Thread: TPWD stocking question

The state of Texas has no breeding or stocking program for crappie either black or white is what the Athens fish hatchery told me , they say the fish take care of themselves and I think the spot you are talking about probably has crappie in it already anyway .I Pretty much have not seen many spots without crappie in them in Texas myself and in most cases its a little park or private water body if there are not crappie in it best I can tell .
You could get some folks together though if it don't have crappie in it and do the stocking yourself if you can get permission from the county to do so , they don't cost much and proliferate super fast in fertile waters...that's my 2 cents on it ....

I dont think there is any crappie in this part. I have never caught any. Now further south down the Nueces around Crystal City and that area yes it has crappie in it. I have looked at the stocking list for TPWD and have seen where they have stocked crappie before.

I think many years ago they did .....you might check back in with TPW and ask , I just know some of my buds took 3 lb fish to them thinking they would breed them and that was not the case when I called and inquired about 2 years ago

But . . . . . says otherwise
https://tpwd.texas.gov/fishboat/fish...allwater.phtml

Originally Posted by Sarg

But . . . . . says otherwise
https://tpwd.texas.gov/fishboat/fish...allwater.phtml

If you look under Reports by Species it doesn't show any crappie!

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Originally Posted by skiptomylu

If you look under Reports by Species it doesn't show any crappie!

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Choke canyon shows some but it was many yrs ago

many many moons ago some waters got stocked with them best I can tell ya .....but I heard tell when lake nano ichy whatever filled up it was up to the local game wardens and friends that had to go ketch crappie elsewhere to stock it a few years back .....and THEN that's all I know about that ....LOL

Depends on what lake(s) you look at
Plenty of small lakes show records of crappie stocking back to 1996
Many more will be updated here soon as the restocking of many lakes that dried up are now back to full/near full
Some lakes lost everything

Originally Posted by skiptomylu

If you look under Reports by Species it doesn't show any crappie!

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