Category: Fishing

WVDNR, Gov. Justice announce fall trout stocking and encourage anglers to enjoy fishing opportunities

For Release: Oct. 21, 2021 Contact: Andy Malinoski CHARLESTON, WV — Gov. Jim Justice and the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources...

Trout stockings return to West Virginia lakes and streams Oct. 18

Don't pack up your fishing gear just yet. Fall trout stockings return to nearly 40 lakes and streams around the...

Angler catches state record blue catfish

For Release: Sept. 21, 2021Contact: Andy Malinoski SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.VA. — An Ohio angler caught a West Virginia state record blue catfish on...

WVDNR project to restore native brook trout population continues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuSRl6rbewk Efforts to restore native brook trout in the Mountain State continue and fisheries biologists for the West Virginia Division of...

WVDNR highlights water quality improvements, smallmouth bass fishing in Cheat, Tygart rivers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyI6bMUbU-4 The abundance of smallmouth bass in the Cheat and Tygart rivers has helped make northern West Virginia a go-to fishing destination for...

Bluestone Lake WMA offers hunting, fishing, lake adventures in southern WV

With 18,758 acres of public land and water to hunt, fish and explore, Bluestone Lake Wildlife Management Area has many...

WVDNR highlights summer bluegill fishing opportunities

https://youtu.be/hjj0jLJ_p8I It's officially summer in the Mountain State and the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources is encouraging anglers to...