Stocker Trout Fishing News

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year as 2016 approaches this evening. Be safe and looking forward to another fun time fishing in 2016! To close out 2015, we posted our iFishRadio Happy New Year’s Eve Broadcast.  From one of our Readers, it was suggested we use YouTube as well as the PodCast format when we broadcast. Made sense to us, so both formats are available below:

Stopped by Bethany Lakes yesterday to check out things. Water level is up from the recent rains. Looked like the trout bite was slow; did see some folks fishing but no hook ups while we were there. Tried different spots to see if anything would take our fishing fly. Been liking the Two Weight Fly Rod we picked up from Cabelas the other day but only been able to fish with it once since getting it. As it turned out, this round the fly rod worked out well on the little Bluegill lurking near a culvert. Water was crystal clear! Ended up catching 10 or so Bluegill and one little Bass this round. Fun stuff!

Although we must keep our day jobs, we have been working on a magazine – “Stocker Trout Fishing”. We have had several starts and stops and made content changes here and there. We did finalize the cover and the content and are now working on completing it so we can make it available to our Readers. Here is a picture of the final cover. Will post an announcement once it is completed.

Rain and more rain has the Field Team indoors. No worries, let’s provide a few updates from this past week via our partners at iFishRadio!

Rain today, so took a break from Trout fishing and went shopping at Cabelas with our Gift Cards. Picked up a 2-Wt Fiberglass Fly Rod and a 2/3 Weight Echo Ion Fly Reel! Rain stopped briefly. so went Micro Fishing at Celebration Park’s North Pond. Caught Sunfish and Bluegill using a GRHEN and a Rainbow Warrior. Lots of fun on the ultralight fly rod. Been some time since we last fished with a fiberglass rod, but “like riding a bicycle” quickly got the feel for the rod, Fun stuff! Bream Getter Cabela's Fiberglass CGR Fly Rod Rooster Tail Inline Spinners Mepps Trout Kit

From the Field Team to our Readers, we would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! It has been a great year for the Team, we hope our Readers have enjoyed the same in 2015! As today is the day before Christmas, what better way to celebrate the Holidays then to go fishing! That said, we went fishing! NucLaroche arrived yesterday from Oklahoma. And, Fshng84 is always ready to go fishing. So, after work, the Team headed to Waterloo in Denison. We are still working on the video and will post it later… till then here is a picture of today’s catch and a brief message from the Field Team posted in the embedded player below! Update 12/25/25: Merry Christmas everyone! Here is the video of the action at Waterloo. We used a Five Weight Fly Rod and a Kiyotaki 18 Tanago Rod. Lots of fun catching them on the fly! Although most of the fish were caught with the Five Weight Fly Rod, we did get one Trout and two Bluegill using the Kiyotaki 18!    

Short on time this morning. Got a round in though at Bethany Lakes. Saw a few folks hooking up with Trout; however, for this fisherman, it was three strikes of which two were missed, and one that did not… only one Rainbow Trout this time!

Fished Bethany Lakes this morning in hopes of Trout. Much warmer day and was anticipating some good action. However, that was not the case. Ended up catching a Bass on an Olive Near Deere. Did have on Trout take a COAF Griffith’s Gnat but just could not set the hook in time. Having struck out on Trout and in need of a Trout Fishing “fix”, decided to head to Denison and fish Waterloo for Trout. Took a fishing buddy and in short order we limited out! One limit using Silver or Gold Super Dupers. Other limit using an Olive Near Deere! Not a bad day especially on a warm December day!

Fished the morning from 8AM to 10AM at the Bethany. Lost two on a Gold Super Duper, caught one on a Silver Super Duper, and two on a Gold Super Duper. No luck fly fishing and the bite seemed to slow around 9:00AM or so. Will post a video later. For now, here is a picture of one caught on a Gold Super Duper! Will work on another remote iFishRadio Broadcast, too! UPDATE 9PM Central: Today’s video is posted!  

