As a new feature of the Brook Trout Fishing Guide, I am going to try to post the West Virginia trout stocking schedule regularly. I live close enough to the Mountaineer State so that this is overdue from my point of view.
There are a lot of renowned stocked streams in the state, notably the North Branch of the South Fork of the Potomac. Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia together contain the area comprising what Trout Unlimited calls the headwaters of the Potomac, a region significant for just what the moniker implies — this is where the Potomac watershed begins and is a sensitive area targeted for protection. It is important not just for the waters that flow into the Potomac River but also is notable due to the extensive populations of brook trout that exist here.
So without further delay, here is the latest for West Virginia (for the past month):
January 27, 2012
- No waters stocked today.
January 26, 2012
- No waters stocked today.
January 25, 2012
- Cranberry River
- South Branch (C&R section)
- Williams River
January 24, 2012
- No waters stocked today.
January 23, 2012
- East Fork Greenbrier River
- Little River East Fork Greenbrier River
January 20, 2012
- No waters stocked today.
January 19, 2012
- South Branch (Franklin)
January 18, 2012
Due to weather, no waters stocked today.
January 17, 2012
- James P. Bailey Lake
- Shavers Fork (upper section)
- Watoga Lake
January 13, 2012
Due to weather, no waters stocked today.
January 12, 2012
- Hurricane Reservoir
- Spruce Knob Lake
January 11, 2012
- Blackwater River
- Glady Fork
- Krodel Lake
- Lick Creek Pond
- Shavers Fork (Bemis)
- South Branch (Smoke Hole)
- Wayne Dam
January 10, 2012
- Anderson Lake
- Bullskin Run
- Cacapon Park Lake
- Cedar Creek Lake
- Elk River
- Evitts Run
- Fitzpatrick Lake
- Gandy Creek
- Laurel Fork (Randolph)
- Little Beaver Lake
- Middle Creek
- Miletree Lake
- Mill Creek of Opequon Creek
- New Creek
- North Fork of Patterson Creek
- Opequon Creek
- Rocky Marsh Run
January 9, 2011
- Tomlinson Run
January 6, 2012
- Summit Lake
January 5, 2012
- Anthony Creek
- Barboursville Lake
- Chief Cornstalk Lake
- Chief Logan Lake
- Curtisville Lake
- Huey Lake
- Knapps Creek
- Laurel Lake
- Lost River
- Ridenour Lake
- Rollins Lake
- Trout Run
- Turkey Run Lake
- Waites Run
January 4, 2012
- North Fork of South Branch
- North Fork of South Branch (C&R)
- Pennsboro Reservoir
- Shavers Fork (lower section)
- Tracy Lake
January 3, 2012
- Larenim Park Lake