Rainbow Trout Stocked · 32 plants · last 2025 Best: dawn, dusk Springfield fishing
Springfield fishing has Channel Catfish, Rainbow Trout, and Hybrid Sunfish on the stocking report. It is stocked about 1.5 times a year since 1991. Species guides list dusk and night for Channel Catfish and dawn and dusk for Rainbow Trout.
- Last stocked
- 2025
- Rainbow Trout
- Plants on record
- 54
- Since 1991
- Species recorded
- 3
- Elevation
- 423.3 ft
Fish at Springfield
Rainbow Trout Stocked · 32 plants · last 2025 Best: dawn, dusk 
Channel Catfish Stocked · 20 plants · last 2014 Best: dusk, night 
Hybrid Sunfish Stocked · 2 plants · last 1997 Last stocked 1997 · 2 plants
Hybrid Sunfish species guideHow Springfield is stocked
No plants recorded in 2021.
Fish stocked in 1991
285
Fish stocked in 1992
3,018
Fish stocked in 1993
3,657
Fish stocked in 1994
3,494
Fish stocked in 1995
490
Fish stocked in 1996
3,819
Fish stocked in 1997
3,505
Fish stocked in 1998
2,000
Fish stocked in 1999
2,508
Fish stocked in 2000
2,505
Fish stocked in 2001
1,800
Fish stocked in 2002
2,294
Fish stocked in 2003
2,309
Fish stocked in 2004
1,894
Fish stocked in 2005
1,623
Fish stocked in 2006
1,511
Fish stocked in 2007
1,498
Fish stocked in 2008
1,497
Fish stocked in 2009
1,496
Fish stocked in 2010
1,513
Fish stocked in 2011
1,001
Fish stocked in 2012
1,501
Fish stocked in 2013
1,512
Fish stocked in 2014
1,616
Fish stocked in 2015
1,018
Fish stocked in 2016
1,007
Fish stocked in 2017
1,001
Fish stocked in 2018
1,013
Fish stocked in 2019
1,306
Fish stocked in 2020
2,237
Fish stocked in 2022
1,115
Fish stocked in 2023
1,000
Fish stocked in 2024
1,233
Fish stocked in 2025
1,226
Stocking history
Access and facts
- Nearest town
- Groesbeck
Lake Springfield is a small, three-acre spring-fed lake within Fort Parker State Park, reached via the Springfield Trail (which also passes the Navasota River springs and a CCC-built dam). It's separate from the park's larger 750-acre Fort Parker Lake next door. $5 daily entrance fee for adults.
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About Springfield
Nearest lakes
Public land at Springfield
Springfield is inside Fort Parker State Park.
Boundaries from Public Lands DB, part of the same network.
Common questions
What fish are at Springfield?
Fishing Springfield usually means Rainbow Trout: Rainbow Trout accounts for 32 of 54 plants on record, ahead of Channel Catfish and one more. Rainbow Trout was last stocked 2025. Channel Catfish was last stocked 2014. Hybrid Sunfish was last stocked 1997.
When is Springfield stocked?
Last stocked 2025. It is stocked about 1.5 times a year since 1991. No plants recorded in 2021.
How do you get on Springfield?
The nearest town is Groesbeck. Lake Springfield is a small, three-acre spring-fed lake within Fort Parker State Park, reached via the Springfield Trail (which also passes the Navasota River springs and a CCC-built dam). It's separate from the park's larger 750-acre Fort Parker Lake next door. $5 daily entrance fee for adults.
Which lakes near Springfield were stocked more recently?
Fort Parker State Park (1.3 mi) and Limestone (20.3 mi) were stocked more recently. Fort Parker State Park is also stocked with Channel Catfish and Limestone is also stocked with Channel Catfish.