Fished Bethany Lakes this morning. Tough go but did manage to catch a few; would have limited out but held out on keeping the last one in hopes of ending with a bigger one to make a limit. Turned out should have kept one more to make the five fish limit instead of releasing it. Oh well. Till next round! No time to work on the video but will get it posted as soon as able. For now, will embed the iFishRadio player and when we get a chance, will provide a broadcast that details more on today’s fishing at Bethany! The player should update with the next broadcast wherever we are at! UPDATE 8:30PM Central: Broadcast is posted! Working on the video. More to come! UPDATE 11:30PM Central: Video of this morning’s fishing action is posted!

Question from one of our Readers asking, “How do we clean and cook trout?” In answer to the question, we provide a summary of the different ways we clean and cook trout! Depending on the size of the trout, we clean and cook them as follows: Stocker size trout (9″-13″ in size) : We cut their heads or remove the gills (“gilling”), and then we remove the guts. Not sure why we opt to cut the head off versus “gilling” them; just seems to go one way or the other from trip to trip. When cooking the Stockers, we season them with salt and pepper (sometimes add Season Salt), and then pan fry them in oil for about 5-8 minutes each side. For larger trout in the 14″ – 18″ range: We clean them like the Stockers but will split the fish (butterfly). We then cook them on a cedar plank (see Grilled Plank Trout Recipe ). For trout going 19″+ in size: We gill them and remove the guts, leaving the head in place. Then, we stuff with lemon slices, onions, butter, and sprinkle Rosemary in the body cavity. Nex

Tackle Box is filled! Stopped by Cabelas after work today to re-stock the tackle box with ultralight lures that we like to use when fishing for Rainbow Trout – specifically, Kastmasters, Roostertails, and Super Dupers. Did not have all the sizes and colors we were looking for but did have the key ones we like to have at the ready when fishing a recently stocked pond! PS: Audio starts after about 15 seconds. Working on getting it corrected on YouTube, still processing as of 8:50 PM Central, 12/15/15.    

We continue to work through issues with the Spreaker’s Chat feature and the connectivity of iFishRadio. We believe we have identified a workaround for taking questions from Listeners and resolved the connectivity issue. We have embedded an audio player in this post which will allow you to listen to our broadcast from our website. If you have a question, please submit a comment using the Comments box of this post. Although the site is moderated, we will receive the comment and be able answer your question while on the air! For planning purposes, we would like to re-start the beta test at 10PM Central! Thanks again for your patience!  

Update: Thanks for joining us today. Appreciate everyone bearing with us; good to know that the Chat feature requires additional steps for Listeners to chat with us. Going forward, we will plan to find other means for Listeners to send in their questions! Looks like the test failed. We were disconnected at some point and did not find out until after the show! The Team is regrouping; thanks for your patience! Yesterday we tried interacting with our Readers using YouTube’s Live Stream feature. unfortunately, we had issues with our internet connection that precluded us from hosting a Q&A session. Today, we would like to invite our Readers to join us at iFishRadio for a beta test of a Question and Answer (Q&A) Session where we make use of Spreaker’s Chat function available only on live broadcasts. For planning purposes, we plan to host a live broadcast on iFishRadio at 8PM Central today. We are aware this is short notice and fully understand if Readers cannot make today’s Q&A

Looking over the year in review, 2015 has been a good year for the COAF Field Team. Of note are six fish of interest that were caught. Below are the videos we posted on YouTube of the fishing trips that resulted in a fish of interest! Do check them out as well as the iFishRadio Broadcast that talks of the Field Team’s Fish of Interest! Back in May  Fshng84 caught a three foot alligator gar while kayak fishing on Lake Texoma. Although foul hooked while trolling for Striped Bass, it still gave a good fight and was subsequently released to grow bigger! Then, in July, NucLaroche and Fshng84 caught a 33″ Catfish using juglines on Lake Lavon’s Bratonia Park. That same month, the Team headed to the coast and fished the Galveston Fishing Pier and the 61st Street Fishing Pier (also in Galveston). While fishing the 61st Street Fishing Pier, Fshng84 caught a 27-1/4″ Blacktip Shark! In October, on two consecutive trips to Beavers Bend State Park in Oklahoma, the Team was able to bring in a 20″ Rai

Burning the late night hours this evening, but finally broke away from the “day job”.  Still winding down so rather than going to bed, decided to make a few updates on our website. In particular is the re-launch of our online radio station at iFishRadio ! Previously, we used several media platforms to expand our ability to communicate with our Readers. Media platforms such as Podcasting using embedded players, an online radio station hosted on BlogTalkRadio, and more recently YouTube’s Live Streaming (currently in beta test). Yesterday, we re-launched our online radio station iFishRadio hosted on Spreaker! We are learning how to use the broadcast console but have been pleased with the features offered – specifically, Live Broadcasting with Chat capability Mobile Broadcasting allowing on the site reports Archiving and sharing functions Embedded Media Players Do stop by at iFishRadio periodically to listen to the latest broadcast!

