Channel Catfish Stocked · 18 plants · last 2026 Best: dusk, night Hale fishing
Hale fishing has Sunfish and Channel Catfish on the stocking report. It is stocked about 0.4 times a year since 1979. Species guides list dusk and night as the active times.
- Last stocked
- 2026
- Channel Catfish
- Plants on record
- 19
- Since 1979
- Species recorded
- 2
- Elevation
- 2,304.9 ft
Fish at Hale
Channel Catfish Stocked · 18 plants · last 2026 Best: dusk, night Sunfish Stocked · 1 plant · last 1979
Last stocked 1979 · 1 plant
How Hale is stocked
No plants recorded in 29 years between 1979 and 2026.
Fish stocked in 1979
3,996
Fish stocked in 1981
2,000
Fish stocked in 1982
2,000
Fish stocked in 1987
2,560
Fish stocked in 1992
492
Fish stocked in 2005
2,810
Fish stocked in 2006
850
Fish stocked in 2007
828
Fish stocked in 2008
856
Fish stocked in 2009
2,240
Fish stocked in 2010
833
Fish stocked in 2011
830
Fish stocked in 2012
828
Fish stocked in 2013
832
Fish stocked in 2022
811
Fish stocked in 2023
861
Fish stocked in 2024
1,323
Fish stocked in 2025
854
Fish stocked in 2026
849
Stocking history
| Date | Species | Quantity | Avg. length | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Channel Catfish | 849 | – | report |
| 2025 | Channel Catfish | 854 | – | report |
| 2024 | Channel Catfish | 1,323 | – | report |
| 2023 | Channel Catfish | 861 | – | report |
| 2022 | Channel Catfish | 811 | – | report |
| 2013 | Channel Catfish | 832 | – | report |
| 2012 | Channel Catfish | 828 | – | report |
| 2011 | Channel Catfish | 830 | – | report |
| 2010 | Channel Catfish | 833 | – | report |
| 2009 | Channel Catfish | 2,240 | – | report |
| 2008 | Channel Catfish | 856 | – | report |
| 2007 | Channel Catfish | 828 | – | report |
| 2006 | Channel Catfish | 850 | – | report |
| 2005 | Channel Catfish | 2,810 | – | report |
| 1992 | Channel Catfish | 492 | – | report |
| 1987 | Channel Catfish | 2,560 | – | report |
| 1982 | Channel Catfish | 2,000 | – | report |
| 1981 | Channel Catfish | 2,000 | – | report |
| 1979 | Sunfish | 3,996 | – | report |
Access and facts
Advisories, closures, regulations and water conditions change. Check the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department before you go.
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Common questions
What fish are at Hale?
Fishing Hale usually means Channel Catfish: Channel Catfish accounts for 18 of 19 plants on record, ahead of Sunfish. Channel Catfish was last stocked 2026. Sunfish was last stocked 1979.
When is Hale stocked?
Last stocked 2026. It is stocked about 0.4 times a year since 1979. No plants recorded in 29 years between 1979 and 2026.