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Maryland Trout Stocking Schedule Feb 10 2012

Maryland’s pre-season trout stocking program is well underway. Interesting that Maryland’s website notes the West Virginia DNR trout stocking in the North Branch of the Potomac. I guess that thin slice of western Maryland is hard to completely untangle from West Virginia with respect to its fisheries.

 

County Location Date Map
Allegany Lake Habeeb (Rocky Gap)-(1000 RB/GN) Feb 9 GO >
Washington Antietam Creek (500 RB/GN) Feb 9 GO >
Washington Little Antietam Creek (Youth & Blind Only) – (300 RB/GN) Feb 9 GO >
Washington Little Tonoloway Creek, Upper (2 Fish/day) – (400 RB/GN) Feb 9 GO >
Carroll Morgan Run – Catch & Return Area – (1000 RB) Feb 9 GO >
Carroll South Branch Patapsco River (Upper) – (960 RB) Feb 9 GO >
Garrett North Branch Potomac River at Barnum (West Virginia DNR Fish) Feb 7 GO >
Garrett North Branch Potomac River Upper Catch and Release Area (West Virginia DNR Fish) Feb 7 GO >
Frederick Cunningham Falls Lake (960 RB) Feb 7 GO >
Frederick Frank Bentz Pond (240 RB) Feb 7 GO >
Frederick Rainbow Lake (475 RB/GN) Feb 7 GO >
Carroll Taneytown Pond (Robert’s Mills) (240 RB/GN) Feb 7 GO >
Allegany Battie Mixon Ponds (960 RB/GN) Feb 6 GO >
Baltimore Patapsco River at Daniels (2 fish/day), (1925 RB/GN) Feb 3 GO >

West Virginia Trout Stocking Schedule Feb 10 2012

West Virginia

Officials in the Mountaineer State have been busy stocking trout this week. With temps expected to be in the low to mid thirties and scattered snow showers in most places throughout the state, dress warmly, bring some deep running nymphs… or just stay home and tie some flies.

 

 

February 9, 2012

  • Blackwater River
  • Buffalo Creek (Brooke)
  • Castleman Run Lake
  • Hopkins Fork
  • Lower Cove Run
  • Middle Wheeling Lake
  • Moores Run
  • North Fork South Branch
  • Paw Paw Creek
  • Pond Fork
  • Tuckahoe Lake
  • Warden Lake
  • Whiteday Creek

February 8, 2012

  • Bear Rocks Lake
  • Dillons Run
  • Edwards Run
  • Fort Ashby Reservoir
  • Glady Fork
  • Mason Lake
  • Mill Creek of South Branch
  • Red Creek
  • Rollins Lake
  • Shavers Fork (Bemis section)
  • Shavers Fork (lower section)
  • Thomas Park Lake
  • Wheeling Creek

February 7, 2012

  • Anthony Creek
  • Brandywine Lake
  • Brushy Fork Lake
  • Buckhannon River
  • Cranberry River
  • Dry Fork (Randolph, Tucker)
  • Jennings Randolph Tailwaters
  • Kimsey Run Lake
  • Knapps Creek
  • Left Fork of Right Fork Buckhannon River
  • Lost River
  • North River
  • Panther Creek
  • R.D. Bailey Tailwaters
  • Right Fork of Buckhannon River
  • Right Fork of Middle Fork
  • Seneca Lake
  • South Branch (Smoke Hole)
  • South Mill Creek Lake
  • Trout Run
  • Waites Run

February 6, 2012

  • Buffalo Fork Lake
  • Bullskin Run
  • Cacapon Park Lake
  • Deer Creek (Pocahontas)
  • Dunloup Creek
  • Evitts Run
  • Gandy Creek
  • Greenbrier River
  • Laurel Fork (Randolph)
  • Meadow Creek of Anthony Creek
  • Middle Creek
  • Mill Creek Reservoir
  • Mill Creek of Opequon Creek
  • North Fork of Anthony Creek
  • Opequon Creek
  • Paint Creek
  • Rocky Marsh Run
  • Shavers Fork (upper section)
  • South Branch (Franklin)
  • Spruce Knob Lake
  • Teter Creek Lake

