2012-2013 Trout Stocking Schedule
- Stocking dates are subject to change. For last-minute updates, contact the hatchery that is stocking your location. Phone numbers for hatcheries are listed at the bottom of this page.
- Neighborhood Fishin' ponds (marked with * ) will be stocked every two weeks throughout the season.
- Statewide Regulations:
- No Minimum Length Limit; Daily Bag = 5 trout
- An angler fishing in a Community Fishing Lake (CFL) or from dock, pier or jetty within a Texas State Park may use no more than two poles.
- Trout anglers will need the $5 Freshwater Fishing Stamp, which is included in all freshwater license packages. Anglers under 17 years of age are not required to have a license and don't need to purchase a stamp. More about fishing licenses and stamps.
- Licenses and stamps are not required when fishing within a Texas State Park.
- If you've never been trout fishing, here are some how-to tips.
Sorted by Stocking Location | City | County
| Stocking Location | City | Total | Dates | Hatchery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ablon Park Pond [Directions] | Garland | 2,860 | Jan 3 2013, Feb 21 2013 | TFFC |
| American Legion Park Pond [Directions] | Missouri City | 2,000 | Jan 3 2013 | ETFH |
| Arena Park Pond [Directions] | Marshall | 2,000 | Dec 19 2012, Feb 17 2013 | TFFC |
| Ascarate [Directions] | El Paso | 6,000 | Dec 12 2012, Jan 9 2013, Feb 26 2013 | AEW |
| Bandera City Park Lake [Directions] | Bandera | 1,000 | Dec 9 2012 | AEW |
| Bane Park Lake [Directions] | Houston | 2,000 | Jan 18 2013 | ETFH |
| Bates Allen Park 2 [Directions] | Rosenberg | 875 | Jan 9 2013 | ETFH |
| Beal Park Lake | Midland | 575 | Jan 9 2013 | PK |
| Bear Creek Park [Directions] | Keller | 3,100 | Jan 20 2013, Feb 24 2013 | PK |
| Bethany Park Pond C [Directions] | Allen | 1,700 | Dec 4 2012 | TFFC |
| Blanco State Park #4 [Directions] | Blanco | 4,000 | Dec 7 2012, Dec 28 2012, Jan 18 2013, Feb 15 2013 | AEW |
| Blue Hole Park Lake [Directions] | Georgetown | 1,250 | Jan 11 2013 | AEW |
| Blue Ridge Park Pond [Directions] | Missouri City | 500 | Jan 9 2013 | ETFH |
| Bob Sandlin State Park [Directions] | Mt. Pleasant | 2,700 | Dec 20 2012, Jan 27 2013, Feb 22 2013 | TFFC |
| Brackenridge Park [Directions] | San Antonio | 1,850 | Jan 8 2013, Feb 13 2013 | AEW |
| Breshears Lake | Levelland | 750 | Dec 5 2012 | PK |
| Buena Vista Park Lake * [Directions] | Waco | 1,896 | Nov 30 2012 and continuing every two weeks until March | AEW |
| Buescher State Park [Directions] | Smithville | 2,000 | Dec 21 2012, Jan 22 2013 | AEW |
| Bullfrog Pond * [Directions] | Austin | 896 | Nov 30 2012 and continuing every two weeks until March | AEW |
| Burke-Crenshaw Lake [Directions] | Pasadena | 500 | Jan 17 2013 | ETFH |
| Burroughs Park [Directions] | Conroe | 2,000 | Jan 18 2013 | ETFH |
| C. J. Kelly Park Pond | Midland | 1,725 | Dec 11 2012, Jan 9 2013 | PK |
| Canyon Southeast Park Lake [Directions] | Canyon | 1,350 | Dec 6 2012 | PK |
| Canyon Tailrace [Directions] | New Braunfels | 20,997 | Dec 7 2012, Dec 14 2012, Dec 21 2012, Dec 28 2012, Jan 4 2013, Jan 11 2013, Jan 18 2013, Jan 25 2013 | AEW |
| Carl Barton Jr. Park Pond [Directions] | Conroe | 2,000 | Jan 10 2013 | ETFH |
| Caudle | Hale Center | 1,350 | Dec 5 2012 | PK |
| Cedar Hill State Park Perch Pond [Directions] | Cedar Hill | 1,200 | Jan 8 2013 | TFFC |
| Centennial Park Lake [Directions] | Friendswood | 500 | Feb 7 2013 | ETFH |
| Central Park Pond #1 * [Directions] | College Station | 1,792 | Nov 30 2012 and continuing every two weeks until March | AEW |
| Claiborne West Park [Directions] | Beaumont | 1,000 | Jan 9 2013, Feb 7 2013 | ETFH |
| Cleburne-Hulen Park [Directions] | Cleburne | 1,800 | Dec 12 2012, Jan 17 2013 | AEW |
| Comanche Trails Park | Odessa | 6,000 | Dec 18 2012, Jan 15 2013, Feb 10 2013 | PK |
| Comanche Trails [Directions] | Big Spring | 5,000 | Dec 11 2012, Jan 17 2013, Feb 6 2013 | PK |
| Community Park Pond [Directions] | Prosper | 3,550 | Feb 10 2013 | TFFC |
| Copperas Cove City [Directions] | Copperas Cove | 1,400 | Feb 24 2013 | AEW |
| Crane County Pond | Crane | 750 | Jan 8 2013 | PK |
| Dimmit City Lake | Dimmit | 500 | Jan 14 2013 | PK |
| Doornbos Park | Nederland | 500 | Feb 17 2013 | ETFH |
| Eisenhower Park Pond [Directions] | Houston | 2,000 | Jan 4 2013 | ETFH |
| Elder Lake [Directions] | Kilgore | 3,000 | Dec 20 2012 | TFFC |
| Eldridge Park Pond [Directions] | Sugar Land | 500 | Jan 30 2013 | ETFH |
| Elm Creek Buffalo Wallow [Directions] | Abilene | 476 | Dec 12 2012 | PK |
| Faulkner Park Lake [Directions] | Tyler | 2,130 | Dec 13 2012 | TFFC |
| First Capitol Park Pond [Directions] | West Columbia | 500 | Dec 20 2012 | ETFH |
| Fort Boggy State Park [Directions] | Centerville | 1,000 | Jan 22 2013 | ETFH |
| Fort Richardson State Park [Directions] | Jacksboro | 2,930 | Dec 4 2012, Dec 16 2012, Jan 13 2013, Feb 17 2013 | PK |
| Frisco Commons Pond [Directions] | Frisco | 3,150 | Feb 10 2013 | TFFC |
| Garner State Park (Frio River) [Directions] | Leakey | 2,200 | Jan 2 2013, Jan 23 2013 | AEW |
| Glen Rose Town Lake [Directions] | Glen Rose | 2,000 | Dec 5 2012, Jan 3 2013 | PK |
| Greenbriar Park * [Directions] | Fort Worth | 1,896 | Nov 29 2012 and continuing every two weeks until March | TFFC |
| Guadalupe River | See Canyon Tailrace | |||
| Harlingen Sports Complex [Directions] | Harlingen | 1,000 | Jan 31 2013 | AEW |
| Heritage Park Lake [Directions] | Mt. Pleasant | 1,000 | Dec 19 2012 | TFFC |
| Herman Brown Park Pond | Houston | 500 | Feb 6 2013 | ETFH |
| Hubbard City #2 | Hubbard | 500 | Dec 20 2012 | TFFC |
| Hurst Chisholm Park * [Directions] | Hurst | 1,896 | Nov 29 2012 and continuing every two weeks until March | TFFC |
| Jasper City Park Pond [Directions] | Jasper | 1,800 | Jan 21 2013 | ETFH |
| Javalina Draw [Directions] | San Angelo | 800 | Dec 3 2012, Feb 7 2013 | PK |
| Johnson Branch 2 [Directions] | Sanger | 1,000 | Dec 16 2012 | TFFC |
| Keneteso Pond [Directions] | Gainesville | 3,250 | Jan 13 2013 | TFFC |
| Kennedale City Park [Directions] | Kennedale | 1,700 | Jan 16 2013 | TFFC |
| Kidd Springs Park [Directions] | Dallas | 3,500 | Jan 29 2013 | TFFC |
| Kitty Hollow Lake [Directions] | Missouri City | 875 | Jan 9 2013 | ETFH |
| L.B.J. State Park | Fredericksburg | 533 | Dec 14 2012 | AEW |
| LNVA Barrier Pond [Directions] | Beaumont | 4,000 | Dec 18 2012, Jan 16 2013 | ETFH |
| Lake Corpus Christi [Directions] | Mathis | 1,375 | Jan 27 2013 | AEW |
| Lakeside Park * [Directions] | Duncanville | 1,896 | Nov 29 2012 and continuing every two weeks until March | TFFC |
| Lakeside Park Pond | Nacogdoches | 769 | Jan 28 2013 | ETFH |
| Lamesa 9th Street Park Lake [Directions] | Lamesa | 4,500 | Dec 4 2012, Feb 6 2013 | PK |
| Landmark Inn State Historic Site [Directions] | Castroville | 1,000 | Jan 27 2013 | AEW |
| Lewisville Tailrace (Elm Fork Trinity River) [Directions] | Lewisville | 4,106 | Dec 14 2012, Jan 11 2013, Mar 1 2013 | TFFC |
| Live Oak City [Directions] | San Antonio | 400 | Dec 8 2012 | AEW |
| Llano River (Grenwelge Park) | Llano | 800 | Jan 15 2013 | AEW |
| Lobo Lake | Levelland | 750 | Dec 5 2012 | PK |
| Lost Maples State Park - Lower [Directions] | Vanderpool | 300 | Jan 15 2013 | AEW |
| Louise Hays Park [Directions] | Kerrville | 2,200 | Dec 11 2012 | AEW |
| Magnolia Ridge Pond | Woodville | 1,800 | Dec 12 2012 | ETFH |
| Mary Jo Peckham Park * [Directions] | Houston | 3,160 | Nov 30 2012 and continuing every two weeks until March | ETFH |
| Medical Center South * [Directions] | Amarillo | 4,424 | Nov 29 2012 and continuing every two weeks until March | PK |
| Meridian State Park [Directions] | Meridian | 2,000 | Jan 9 2013 | AEW |
| Mesquite City Lake * [Directions] | Mesquite | 3,160 | Nov 29 2012 and continuing every two weeks until March | TFFC |
| Mike Lewis Park [Directions] | Grand Prairie | 3,300 | Feb 7 2013, Mar 3 2013 | PK |
| Miller Park Pond | Temple | 900 | Dec 12 2012 | AEW |
| Miller's Pond * [Directions] | San Antonio | 3,792 | Nov 30 2012 and continuing every two weeks until March | AEW |
| Mission Tejas State Park | Crockett | 500 | Dec 20 2012 | ETFH |
| Monahans Perch Pond [Directions] | Monahans | 1,500 | Dec 5 2012, Jan 8 2013 | PK |
| Nelson Park | Abilene | 1,500 | Dec 12 2012 | PK |
| New Horseshoe [Directions] | Rosenberg | 2,000 | Jan 8 2013 | ETFH |
| Nolan Creek [Directions] | Belton | 2,000 | Jan 4 2013, Feb 16 2013 | AEW |
| Northwest Park Pond [Directions] | Irving | 2,500 | Jan 2 2013, Feb 3 2013 | TFFC |
| Oakes Street * [Directions] | San Angelo | 2,656 | Nov 29 2012 and continuing every two weeks until March | PK |
| Pair-a-Trees Pond [Directions] | Wills Point | 500 | Feb 24 2013 | TFFC |
| Palmetto State Park [Directions] | Luling | 574 | Jan 13 2013 | AEW |
| Pampa City [Directions] | Pampa City | 2,066 | Dec 6 2012, Feb 21 2013 | PK |
| Pena Colorado | Marathon | 500 | Dec 19 2012 | PK |
| Penick Park Pond | White Oak | 1,000 | Dec 20 2012, Jan 23 2013 | TFFC |
