Harrison Canal

This is an excellent little spot in the park to fish. Coming from mid city down Carrollton/​Wisner and turning left onto Harrison into city park, this fishery is easily accessible and offers parking right on the side of the road basically anywhere you see fit. I always park on the left side of Harrison right after the fist bridge and walk along the canal back towards midcity.
As an avid fly fisher, I’ve fished a lot of spots along this canal with many different flies. Right off the road I’ve pulled in nice bluegill on small top water flies. About 50 yards down from the road is a footbridge that crosses the canal. The bluegill and rio grande cichlids are abundant right here, and I’ve also caught a few nice bass (and have seen even bigger bass) from this footbridge. About 75 yards down from this bridge is another footbridge. Walking down the left side of the canal (the wisner side) there are some very nice spots to cast under an old oak tree that stretches out over the canal. Bluegill and bass abound here. From atop the second footbridge here you have access to one of the most abundant rio grande holes in the park. I’ve seen many rios in this location every single time I’ve been here. Use an olive or brown wooly bugger (non bead head) to hook into a fish you won’t forget catching! Farther down from this area the spots are few and far between. Most of the bank in this area is overgrown and extremely hard to cast from. If you’re lucky enough to have a kayak, you can paddle down past the second footbridge and reach some really productive waters. It’s not uncommon to catch 5lb+ largemouth bass if you can get to an area you can fish. Almost all the rios in this area break 1lb, as well. This canal is also home to spotter gar, blue catfish, black crappie (sac-​a-​lait), red ear sunfish, and red spotted sunfish. No extra size or bag limits other than the statewide size and bag limits apply. Keep in mind that Rio Grande Cichlids are an invasive species and it is encouraged you keep any that you catch. They are extremely tasty, though, so this isn’t really a bad thing.
Keep in mind that I wrote this review from a strictly fly fishing based point of view. It’s really the only experience I have fishing this part of city park. All these waters are much more accessible if fished with bait and tackle rods. I’ve personally caught and identified all species I’ve mentioned in this review in the 200 yard or so stretch of canal reaching towards midcity from Harrison.
I hope you all catch a lunker!