TROUT STOCKING2: The wait for trout is over ... we'll 
explain on Passport to Texas ... 
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Passport to Texas ... from Texas Parks and Wildlife

Anglers looking for a unique winter fishing opportunity 
never have to leave the state. Every year from December 
through mid-march, Texas Parks and Wildlife's Inland 
Fisheries Division stocks community fishing lakes with 
eight to ten inch rainbow trout.

They are a very good sporting fish and certainly they're good 
table fare. :04

Todd Engeling coordinates the rainbow trout stocking 
program for Texas Parks and Wildlife. This year Inland 
Fisheries will stock approximately 270-thousand of these 
prized fish.

Our district biologists that are scattered around the state make 
a determination about where the fish go. Over time, they've 
looked at places where they get the most utilization. Those 
places where a lot of people like to go fish for them. They get 
the fish, and they get the most fish. In short, those sites that 
have more people fishing for them, get more fish stocked in 
them and get stocked more often. :19

Rainbow trout are great for kids and beginning anglers. 
Because they'll bite on nearly anything, you can use 
almost any kind of tackle and bait.

Ranging from the most sophisticated fly type applications to 
light weight tackle with small spinner baits, and even to fishing 
using a bobber with a variety of different baits. Including just 
common whole kernel corn. :13 

Find the trout stocking schedule on the Texas Parks and 
Wildlife web site.

That's our show ... Made Possible by the Sport Fish And 
Wildlife Restoration Program ... For Texas Parks and 
Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti.