Anglers are reminded to purchase a 2023 fishing license and trout stamp.

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.VA. —  The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources announced on Monday that the following waters were stocked during the week of Feb. 6–10:

  • Anthony Creek
  • Back Fork of Elk (C&R)
  • Back Fork of Elk River
  • Big Clear Creek
  • Big Sandy Creek
  • Blackwater River
  • Boley Lake
  • Buffalo Creek (Brooke)
  • Burnsville Tailwaters
  • Camp Creek
  • Castleman Run Lake
  • Clear Fork of Guyandotte River
  • Clover Run
  • Coopers Rock Lake
  • Cranberry River
  • Deegan Lake
  • Deer Creek (Pocahontas)
  • Desert Fork
  • Dog Run Lake
  • Dry Fork (Tucker)
  • East River
  • French Creek Pond
  • Glade Creek of Mann
  • Glade Creek of New River
  • Greenbrier River (Cass section)
  • Hills Creek
  • Hinkle Lake
  • Horseshoe Run
  • Knapps Creek
  • Laurel Fork of Holly River
  • Left Fork of Holly River
  • Little Clear Creek
  • Little Kanawha Headwaters
  • Lost River
  • Marsh Fork
  • Mash Fork
  • Mash Fork of Camp Creek (Children & Class Q)
  • Middle Creek (Berkeley)
  • Middle Wheeling Lake
  • New Creek
  • New Creek Dam No. 14
  • North Branch Potomac River (Jennings Randolph Tailwaters)
  • North Fork Fishing Creek
  • North Fork of Patterson Creek
  • North River
  • Paint Creek
  • Paint Creek (C&R)
  • Pinnacle Creek
  • Pond Fork
  • Poorhouse Pond
  • R.D. Bailey Tailwaters
  • Right Fork of Little Kanawha
  • Rollins Lake
  • South Branch (Smoke Hole)
  • South Fork Fishing Creek
  • South Fork of Cranberry River
  • Stonewall Jackson Tailwaters
  • Sugar Creek
  • Summit Lake
  • Sutton Tailwaters
  • Tilhance Creek
  • Trout Run
  • Tuscarora Creek
  • Upper Guyandotte River
  • Waites Run
  • Watoga Lake
  • Williams River

Trout stocking updates are also posted online at WVdnr.gov/fish-stocking. For a list of stocking locations, consult pages 14 and 15 of the 2023 West Virginia Fishing Regulations Summary, available to download at WVdnr.gov/fishing-regulations.

All anglers 15 years and older are required to have a fishing license, trout stamp and valid form of identification while fishing for trout. Licenses and stamps can be purchased at 175 retail locations across the state or online at WVfish.com.

To learn more about fishing opportunities and trout stockings in West Virginia, visit WVdnr.gov/fishing.