YOUR MIDLAND FISHING GUIDE

People move to the Permian Basin for its amazing hunting, oil industry, and its hospitality. In fact, it’s the largest oil-producing region in the United States. The area is also very close to Big Bend National Park and Monahans Sandhills State Park. However, it doesn’t take long to realize that the hardest hunt is finding a place to go fishing near Midland.

Carlsbad, New Mexico offers stocked trout fishing during the winter months. Lake Carlsbad also offers excellent chances to catch Crappie, Walleye, White Bass, and Perch. Surrounding the lake are beautiful picnic areas in the 125-acre park.

Lake Alan Henry is another great option and is filled with Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Smallmouth Bass and a variety of catfish. Chances are good that hunting will be taking your up your time during the fall, so book a fishing trip with a Lake Alan Henry fishing guide during the other months of the year for excellent Crappie fishing and Largemouth Bass fishing.

Lake Amistad might be the best fishery of the three, but it’s also located in Del Rio making it the furthest at over 3.5 hours of a drive. With its southern location, it’s fishing is at its best during all months besides summer.

The fishing near Midland might seem a bit far, but there isn’t a lot of destinations in Texas where you can drive just 3 hours and experience some great trout fishing. You will need to check with the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish for the trout stocking times of Lake Carlsbad.

If trout fishing isn’t your thing, then our fishing reports indicate that crappie fishing Lake Alan Henry in the Fall can pay off by the stringers full!