Was able to find a break in the day for a quick trip to Sonic Pond. Tied several Olive Near Deere to re-stock the fly box; took one on this quick trip for a go at some Bass. Fished for about 30″ and caught and released three Bass. Good to see the Olive Near Deere worked! Really missing the Blue River to fish a few of these Near Deere! PS: Do check out our online radio station at iFishRadio !

Weekend outlook has the Field Team in limbo; rain is in the forecast so we may shift to other fishing related things like tying more fishing flies. We lost a number of fishing flies on our last fishing trip courtesy of the trees and some of the trout at Turner Falls! Regardless of the weather in our area, it looks like others are catching Trout to include our friend Steve in Australia! Here is his latest fishing report and pictures! I went fishing last Friday. Drove up to Marysville and fished the lake until it got light. Not much activity and only got a few plucks and following trout using two North Country Spiders ( Snipe and Purple and a Partridge and Orange ). Walked up the nearby Stevenson River and caught and released a small wild rainbow trout on the Snipe and Purple. After breakfast at the local bakery, I  drove to the nearby Acheron River where I picked up a nice wild Brown trout  about 10 inches on a floating Basin Hopper. Next , I drove to Warburton via the Acheron Way which

The Team’s attempt to test YouTube’s Live Streaming feature for interacting with our Readers! This round, if all goes well, we would like to detail our Blog Post titled, “Fly Line – Leader – Tippet Ring Connections….”    

Implementing a Podcast feature to our online radio station – iFishRadio.Today’s Podcast talks about: What’s been working for the Team – Near Deere and Tandem Rigs Recap Oklahoma Trout Fishing Trips Facebook – COAF Field Team Fishing Log 2015-2016 TPWD Texas Trout Stocking Schedule Echo Ion Fly Reel Do check it out when you get a chance! http://stockertroutfishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/20151208.mp3

Below is a video that recaps our trout fishing trips to Oklahoma starting with the trip in August to Beavers Bend State Park and ending with the trip to Turner Falls Park this past Saturday. Hope it is of interest to some of our Readers!

Decided to fish Turner Falls Park Saturday. It was a toss up between the Blue River, Turner Falls Park, and the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens. As we headed out early Saturday morning, made the decision to head to Oklahoma, so Athens was out. Then, while coming up on Highway 82 in Sherman, decided on Turner Falls instead of the Blue River. Made it to the Park around 8AM. Discovered the Main Entrance was closed due to ongoing construction. Sign at the Main Entrance directed us to enter using the Exit Gate. After paying for the Trout Fishing Permit that included the Park Entrance Fee, headed to the area where the Gate Attendant told us to go. We learned the area stocked with Trout was above the Waterfall instead of below it like last year as the Waterfall and a portion downriver from it is closed due to construction. The area above the Waterfall had lots of trees and brush that made it tough to fly fish at times, but there were open areas and breaks between trees that allowe

Weekend is looking nice but have a dilemma; can only fish one day of the weekend. Looks like the Blue River is clearing up and the Trout will likely be biting! But, Turner Falls is stocked too. Called the Park and they confirmed they have Trout. They mentioned that they stocked an area near the main campground instead of the Falls due to ongoing construction. Not sure where that area is but the Trout will likely be biting there as well. Finally, been itching to fish the Trout stocked at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens, Texas.  They stocked Trout there as well! Choices, choices, choices…. and only one day to make it happen!  

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Back to the daily grind with our day jobs. So no fishing. Did take a music break and posted songs that we like… no particular theme. Just if it sounded good, we posted it. May need to keep adding to the collection as new and old songs come to our ears! Follow COAF Field Team’s board Music We Like…! on Pinterest.