| If you like fishing you will like the different fish you | | | | with fast flowing water and a deep pool you will find |
| can catch in Texas. Cutthroat, rainbow trout, lake | | | | trout here.The Crappie fish is a member of the |
| trout, and brown trout can be caught in different | | | | sunfish family. Depending where they are found will |
| locations in TexasThe brown trout are considered | | | | depend on their names. Paper mouth , goggleye, |
| the be the hardest to catch. There survival is | | | | bridge perch and speckled perch just to mention a |
| attached to pure cold water. This trout is very | | | | few.The black crappie is darker species and has 7 to |
| sensitive to water temperature changes. If the | | | | 8 dorsal spines you will also find some with spotted |
| water temperature goes up by a few degrees the | | | | sides. Normally they will be found in deeper water in |
| trout will die off, or move to a different location.The | | | | the northern states.The white crappie has 6 dorsal |
| rainbow trout are not affected as much by the | | | | spines and is light in color. There are eight or nine |
| water temperature changes should the water clarity | | | | vertical bands found on its sides. Normally they can |
| get bad due to silt the fish will move out to the | | | | grow over the five pound mark. Crappie are school |
| mouths of any stream with clear water This pink | | | | fish that like quite waters. You can catch them by still |
| fleshy trout is the favorite with trout fishermen.It | | | | fishing casting , trolling, or drift fishing.Use live baits or |
| feeds on small flies but can be tempted to strike | | | | a jig or a small crappie lure would be the best. If you |
| small lures and other baits. This fish will remain in the | | | | find cover such as brush, stumps, in the area you are |
| shallow water till it reaches about 9 inches then it will | | | | fishing. The best time to fish is at sunset for they will |
| head out to the lakes or ocean.Once the trout have | | | | be on the surface.As the sun rises and the rays |
| fattened up it will return to the streams from which | | | | strikes the surface of the water the fish will normally |
| they came. The fish are now called Steel head trout. | | | | dive down to 5 to 10 ft mark. Depending on the |
| If fishing for the Steel head trout you would use | | | | clarity of the water which will also determine the |
| spoons rather than baits or flies. Use the current to | | | | depth they dive to. Normally they will return to the |
| you advantage and cast up stream and reel in at you | | | | deeper water after sun set.With all the different |
| regular speed being careful not to snag up as you | | | | types of fish in Texas and along the coast of Texas |
| reel in.You will find brook trout in clear clean water | | | | you will find that you can spend as much of your |
| Their food source is small insects and mollusks. | | | | time catch different fish from trout to crappie. Every |
| Sometimes they will take smaller fish or flies. You can | | | | stream pond lake or shore line can be a spot to |
| get them to hit on a small lure if it is presented along | | | | catch many different fish.If you do not fish while in |
| the edge of the faster slowing water. You will find | | | | Texas you will be missing out on a experience that |
| brook trout on the gravel beds of fast flowing | | | | will be hard to beat any where else. Most locals will |
| water.They like waterfalls and large pools of water | | | | tell you what is hot and which baits to use. You will |
| with a fast current on the out side of the pool. The | | | | be able to rent the gear if you do not have any with |
| fish tend to hang around between the current and | | | | you from the local tackle shop. |
| the calmer water. If you find along a long the banks | | | | |