Maryland Trout Stocking Schedule Feb 3 2012

Just when I thought it had changed the way it reports how it stocks its streams, Maryland goes and updates its trout stocking schedule like they always have. Go figure…

 

 

County Location Date Map
Allegany Lake Habeeb (Rocky Gap) (960 RB/GN) Feb 2 GO >
Allegany Jennings Run (1445 RB/GN) Feb 2 GO >
Washington Blairs Valley Lake (960 RB/GN) Feb 2 GO >
Carroll Farm Museum Pond (720 RB/GN) Feb 2 GO >
Howard Elkhorn Lake(725 RB/GN) Feb 2 GO >
Carroll Piney Run Reservoir (1445 RB/GN) Feb 1 GO >
Washington Greenbrier Lake (1445 RB/GN) Feb 1 GO >
Garrett Youghiogheny R Delayed Harvest Area (1000 RB/GN) Jan 31 GO >
Garrett Youghiogheny R – Oakland (900 RB/GN) Jan 31 GO >
Garrett Youghiogheny R – Friendsville (500 RB/GN) Jan 31 GO >

Virginia Trout Stocking Schedule Feb 3 2012

Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

The latest trout stocking info for Virginia. Short list this week…

 

 

 

Amherst Co.
Little Irish Creek (01/31)
Pedlar River (Lower) (01/31)
Albemarle Co.
Moormans River (S. Fork) (02/01)
Bath Co.
Douthat Lake and Wilson Creek (02/01)
Floyd Co.
Little River (01/30)
Grayson Co.
Hales Lake (02/01)
Wythe Co.
Gullion Fork Ponds (01/31)
Shenandoah Co.
Mill Creek (02/02)
Stony Creek (02/02)

West Virginia Trout Stocking Schedule January 2012

West Virginia

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

Maryland Trout Stocking Info for 2012

A change from how it used to report when it stocks trout streams, Maryland now has a PDF for the 2012 trout fishing seasons that lists when it plans to stock streams in the state. The current version as of January 29, 2012 is for the spring season (“pre-season” to May 2012). It lists the streams and the number of fish planned for stocking in each period (typically but not always a week), all broken down by county.

I’m not sure when “pre-season” begins, but I assume it’s very soon given that the first period listed is “March 11-31.” I guess in some ways this is better than the states like Virginia that just publish this info on their websites for a week or so up to and including the current date.

Virginia Trout Stocking Schedule Jan 27 2012

Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

Hard to believe it’s January here in Virginia. Temps have been in the 50’s for days and the warm trend will persist well into next week. Last night I don’t think it dropped below the mid-forties. Go get ’em.

I would even be tempted to wet a line in the Shenandoah this weekend. It will not be fast fishing but with this long stretch of warmish weather it’s worth a shot in some of the deep holes with some heavy nymphs. It might be worth dead drifting a woolly bugger, or small Clouser minnow after this rain last night, too.

Albemarle Co.
Moormans River (North Fork) (01/25)
Moormans River (South Fork) (01/25)
Sugar Hollow Reservoir (01/25)
Carroll Co.
Crooked Creek (01/23)
Little Island Creek (01/23)
Chespeake (City of)
Northwest River Park (01/24)
Floyd Co.
Goose Creek (01/26)
Franklin Co.
Pigg River (01/23)
Runnett Bag Creek (01/23)
Giles Co.
Wolf Creek (01/25)
Greene Co.
South River (01/23)
Swift Run (01/23)
Lee Co.
Martins Creek (01/25)
North Fork Powell River (01/25)
Newport News (City of)
Lake Biggins (01/24)
Roanoke Co.
Roanoke River (Salem) (01/25)
Rockingham Co.
Slate Lick Lake (01/25)
Slate Lick Run (01/25)
Dry River (01/26)
Scott Co.
Stock Creek (01/25)
Smyth Co.
Middle Fork Holston River (Upper) (01/26)
Staley Creek (01/26)
Tazewell Co.
Lincolnshire Lake (01/26)
Lake Witten (01/26)
Wythe Co.
Cripple Creek (Ravens) (01/24)

