Winter Trout Stockings 2012/2013

[Travis C.]

Tentative Winter Trout Stocking Dates 2012/2013

(Dates are subject to change, so check back often)

November, 2012
30 - J. Percy Priest Tailwater (Nashville)

December, 2012 4 - Sulphur Fork Creek (Springfield)
4 - Shelby Bottoms Park (Nashville)
5 - West Fork Stones River (Murfreesboro)
6 - Lafayette Pond (Lafayette)
6 - Marrowbone Lake (Joelton)
7 - Lake Graham (Jackson)
7 - Nice's Mill (Smyrna)
11 - Cameron Brown Lake (Germantown)
11- Edmund-Orgill Park (Millington)
11 - Shelby Farms (Memphis)
11 - Johnson Park Lake (Collierville)
12 - Martin City Pond (Martin)
12 - Union City Reelfoot Packing Site (Union City)
12 - Paris City Park (Paris)
12 - McKenzie City Park (McKenzie)
12 - Stone Bridge Park (Fayetteville)
12 - Billy Dunlop Park (Clarksville)
12 - Cane Creek Park Lake (Cookeville)
13 - Davies Plantation and Yale Road Park (Bartlett)
13 - Munford City Park (Munford)
13 - Kingston Springs Park (Kingston Springs)
13 - J.D. Buckner Park (Dickson)
14 - Harpeth River (Franklin)
14 - McCutcheon Creek (Spring Hill)

January, 2013
3 - Lake Junior (Chattanooga) *Fishing allowed on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays - daylight hours only -January 1 through April 30.
4 - East Fork Shoal Creek (Lawrenceburg)
4 - J. Percy Priest Tailwater (Nashville)
4 - Oneida City Park (Oneida)
10 - Lake Graham (Jackson)
10 - Athens Rec. Paark (Athens)
11 - Nice's Mill (Smyrna)
15 - Cameron Brown Lake (Germantown)
15 - Edmund-Orgill Park (Millingting)
15 - Shelby Farms (Memphis)
15 - Johnson Park Lake (Collierville)
16 - McKenzie City Park (Mckenzie)
16 - Martin City Pond (Martin)
16 - Union City - Reelfoot Packing Site (Union City)
16 - Paris City Park (Paris)
17 - Munford City Park Pond (Munford)
17 - Davies Plantation and Yale Road Park (Bartlett)
17 - Big Rock Greenway (Lewisburg)
18 - Duck River at Fisherman's Paark (Shelbyville)
18 - Duck River at Riverside Dam (Columbia)
22 - Cowan City Park (Cowan)
23 - Cane Creek Park (Cookeville)
24 - Shelby Bottoms Park (Nashville)
25 - McCutcheon Creek (Spring Hill)
25 - Harpeth River (Franklin)
31 - Lafayette Pond (Lafayette)

February, 2013
1 - West Fork Stones River (Murfreesboro)
1 - J. Percy Priest Tailwater (Nashville)
6 - Sulphur Fork Creek (Springfield)
7- Billy Dunlop Park (Clarksville)
7 - Stone Bridge Park Pond (Fayetteville)
8 - Nice's Mill - West Fork of the Stones River (Smyrna)
13 - Lake Junior (Chattanooga)*


*Fishing allowed on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays - daylight hours only - January 1 through April 30. 14 - Pickett Lake at Pickett State Park (Jamestown)
14 - J.D. Buckner Park (Dickson)
14 - Kingston Springs Park (Kingston Springs)
15 - Marrowbone Lake (Joelton)
21 - Cowan City Park (Cowan)
22 - McCutcheon Creek (Spring Hill)
22 - Harpeth River (Franklin)
28 - Big Rock Greenway (Lewisburg)

March, 2013
1 - J. Percy Priest Tailwater (Nashville)
6 - Sulfur Fork Creek (Springfield)
8 - Nice's Mill (Smyrna)
13 - East Fork Shoal Creek (Lawrenceburg)
15 - Duck River at Riverside Dam (Columbia)
21 - Shelby Bottoms Park (Nashville)
21 - Cowan City Park (Cowan)
22 - McCutcheon Creek (Spring Hill)
22 - Harpeth River (Franklin)

[Alphahawk]

They will no longer stock VFW Lake. I hate that. It was a lot of fun down there getting onto stocker trout and Gills getting ready to bed.


Regards

[Travis C.]

I wish they'd stock somewhere closer to Hendersonville. While Springfield is about the same distance from me, people that live in Hendersonville or Gallatin get screwed over. They have to drive over Old Hickory, around it or all the way to Springfield for the winter stocking program.

Based on census data they have the population to warrant it. Especially over a lot of other areas that do get stockings.

[Alphahawk]

Originally Posted by Travis C.

I wish they'd stock somewhere closer to Hendersonville. While Springfield is about the same distance from me, people that live in Hendersonville or Gallatin get screwed over. They have to drive over Old Hickory, around it or all the way to Springfield for the winter stocking program.

