TROUT STOCKING, 2 Christmas comes early for freshwater 
anglers ... we have details on Passport to Texas.

This is Passport to Texas

If you're an angler who likes to eat what you catch, then 
now's the time to reel in a rainbow trout.

14 -- We stock them at a catchable and eatable size. They are 
good fighting fish; they're relatively easy to catch [and will take 
nearly any bait]. We usually stock them in smaller bodies of 
water, so they're a good fishing, catching opportunity and good 
eating opportunity as well.

Carl Kittle (kitl) is a program director for Inland Fisheries, 
and oversees winter trout stocking in Texas. Distribution 
began this month and continues through February 2015.

17 - We've been stocking [rainbow] trout around Texas for 
almost 40 years. One interesting note about trout is that we 
often say there are no established populations of trout in Texas, 
but actually, way out west in the Davis Mountains there's a 
small, tiny stream at high enough elevation that there is a 
reproducing population of rainbow trout.

It's just too hot in the rest of the state to sustain rainbow 
trout populations year round, and so we will stock 
approximately 290-thousand of the fish in about 140 
locations this year ... including urban areas. There's even 
a new site in Abilene at Grover-Nelson Park Pond

11 - And we have a special program; we actually stock 
somewhat larger trout in urban areas in our Neighborhood 
Fishin' Program. And that's something that you can specifically 
look for on our web page.

With the winter holidays here, it's is a great time go 
fishing with the kids. Find the stocking schedule and 
locations at the TPW website.

The Wildlife and sport fish restoration program supports 
our series and funds rainbow trout stocking in Texas ... 

For Texas Parks and Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti.

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