Managing Your Private Lake
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department does not provide stocking or on-site consulting services for private lakes and ponds. However, many resources are available to landowners who want to manage ponds for fishing.
Publications listed on this page are available online from TPWD, the Texas Cooperative Extension, Texas Aquaculture Association, and the Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. Some documents are in Portable Document Format (PDF). To view and print these documents, you will need the free Acrobat Reader software.
Stocking and Management
- Texas Farm Pond Management Calendar (PDF)
- Management of Recreational Fish Ponds in Texas (PDF)
- American Fisheries Society Pond Management Manual
- List of Commercial Hatcheries (Texas Aquaculture Association)
- Calculating Area and Volume of Ponds and Tanks (PDF)
- Fertilization of Fish Ponds (PDF)
- Catfish Ponds for Recreation (PDF)
- Rotenone: Its Use in Fisheries Management
(PDF 136.8 KB) - Clearing Muddy Ponds (PDF)
- Control of Clay Turbidity in Ponds (PDF)
- Oxygen Depletions in Farm Ponds (PDF)
- Renovating Leaky Ponds (PDF)
- Turtle Control in Farm Ponds (PDF)
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, 4200 Smith School Road, Austin, TX 78744