Does anyone know where I can buy some trout in North Texas for my pond this winter?

http://www.overtonfisheries.com/StockerFish/SportFish/RainbowTrout/tabid/338/Default.aspx
I stocked some of these one winter - lots of fun on a fly rod ...

9094 has to be Mike, who just called me and ordered 30lbs going to Albany?

Thanks George!

That's me!
Thanks I can't wait. I'm going to start the Shackelford County Trout Club!

I have found rainbow trout to be among the very best investments in pond fishing for winter fun. Waaaay cheaper'n any other species excepting catfish when you look at buying them "ready to catch."

They are so easily caught that I typically see nearly 100% return, even at low densities of 500 pounds in 100 acres of water. That and they grow really fast. I've had nearly nine pounders caught in April that were stocked as five pounders in December.

Unlike catfish, you are not going to be landing many with your Zebco 303 with the drag cranked down with a pair of pliers. Quite easily hooked, they take a bit of finesse to actually land.

Also a really good cheap way to winter feed bass. Lots less costly than minnows or even summer tilapia and among the most nutritionally perfect of feeds for a bass.

Plus, properly prepared they are among the very best of table fare. A bit bony for the novice to the species, but well worth the trouble it takes to eat around the bones.

I grill 'em, the whole fish, just gut and gill, soak for a bit in some milk, then marinate in a mix of butter, soy sauce and lemon juice. I use on of those "skillets full of holes" and baste with the marinade as I cook. The skin peels right off after cooking and you can actually "pull the bones" out of the body of the cooked fish. Yummmy.....