Myself and Mike "USMC_GY" hit the extreme icy trail and made it to the Canyon Trail Race. We had no problems at all getting there. We arrived at around 10:30am and had the whole place all to ourselves. The Trail Race had been stocked that night due to the weather conditions. We had a pool of very HUNGRY RAINBOW TROUT waiting for us. The rocks around us were covered with frost and ice. Me and Mike both made our first cast and "Wham" we both had fish. Needless to say we limited out in 20 minutes. We then switched to artificial lures and caught another 50 fish which were all released unharmed. 10 fish were kept for the dinner table. Fish were caught on Berkley trout bait-cheese color,Berkley trout bait chartreuse, cheese balls,jigs both white and chartreuse in colors, Super Duper lures both silver and gold colors,Betsy Minnow lures,and Berkley Power Worms-orange in color. After fishing for an hour and a half two other anglers arrived and shortly after that two more. A total of six including me and Mike were fishing. We left em biting at 2pm and made our way to Granny D's for a GREAT breakfast. Spending a cold winter day catching Rainbow Trout on the Guadalupe River. It don't get any better.

Thats the way i like to fish,with not to big of a crowd.Way to go Banker.......

Thanks Mike. That place is usually packed on stocking day. It was super nice having it all to ourselves. Fishing paradise for sure.

Way to go, Chuck & Mike. Still waiting for them to stock the trout pond in Sulphur Springs.

Bob

Thanks Bob for the reply! You can check the stocking dates on the TPW web site. Hopefully we can make it out next week!

Sorry about the next week plans. I had you confused with Donnie "Led Pencil". We were going to try to hit one of the area lakes next week. Any way Bob one of these days we will hook up and do some serious fishing.

Awesome job! I'm going to try tomorrow morning. I've gone up there the past two saturdays and have gotten my limits (my first time ever trout fishing). They sure are good eatin' !

Thanks "Fast Mat" for the reply. You should do pretty good today. Lots of fish there. You are right. They are some great eating fish.

Good Deal!!

way to go

Thanks "Banderapass1" and "Looking for 25" for the replies. These winter time Rainbows are addicting.

Looks like Tuesday may be a good day to go and have the river to yourself!
I'm sure you might have at least one other fisherman there to compete with though!

Looks great, as always I've gotta ask about the food, how was "Granny D's"? Looks like my kind of place.

Thanks Jim and "Creek Rat" for the replies. Jim: Yes sir it is going to be a cold Tuesday morning. If there are any trout left they should be super active! I see that there are still a couple of stockings left for the San Antonio area. Millers Pond and Espada Park both have a stocking left in February.



"Creek Rat": If you are ever in the Canyon Lake Area Granny D's has the best home cooking food. They have one heck of a pancake. Breakfast,lunch,or dinner. It is all FANTASTIC. They are right on FM 306 just below the Canyon Dam. You can see the dam from their parking lot.

Good job! Sounds like a great day fishing. I was thinking about trying my hand at trout fishing for the first time. I'd like to catch my first one. I figure my ultra light gear would work? I thought almost that whole section of river was private. Is there some public places or are most of them secret spots where you have to know somebody that knows someone? Thanks alot. I'm definitely new to it.