Based on census data they have the population to warrant it. Especially over a lot of other areas that do get stockings.

Yeah....it is my understanding that the capacity is only so many trout. I may be mistaken but I think the VFW trout went to Big Rock Creek Walkway in Lewisburg. There has been a move on to get trout in Marshall County and I guess the thinking was that since they put trout into the Little Buffalo they could take them away from VFW. Not many fish for trout in the Little Buffalo. Oh well....I am just glad they put them somewhere but I understand what you mean.


Regards

[nomad60]

Question; how big are these stocker trout? I see they have 2 dates for Clarksville again. I gave it a shot last year but had no luck but then I was using an inline spinner and the current was super super strong.

[Alphahawk]

Originally Posted by nomad60

Question; how big are these stocker trout? I see they have 2 dates for Clarksville again. I gave it a shot last year but had no luck but then I was using an inline spinner and the current was super super strong.

Depends on what hatchery they stock from....and the body of water. At McCutcheon Creek in Spring Hill they stock bigger fish than say at Normandy. Many of them will hit the 13 inch mark. Most stockers are from 6 to 10 inches or so. But in all stocking locations they will put a few that can go as big as 18 inches....but not many of those. People that catch those size fish get the mistaken notion that the trout can carry over at that location....they just don't know the hatchery puts a few big ones in each time they stock.

Regards

[Travis C.]

Originally Posted by Alphahawk

People that catch those size fish get the mistaken notion that the trout can carry over at that location....they just don't know the hatchery puts a few big ones in each time they stock.

Regards

The only place I know of that the winter stocking fish have held over is at Marrowbone Lake. There have been 5-6lb rainbows caught there in summer around the springs that feed the lake.

It has always been a wonder how big and how long they may have lived in the lake since it's been stocked from day one of the program.

[Alphahawk]

Originally Posted by Travis C.

The only place I know of that the winter stocking fish have held over is at Marrowbone Lake. There have been 5-6lb rainbows caught there in summer around the springs that feed the lake.

It has always been a wonder how big and how long they may have lived in the lake since it's been stocked from day one of the program.

Yeah Marrowbone is the exception. Have only fished it a few times but I had heard it was full of cold springs.

Regards

[nomad60]

Originally Posted by Alphahawk

Depends on what hatchery they stock from....and the body of water. At McCutcheon Creek in Spring Hill they stock bigger fish than say at Normandy. Many of them will hit the 13 inch mark. Most stockers are from 6 to 10 inches or so. But in all stocking locations they will put a few that can go as big as 18 inches....but not many of those. People that catch those size fish get the mistaken notion that the trout can carry over at that location....they just don't know the hatchery puts a few big ones in each time they stock.

Regards

Thanks, Alpha.

[blink]

I hate to hijack this thread, but since they stock trout in Marrowbone, does it contain some trout-eating LM bass? I have not found much about this place, but i know that the trout containing lakes in GA have some huge bass in them.

[Transplanted Sportsman]

Originally Posted by Alphahawk

Yeah....it is my understanding that the capacity is only so many trout. I may be mistaken but I think the VFW trout went to Big Rock Creek Walkway in Lewisburg. There has been a move on to get trout in Marshall County and I guess the thinking was that since they put trout into the Little Buffalo they could take them away from VFW. Not many fish for trout in the Little Buffalo. Oh well....I am just glad they put them somewhere but I understand what you mean.


Regards

I know what you mean Alpha, they used to stock trout Jan, Feb and March here in Shelbyville now we are down to one stocking at a very small place with limited access, i guess if i want to catch some of these stockers I will have to go below Normandy or to Cortner Mill, but have to wait later in the year for them to start stocking these locations, I have not done that in a while but this time I will be armed with a good supply of TM's

[Alphahawk]

Originally Posted by Transplanted Sportsman

I know what you mean Alpha, they used to stock trout Jan, Feb and March here in Shelbyville now we are down to one stocking at a very small place with limited access, i guess if i want to catch some of these stockers I will have to go below Normandy or to Cortner Mill, but have to wait later in the year for them to start stocking these locations, I have not done that in a while but this time I will be armed with a good supply of TM's

The trout are already below Cortners Mill. My two sons were there last week and had a good day catching them and some Black Perch.


Regards

[MNfisher]

Watching people catch then in Shelby lake as I mulch leaves! Ha

[Fishbus]

Tried on the West Fork Stones last night. Few bites but nothing landed. We were fishing a mile or two downstream from the stock point, so they might not have made it there in numbers yet.

[Travis C.]

Went to Springfield today with the little one. I caught a limit in about 2 hrs maybe little less. Also caught few gills and a couple fingerling size smallies all on Trout Magnets various colors.



My neighbor sure was excited when I brought them over a few minutes ago.