Limit in Garland! Went today from 11:00-3:00. It was foggy and misting and that made fishing slow until about 2:00, and then they turned on. Caught 5 on the good super duper and took them home for supper!

Fished the stocking at Hamilton Creek Park Lake in Burnet, Texas today. Got there about 30 minutes after fish were dropped. Water looked like chocolate milk. Visibility for the SDL was very poor. No strikes for the first 30 minutes or so. Switched to a small Roadrunner inline spinner. 11 inch rainbow on third cast after switching lures. Next fish was an 11 inch largemouth bass. Then caught 3 more rainbows in the 11 inch range. The Roadrunner was the ticket. It showed up much better in the water and the spinner blade produced good vibration to attract the fish. Not a banner day but I learned what works in off color water. I had a great time as always when fishing for rainbows! What say you Banker? What’s up. Site won’t let me add pictures today?!?!

Must have missed you. I was there also fishing with a friend of mine. We both limited out and released a bunch. Gold Super Dupers got the job done.

Sorry I missed you guys. I fished the water to the south of the road that runs through the park. (The side where the restrooms are located) I didn’t get a single strike on the gold SDL. Fewer folks where I was fishing. I released the rainbows I caught into another fisherman’s bucket. It was a party of 3 and none of them caught a single fish.

I was on the opposite end by second water spout. Was there when to trout were dumped. We only had two fish at 1:00pm when the bite picked up. We limited out in 30 minutes and released a bunch more. The water was muddy. According to one of the locals it had rained the day before.

For you guys who know what you’re doing, is it best fish the day it’s stocked/the next day or better after it’s settled for a few days?

Basically go when you can. The day of stocking can be epic! However! There are places I avoid on stocking day. I live in Georgetown but I avoid the 1st day at Blue Hole Park. Very crowded! Others I avoid on 1st day are: Palmetto State Park, Lampasas, Canyon Lake tail race. All the places are fishable but crowded.
Lots of places fish good for up to a week after stocking. When I can’t catch fish on lures I go someplace else. That’s just me. Some folks fish with bait only and do very well.
Places like Burnet, Harker Heights, Temple, and Copperas Cove are good on opening days. There is plenty of elbow room and access is easy.
Also, down size your tackle, lures, hooks etc. Good luck to ya!

Plus #1 on the above. I will add to have patients also. Sometimes it takes a couple of hours for the fish to start biting after they are dumped on the stocking day. At the Burnet stocking they dropped the fish at around 10am they did not bite until around 1:30pm. When they did start to bite me and my friend easily limited out. I fished the Live Oak Stocking and it took me about five hours to get my limit on the day of the stocking. I went back the next day and limited out in 40 minutes.

Great info Banker! You the man!

Plenty of trout both at the Canyon Trail-Race and Huaco Springs. Been catching limits with plenty of throw backs evetime out. Good bite from daylight till around 10am. Gold Super Duper Lures and Power Bait- Yellow are working good. Also seeing anglers having good results with White or Yellow Rooster Tails.

Love those "Tail Gate Parties"! Nice fish.


Side Note: Plenty of stockings throughout the state this month. Catch in on some great fishing!

Fished a hill country stocking and I was the only one there. Caught about 15 and kept 5. Power Bait, Yellow and Orange and the Gold Super Duper were the baits used.

Nice catches Banker! There are some size on those hill country trout. Keep it up!