This is from a mid-April trip…
Breaking camp on a frigid Friday morning, I heard a deafening roar about a second before the fighter plane appeared. It shot by directly overhead and startled the crap out of me. If that’s how suddenly a warplane can be on you before you hear it, I’m glad I’m not one of the enemies.
What, a new post???!!! I know, it’s been a while…
Good article on the Trout Unlimited blog about protecting brook trout in the Appalachians. Good news and bad news about the future of the only native trout in the eastern U.S.
Related article about Thorn Creek that is also interesting.
From the Field: Linking land and water in brook trout conservation from Chesapeake Bay Program on Vimeo.
Compared to Maryland, West Virginia has done a good bit of trout stocking this past week…
May 24, 2012
May 23, 2012
May 22, 2012
May 21, 2012
May 18, 2012
May 17, 2012
West Virginia trout stocking info from the past week, as of this morning…
May 17, 2012
May 16, 2012
May 15, 2012
May 14, 2012
May 11, 2012
West Virginia trout streams stocked this past week, through yesterday…
May 10, 2012
May 9, 2012
May 7, 2012
May 4, 2012
Been a long two weeks, so here is the West Virginia trout stocking info for the past two weeks…
May 3, 2012
May 2, 2012
May 1, 2012
April 30, 2012
April 27, 2012
April 26, 2012
April 25, 2012
April 24, 2012
April 23, 2012
April 20, 2012
West Virginia trout everywhere. So many places I have not fished…
April 19, 2012
April 18, 2012
April 17, 2012
April 16, 2012
April 13, 2012
Happy Friday the 13th. Bad luck fishing today? C’mon, you haven’t even gotten out there yet. If you’re in the Mountaineer State, here is the latest week’s worth of West Virginia trout stocking info…
April 12, 2012
April 11, 2012
April 10, 2012
April 9, 2012
April 6, 2012
West Virginia trout stocking since mid-March:
April 5, 2012
April 4, 2012
April 3, 2012
April 2, 2012
March 30, 2012
March 29, 2012
March 28, 2012
March 27, 2012
March 26, 2012
March 23, 2012
March 22, 2012
March 21, 2012
March 20, 2012
March 19, 2012
March 16, 2012
Students from Wildwood Middle School in Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia are looking into the possibility of reintroducing brook trout to the panhandle of West Virginia. Brook trout were extirpated from the eastern panhandle of the state some time ago (trying to find out exactly when is typically difficult) due to development and habitat loss, the usual stuff. However, it appears that some streams and forests have come back enough to at least make the study of reintroduction worthwhile.
This program has some strong local support from people like Kelly’s White Fly Shop in Shepherdstown, WV, the Winchester Virginia Trout Unlimited chapter, local guide and fly casting instructor Dusty Wissmath, and others.
You can follow their progress on the Wildwood Middle School blog.