 and 8 year old daughters to Bethany Lake Park in Allen to catch trout. We used the 2 hook bottom rig, a slip bobber with a 4' leader and Power Bait to catch them. We fished from 4:15 - 5:15 and caught 9 trout.

This video breaks it all down, where we fished from, what rigs we used, what we used for bait and other helpful tips and techniques.

If you have never fished before, try these techniques and head to the trout stocking lakes. Collin County will stock Frisco, Prosper and McKinney!

https://youtu.be/6LHlDaQW56I

Nice fish, congrats

Thank you! Looking forward to Frisco, Prosper and McKinney!

Went to Twin lakes south for trout fishing and saw a Catch&Release sign in the park.
Just wonder if it applies to those stocked trouts?

no, you can keep trout. daily bag limit 5, any size.

Totally Awesome! Like I always say. "It just don't get any better" ! Most importantly "Lifetime Memories" !

That is my favorite video on my channel!

I can easily see why!

Nice video! See you in McKinney!

Very nice... fun times with the kiddos!

Texas Rainbow Trout Fishing | What Worked This Round - Power Worms Crankie, No Yankie!

Made the run to Pottsboro Lake in Grayson County Saturday morning for some Texas Rainbow Trout fishing. Recently stocked with trout, the Team brought fly fishing gear, ultralight spinning gear, and a GoFish Cam to fish the pond.

The morning started out with lots of surface activity similar to the trout feeding on a "bug hatch" at our local pond in Allen - Bethany Lakes. In short order, had strikes on the fly using the Generic Black Dry Fly Midge fished with a slow retrieve.

Our fishing buddy was getting strikes on PowerBait but once he found the pattern - a Power Worm fished with a slow retrieve or a stop and go retrieve, he was able to limit out in short order.

Yours truly soon switched to a Power Worm but kept losing the trout when I would set the hook with the rod... I was yanking the worm out of the trout's mouth.

Luckily, after several more misses, I started to hook-up consistently when I kept reeling or cranking the reel to set the hook.

The lesson learned today was "crankie, no yankie" when fishing a Power Worm on a slow and/or stop and go retrieve.

A review of the @GoFishCam confirmed the trout wanted movement, else tended to ignore the bait/lure. Also, it showed trout can inhale and quickly spit out a lure without getting hooked.

Do check out the video and the underwater footage of Saturday morning's trout fishing action at Pottsboro Lake in Pottsboro, Texas!

that's some really cool underwater footage. and informative, too. thanks.

Nice video Glen! I subscribed!

If the weeds aren't near the surface then I would try spinners or spoons. They are pretty active in this water temp, which seemed to be in the 50's at Bandera. I caught mine yesterday on a spoon that should have been too big for a stocker, but hooked one on the 4th bite.

Do you guys think there would be any left in Boerne lake? It was stocked two weeks ago, but from the size and depth of the lake and considering they planted 1000 I am thinking there might still be several around.