I live about 300yds from the Trinity River in North Arlington. I usually walk down and fish a couple times a month. My question is what all fish should I be targeting? I have caught channel, blue and flathead catfish, as well as alligator gar. I have never caught, nor seen any other species in this area.

I have thrown for bass quite a bit but with no luck. There is a lot of structure there and I know they are in the Trinity but is there a chance that they are not in this particular part? I have fished another part of the river, in Arlington, and have seen bass, carp, bream, etc. If those fish are in the river across town, shouldn't they be behind the house as well? And no, I am not eating anything from the river. Thanks!

All species should be in that river. They just aren't going to be easy to catch. Too many places for them to go.

Should be plenty of carp, buffalo, and catfish all along the river. The problem is in most places the banks are real steep. Parts of the river have large buffalo, Arlington should be no exception. Good luck.

The banks are steep but I have a few spots that are fairly accessible.

May have to try for my first buffalo then. Time for some research. Thanks Curt.

I wouldn't eat ANYTHING out of there. I hear if you eat a couple of bluegills from that area you get a FULL DOSE of xanax.

Maybe you could catch 'em and sell 'em on the street....

Full dose of xanax! Ateast it would be easy to re catch the fish due to forgetfulness

As stated in the original post, I don't eat anything out of there. Just catch and release!

Use small hooks/baits to catch the perch/bream in the area. I've always done good on pieces of worms, no matter the area.

There's gonna be alot of different fish simply due to your proximity to a big city. I wouldn't be surprised if there were koi, pacu, oscar, really any type of aquarium fish that can sustain a population. As well as bass, hybrids, cichlids, catfish, gar, buffalo, carp, anything that TPWD has stocked at any point along the river. Those perch would be a great all around bait. Tight lines!

Now for me THAT is exciting. When my buddies and I fish competitively, "most different kinds" is the highest level category, even over "most biggest."

The cold spell might knock out some of those, if they can't find a warm spot. Around here the cold intolerant species tend to bunch up around sewage outfalls, power plant discharges and in the ship channel around ship heat exchangers.

Hey I found a spot off 28th st in dwntwn ft worth. That hs crappie!!! Believe it or not pics soon to follow as soon as I figure out how to. Get them on here from my fone.

so the fish out in the trinity shouldn't be eaten at all? I've caught a few carp out in the elm fork area and they all looked healthy. I've even seen people taking the fish home with them.

There are plenty of Largemouth and spotted bass in the Trinity, as well as yellow bass,sand bass, hybrids too - there are some areas better than others, the best spots are around drainage ditches, On the clear fork between Benbrook and Downtown Ft Worth we used to regularly catch Largemouth in the five to eight pound range as well as some really big sandies and hybrids --

Soft plastics worked around over hanging grass slayed big fish -

I doubt you see any Alligator gar - but there are plenty of shortnose and spotted gar - often confused with gator gar -

You have to get below Dallas before the gators make a showing

TPWD did a study some years ago on Trinity and determined fish consumption from it around Urban Metromess should be avoided - high levels of Clorodane, Methyl Mercury, Dioxins, were present in all fish --

One of the mutant invasive species that has evolved in the Trinity. Not for human consumtion..lol

Might catch a alligator.