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Go Fishing
December 4, 2008Okay anglers... here's a tip for you in case you didn't see the newspaper today. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Fisheries Dept. has stocked Plum Lake on Sheppard Access Road with rainbow trout.
And not little rainbows either... these are pretty good sized ones I've gotta say. The proof is in the photo...
More Photos after the break....
That's more than frying pan size if you ask me. I wanted to just put that one in a sack and take it home for lunch.
Yesterday was the first of nine stockings this winter at Plum Lake... so there will be plenty to go around. They told me there is a 5-per day per person limit, but you don't need that special trout license like you have in year's past. Anybody 17-yrs or older will need a regular fishing license, but the kiddos are free.
Take the kids... rainbows will give them quite a thrill on the hook. They don't like to be caught and will fight, flip and flop to the bitter end. I know I'm going to have to dust off the rod/reel and get out there and brave the cold and wind. I mean... right now that's probably not going to happen, it's to freaking cold out there.
But I hear that ice fishing is a popular past time in the northern states, I've never tried it before, but if there is sitting down, drinking beverages and watching a bobber... I'll do it.
Honestly, the rainbows interest me a heck of a lot more than the standard catfish stocking. My good neighbor gives me frozen bag fulls of catfish already skinned and boned. I've got catfish out the wazoo... and trying to find more and more recipes for it.... but trout. Give me a trout fillet any day of the week.
Ready....set....fish.
Posted by Jason Palmer at 11:12 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)
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Good info, Jason.
Let's get those kiddo's out there!
i have a fantastic catfish piccatta recipe. you should bring some the next time you come north....