| Pittsburg City Lake [Directions] | Pittsburg | 2,000 | Dec 20 2012, Feb 24 2013 | TFFC |
| Plum Lake [Directions] | Wichita Falls | 795 | Mar 3 2013 | PK |
| Possum Kingdom Tailrace [Directions] | Graford | 9,000 | Dec 6 2012, Dec 20 2012, Jan 3 2013, Jan 23 2013, Feb 13 2013 | PK |
| Resoft Park Lake [Directions] | Alvin | 500 | Dec 6 2012 | AEW |
| Richards Park - Upper [Directions] | Brady | 1,084 | Dec 19 2012 | PK |
| Rita Blanca Kids Fishing Pond [Directions] | Dalhart | 3,160 | Dec 11 2012, Feb 12 2013 | PK |
| River Park (Clear Fork Trinity River) [Directions] | Fort Worth | 2,700 | Jan 3 2013 | PK |
| Rose Park [Directions] | Mansfield | 1,200 | Dec 5 2012 | PK |
| San Gabriel Park [Directions] | Georgetown | 1,250 | Dec 8 2012 | AEW |
| Seabourne Creek Park | Rosenberg | 1,200 | Feb 24 2013 | ETFH |
| Sheldon State Park Children's #1 | Houston | 1,000 | Jan 8 2013 | ETFH |
| South Lakes Park Pond * [Directions] | Denton | 2,400 | Nov 29 2012 and continuing every two weeks until March | TFFC |
| South Llano River State Park [Directions] | Junction | 1,878 | Dec 11 2012, Jan 30 2013 | AEW |
| South Weeks * [Directions] | Wichita Falls | 896 | Nov 29 2012 and continuing every two weeks until March | PK |
| Southside Lions Park * [Directions] | San Antonio | 4,744 | Nov 30 2012 and continuing every two weeks until March | AEW |
| Spring Lake Park [Directions] | Texarkana | 4,150 | Dec 19 2012, Jan 24 2013 | TFFC |
| Springfield [Directions] | Mexia | 1,000 | Jan 27 2013 | AEW |
| Sulphur Springs City Park [Directions] | Sulphur Springs | 1,500 | Feb 3 2013 | TFFC |
| TFFC Casting Pond (Lake Zebco 2) [Directions] | Athens | 5,000 | Nov 30 2012 | TFFC |
| Teague Park [Directions] | Longview | 2,500 | Feb 10 2013 | TFFC |
| Theo (Caprock Canyon) [Directions] | Amarillo | 2,000 | Dec 17 2012, Feb 5 2013 | PK |
| Tom Bass I * [Directions] | Houston | 896 | Nov 30 2012 and continuing every two weeks until March | ETFH |
| Tom Bass III [Directions] | Houston | 1,778 | Jan 3 2013 | ETFH |
| Towne Lake [Directions] | McKinney | 4,020 | Feb 24 2013 | TFFC |
| Trinity Park (Clear Fork Trinity River) [Directions] | Fort Worth | 2,700 | Jan 2 2013 | PK |
| Two - Acre Lake [Directions] | Canton | 2,852 | Feb 10 2013 | TFFC |
| Tyler Nature Center [Directions] | Tyler | 2,000 | Call for Special Event dates and times (1-903-566-1615) | TFFC |
| Tyler State Park [Directions] | Tyler | 4,000 | Dec 6 2012, Feb 6 2013 | TFFC |
| Utopia Park Lake [Directions] | Utopia | 750 | Feb 12 2013 | AEW |
| WM Brook Park | Lampasas | 500 | Dec 2 2012 | AEW |
| Waldron Park | Corpus Christi | 500 | Jan 22 2013 | AEW |
| Waterloo Park Pond [Directions] | Denison | 6,800 | Dec 14 2012, Jan 6 2013, Jan 20 2013, Feb 10 2013 | TFFC |
| West Guth Park | Corpus Christi | 500 | Jan 23 2013 | AEW |
| Woldert Park Pond [Directions] | Tyler | 1,500 | Dec 13 2012 | TFFC |
| Wyatt Pond [Directions] | Mineola | 750 | Feb 3 2013 | TFFC |
| Total to be Stocked | 273,433 | |||