Ideas on a good place to go camping/fishing with the family

• Aug 17, 2018

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looking for a place to take the family camping on a river/lake and do some fishing next spring. Never really been camping much before but looking for somewhere with not many people around we would be able to hike around and fish and hang out around the campfire...
any ideas on good places or suggestions from any of y’all expert campers out there?

 

• Aug 17, 2018

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Are you coming to Texas and if so, what part?

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• Aug 17, 2018

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Lake Meridian State Park is one of our faves. In early spring they stick the lake with trout. I think no fishing license required.

Ultra light tackle and a can of whole kernel corn, and you are set.

Nice campground, lots of wildlife and good hiking trails.

 

• Aug 17, 2018

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Eagle Mountain Lake has quite a few camping areas and supposed to have some good hiking trails and decent to good fishin'. Been well over a decade since I was last there though.

 

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Big Bend National Park is very secluded, lots to do, camping, fishing, hiking, canoeing. Took my grand kids the a few years ago had a great time, wasn’t crowded like the popular places, Lost Maples is one, beautiful rivers but over crowded.



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• Aug 17, 2018

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jrbfishn said:

Are you coming to Texas and if so, what part?

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I live on the nw side of Fort Worth... looking for something within a few hours drive

 

• Aug 17, 2018

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deemus said:

Lake Meridian State Park is one of our faves. In early spring they stick the lake with trout. I think no fishing license required.

Ultra light tackle and a can of whole kernel corn, and you are set.

Nice campground, lots of wildlife and good hiking trails.

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You forgot to mention the all important salmon egg hook to "stick" those trout.

 

• Aug 17, 2018

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Most state parks in Texas are good family spots to camp. Find one with a lake or river & you should be good to go.
https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/

deemus said:

Lake Meridian State Park is one of our faves. In early spring they stick the lake with trout. I think no fishing license required.
Ultra light tackle and a can of whole kernel corn, and you are set.
Nice campground, lots of wildlife and good hiking trails.

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We did Meridian last Spring Break with the kids. Its nice little park & the lake has some good bass. I took my kayak & fished the lake throwing a frog down the shore lines & the bass on beds were just tearing it up.

 

• Aug 17, 2018

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Go to https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/ and pick a park. There are descriptions for each and pictures.

 

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jray1536 said:

I live on the nw side of Fort Worth... looking for something within a few hours drive

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Lake Whitney, just South of Ft worth about an hour or so, I used to go down when I lived in Ft W every Sat and Sun in the summer. LOTS of camping, fishing, river, lake, beauty, BIG lake!!

 

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Ole Cowboy said:

Lake Whitney, just South of Ft worth about an hour or so, I used to go down when I lived in Ft W every Sat and Sun in the summer. LOTS of camping, fishing, river, lake, beauty, BIG lake!!

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Used to go to Whitney with the wife but we got a cabin. Otherwise, heck yeah!!!

 

• Aug 18, 2018

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Georgetown Lake used to be a great place

Hadn’t been there in awhile
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• Aug 18, 2018

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Like the ole cowboy said, Lake Whitney is a nice place to go. It is a Corp of Engineers lake and they, the COE, have some really nice camping areas. We camped there a few days last summer and the deer came up in the camp every day to eat the corn that we put out for them. I think there is a state park there also but the COE parks are less expensive.

 

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TPWD holds type 1 hunts at Whitney to thin out those overpopulated, stunted deer. They taste better corn fed though!!!

 

• Aug 20, 2018

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We always camped the state park at Whitney. Very nice facilities, and they dont allow public consumption of alcohol, which eliminates the big party groups. Its a great place to take kids.