Virginia Trout Stocking Schedule Jan 21 2012

Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

It all happened this past week. If you didn’t get out today because of the icy roads, try one of these streams tomorrow…

 

 

Albemarle Co.
Mint Springs Lake (Upper) (01/18)
Mint Springs Lake (Middle) (01/18)
Alleghany Co.
Clifton Forge Reservoir (01/19)
Bath Co.
Cowpasture River (01/17)
Back Creek (01/18)
Bland Co.
Wolf Creek (01/19)
Botetourt Co.
Middle Creek (01/17)
North Creek (01/17)
Grayson Co.
Elk Creek (01/17)
Fox Creek (01/20)
Middle Fox Creek (01/20)
Helton Creek (01/20)
Henrico Co.
Dorey Park Lake (01/18)
Henry Co.
Smith River (Lower) (01/19)
Madison Co.
Robinson River (01/19)
Page Co.
Hawksbill Creek (01/20)
Patrick Co.
Rockcastle Creek (01/18)
Ararat River (01/20)
Clarks Creek (01/20)
Richmond (City of)
Shield Lake (01/18)
Smyth Co.
Comers Creek (01/18)
Cressy Creek (01/18)
Dickey Creek (01/18)
Hurricane Creek (01/18)
South Fork Holston River (Buller Dam) (01/18)
Wise Co.
Middle Fork Powell River (01/17)
South Fork Powell River (01/17)

Virginia Trout Stocking Schedule Jan 13 2012

Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

I am going out this weekend to catch my first fish of 2012. Only in the thirties for the highs this weekend? No problem. Like the Scandinavians say, “no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing.” And where to go? Might be Shenandoah National Park (and this weekend admission is free at all National Parks), might be near some power plant on a big river, or might be one of the places below.

This is a great time of year to fish for trout. Certainly the stocked fish are abundant (if you get there before they get taken) but also the trout are active so long as it’s not too cold. Murray’s Fly Shop reports hatches of midges coming off some streams this past week. Generally you can best find fish if you’re nymphing, a drawback bigger than the weather if you ask me, but it’s almost always effective. This cold snap is pretty new so our streams should still be above the dead cold that makes the fish really lethargic. And the best part is everyone else stays warm by staying home. I’ve often had entire streams to myself this time of year, depending on the stream. Notable exceptions like Passage Creek exist and will always have some folks fishing. I see a bunch below that are worth checking out…

Alexandria (City of)
Cook Lake (01/09)
Amherst Co.
Davis Mill Creek (01/11)
Pedlar River (Upper) (01/11)
Augusta Co.
North River (Upper) (01/10)
South River (Ridgview Park) (01/11)
Bath Co.
Jackson River (Hidden Valley) (01/09)
Bedford Co.
Liberty Lake (01/10)
Botetourt Co.
Roaring Run (01/11)
Dickenson Co.
Cranesnest River (01/10)
Pound River (Flannagan Dam) (01/10)
Russell Fork River (Haysi) (01/10)
Russell Fork River (Bartlick) (01/10)
Floyd Co.
Burkes Fork (01/11)
Fredericksburg (City of)
Old Cossey Pond (01/09)
Giles Co.
Big Stoney Creek (01/11)
Montgomery Co.
Craig Creek (01/12)
Poverty Creek (01/12)
Patrick Co.
Dan River (below Powerhouse) (01/10)
Prince William Co.
Locust Shade Park (01/09)
Rockbridge Co.
Irish Creek (01/12)
Rockingham Co.
South River (Grottoes) (01/11)
Scott Co.
Big Stony Creek(01/12)
Little Stony Creek (01/12)
Smyth Co.
Middle Fork Holston River (Marion/Chilhowie) (01/07)
Washington Co.
Beartree Lake (01/11)
Wythe Co.
Cripple Creek (Rt. 94) (01/12)