Each winter starting in November Texas Parks and Wildlife Department begins stocking rainbow trout in about 100 locations from five different hatcheries around the state. They stock upwards of 300,000 fish that are ready to eat into ponds and streams mostly located in cities. The program is funded by anglers who purchase freshwater trout stamps and fishing license. This is the only chance for a lot of Texas anglers to ever catch a rainbow trout. These fish are fairly easy to catch and are …
Christmas Stripers
Deer season has been pretty slow for me outside of the whitetail cull hunt but to be fair I haven't spent as much time in the woods as I normally do. The weather has been very very warm and I've been having good luck on the water so most available days have been spent fishing. Christmas week was calling for a very cold northern to blow in bringing temps down into the teens so Mary Ann decided to get in one last fishing trip before "winter". She doesnt do cold well at all so we thought this …
Capital Carpin’ and Cruiser Camping
Since the weather decided once again that winter could wait a few more months I've been doing a lot more fishing. I love to bow hunt but I just can't get into it when it's 90 degreees and mosquitos the size of chickens are doing dive bombing runs on my face. I had reserved a campsite for Emma Long Park in Austin, the capital of the greatest state in the Union, ok in the world. I love the rest of the states too so don't get mad non Texans but it's different here at home. Anyway the plan was …
