Rainbow Trout Stocking

The trout stocking schedule for the 2020-2021 season will be posted here in mid-November. Each winter from December through early March, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department stocks rainbow trout in more than 100 locations across Texas. The hatchery-reared trout are 9 to 12 inches long and create a put-and-take fishery: we expect that most will be caught within a few weeks after being stocked. In spring and summer, most Texas waters are too warm to provide suitable habitat for rainbow trout.

See locations stocked last winter.

For further information:

AEW (A.E. Wood Fish Hatchery): 512-353-0572
ETFH (East Texas State Fish Hatchery): 409-698-2052
PK (Possum Kingdom Fish Hatchery): 940-779-2301
TFFC (Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center): 903-676-2277
TPWD Inland Fisheries, Austin: 1-512-389-4444