Panfish .....

is the size of these here things for sure ...but the good news ...I ketched the Golden child ....LOL
kept my 5 limit even though I wanted to only ketch and release because a couple took it too deep ....super duper wore them down b4 work today on a lil short ultralite with 4 lb test ....lots of fun in a small package for sure .....probably managed about 50 of them in 2 hours and let 45 or so swim on .....
so them unlucky 5 will hit the stove tonight as I invited them to dinner .....
had to go ole school with a stick as I didn't even have a stringer or bucket ....:highfive

Private trout lake details please!!!

we have 2 sources that stock trout once the water here chills enough for them ....late Nov to early Dec until I think march ? that is the mighty trinity river in ft worth texas ....from what I understand they all come from your state ...crystal falls trout hatchery I think ? we get real large ones from the regional water district at over 20 inches in some cases one stocking or 2 and the rest are the small versions that the state folks stock all over the place all winter long .....kinda fun for a bit for the novice anglers and a lil fun for the others as well ...:ThumbsUp

Great!!!!! TEXAS is looking better ever day!!!!!!!!! Your pics are awesome!!!

Nice pictures! Would love to catch some Trout, not sure where I would start in Indiana.

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Nice pictures! Would love to catch some Trout, not sure where I would start in Indiana.

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I'm guessing you would need to check your local DNR, they should list places that would be stocked with trout providing Indiana has such a program.Here in Wv,we have a fish hatchery,they stock hundreds of lakes and streams from January through April.

We like to ketch them on the White River/little red.LOL .Pretty good smoked!! Make sure you get the dark streak off the backbone.They fight till the end.enjoyed the post and pic's thanks.

Nice

there's a bunch of idiots up here in Vermont who followed the stocking trucks and were takeing six at each location - a few phone calls took care of that!

They stock some of the rivers and a lot of the Fish and Wildlife ponds with them, I leave em alone for about 2 months until they get the liver taste out of them from the pellets they feed them at the hatchery. If they're stocking them that big it's gotta be costing them some serious money.

And Jackie is right - no matter when you catch them when you clean em get that red line out of them on the backbone, it's actually their kidney.

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there's a bunch of idiots up here in Vermont who followed the stocking trucks and were takeing six at each location ...

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I've seen similar stuff. It never ceases to amaze me how people will cheat just to catch a few fish.

Trout are all over the place in KY. And our KDFWR hatchery supplies stock fish for many places, including what are called FINs Lakes (Fishing In Neighborhoods Lakes). We have one in Lexington, about a mile from me, and I've taken a few from there. Some are tagged & money or pins are awarded for them ... I've received 4 pins, but no $$ :bash
Caught them on pieces of nightcrawler, Crappie Nibbles, and Chicken Liver :yikes .. yep, that's right, Chicken Liver (though I WAS actually fishing for Channel Cats, which are also stocked & some are tagged).

The KDFWR has had banner years of raising these stocker Rainbows ... so much so that they've even stocked our "Trophy Bass Lake" (Cedar Creek Lake). They say it's to offer more diversity in the limited species contained in this small lake ... but, I think it's just as much for fattening up the Bass, as it is for providing another fish for the anglers. Lake has a limit of 1Bass/day & 20" size limit. You do the math :Rofl

Congrats on the "ketch", Ketchn :HandsClapping

[QUOTE=Fatman;3340637]Nice

there's a bunch of idiots up here in Vermont who followed the stocking trucks and were takeing six at each location

later I will find the photos of the previous versions the Tarrant regional water district put in .....I managed some of them BIG trout ...around 20 inches on some
but the one thing for certain , they will never taste wild to me and I have been ketchn trout for 50 plus years all over the continental USA and in Alaska, the native brookies I managed as a kid in upstate Penna. were some of the tastiest at about 6 inches long and the dolly vardens on Kodiak island were rather tasty as well ....these here versions aint all that but they are ok for a lil change of pace .....and yes you got to get that deep red out off that backbone for sure .....
and I aint seen a trout yet that could fight like a rainbow in the Russian river either .....:cheers2