Question for Banker Always Fishing: Does the San Marcos hatchery really stock rainbows on Sunday? One of my bucket list locations says it doesn’t get stocked till 1-28-24. That’s Sunday. Sounds somewhat “fishy to me.” Haha!

You are correct, they do not stock on weekends. They usually will make the (Weekend) stockings on Friday. As for why, I do not know. There could be several good reasons.

PENDING RECORD!


Caught this Rainbow Trout while fishing for carp at a local water body. The fish was 13.15" in length and the certified weight was 1.17 Lbs. Records application and pictures sent to Texas Parks & Wildlife for their review. The fish took a dough ball.

Blanco State Park and other water bodies across the state were stocked throughout the week. Go catch you some.

Great thread. Some super catches also. Had some friends who have fished some of the water bodies that were stocked and they had a good time and caught some very nice fish. Good eating as well.

Double Limit, Blanco State Park!


Went out this morning with my good friend Steve. Caught a double limit and released some. Power Bait Orange, Yellow, and mixed colors got the best results. The bite was great from sunup till 9:30am. After 9:30am when the sun was out, the bite became very SLOW! Still had a great time. Catching some Monday morning Rainbow Trout. It Just don't get any better!

Garner State Park! 1-20-2024


Fished the stocking at Garner State Park . Truck arrived at 12:00 noon. There were about 15 people waiting. Just about everyone was catching fish. Me and several friends of mine easily got our limits and released a bunch more. Bite stayed active the whole time we fished. Gold Super Duper Lures, small sinking fly's (Fly Rod Anglers) and Yellow Power Bait were the baits used. Catching a bunch of Rainbow Trout on the Frio River. It just don't get any better.

Side Note: Below is a two man limit! My other two friend's limit's were not included.







Two man limit.

This is what they looked like at AdamOrgain Park Pond this afternoon. My total was a dozen plus in about 2 hours. Released all of them. No bleeders or other damage. Used 3 different lures today and caught fish on all 3. (Gold super duper, a copper panther Martin, and a white rooster tail.) Had to increase my retrieve speed, uncomfortably for me. The pond has lots of shallow grass and slime. So, if anyone is taking kids to the trout derby tomorrow, your best Bet will be to use bait on a hook below a light weight and a bobber. Good luck! Had a great short trip. Never had fished this place before. By the way, I was the only person there fishing! And finally, this park is in Hutto, Texas.
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Fished there today Saturday! Kids had a fishing contest from 9am till 12 noon. After that the public was able to fish. Caught 10 between 12:30pm and 4pm. Nothing of good size. Longest was about 8 inches. Released all but two which I gave away to a angler who wanted them for his dinner. Met some very nice people and it looked like everyone was having a good time. I did not see very many fish caught.


Side Note: Nice fish! Have you fished Bull Frog Pond?

Yes fished Bullfrog and Kingfisher last year. Bullfrog is a tiny little pond. Easy to cast all the way across. Not room for many anglers there. Caught a few and then went to Kingfisher. It’s a big lake for a park. Had to keep moving around. When I would catch a fish there, several other folks would sort of want to cast right where I was. Got them both off my bucket list the same day. Both of those lakes get stocked every two weeks during the season.
Adam Orgain pond in Hutto is off my bucket list also. They only put 500 in there. I caught most of my fish there yesterday close to the aerator that was not pumping. Caught more on a white 1/16th ounce Rooster Tail than SDL or small Panther Martin.
Adam Orgain Pond could use a few grass carp to clean it up some. One of my rainbows yesterday was right at 11 inches. Caught that one on SDL.

Fishing Rowlett pond with a neighbor and a herd of Orientals showed up. I looked at him and said looks like trout is on the menu at the local Chinese restaurant.

Fished Harry Meyers in Rockwall Friday and Saturday morning. On Friday I had some minnows left over from fishing Fork the day before. Nothing but dinks both trout and crappie on the minnows. They stocked a lot of dinks in Rockwall. I use shad on Tawokani that are bigger then some of the trout they stocked.

Have not fished Bull Frog or Kingfisher this year. I did fish both last year a couple of times and did good. The quality (size) are good on both ponds. I plan on fishing there soon.

Looking at stockings by county I am wondering if cities pay to stock extra fish. Collin County ponds get more then some other counties. I know at one time Rowlett was paying to stock larger fish but quit due to budget cutbacks. Royse City pond is fairly large and gets much fewer trout then Collin County ponds.

Still some stockings coming in February. Get some nice Rainbow Trout time in before the stocking season ends. I will be fishing several more this month.