Anglers are reminded to purchase a 2026 fishing license and trout stamp
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) today announced that the following lakes and streams were stocked with trout during the week of May 4:
- Anthony Creek
- Big Clear Creek
- Big Sandy Creek
- Blackwater River
- Buckhannon River
- Buffalo Creek (Brooke)
- Buffalo Creek (Clay)
- Burnsville Tailwaters
- Camp Creek
- Castleman Run Lake
- Clear Fork of Guyandotte River
- Clear Fork of Tug
- Clover Run
- Coopers Rock Lake
- Cranberry River
- Dillons Run
- Dog Run Lake
- Dry Fork (Randolph)
- Dry Fork (Tucker)
- East River
- Elk River (Randolph, Webster)
- French Creek Pond
- Gandy Creek
- Glade Creek of Mann
- Glady Fork
- Horseshoe Run
- Indian Rocks Lake
- Knapps Creek
- Laurel Fork (Randolph)
- Laurel Fork Holly River
- Left Fork Holly River
- Left Fork Right Fork Buckhannon River
- Little Clear Creek
- Little Kanawha Headwaters
- Little River West Fork Greenbrier River
- Lost River
- Marsh Fork
- Mash Fork
- Mash Fork Camp Creek (Children and Class Q)
- Mason Lake
- Meadow Creek of New River
- Middle Fork River
- Middle Wheeling Lake
- Mill Creek South Branch
- Moores Run
- North Fork Cherry River
- North Fork South Branch
- Opequon Creek
- Paint Creek
- Pinnacle Creek
- Upper Cacapon Park Lake
- Pond Fork
- Poorhouse Pond
- R.D. Bailey Tailwaters
- Right Fork Buckhannon River
- Right Fork Middle Fork River
- Rock Cliff Lake
- Rocky Marsh Run
- Seneca Lake
- Shavers Fork (Bemis)
- Shavers Fork (Lower Section)
- Shavers Fork (Upper Section)
- Shavers Fork Rail Stocking (Bowden to Bemis)
- Shavers Fork Rail Stocking (Delayed Harvest to Upper Shavers)
- Shavers Fork Rail Stocking (High Falls to Delayed Harvest)
- South Branch (Catch and Release)
- South Branch (Franklin)
- South Branch (Smoke Hole)
- South Fork Cherry River
- South Mill Creek Lake
- Spruce Knob Lake
- Stonewall Jackson Tailwaters
- Summit Lake
- Sutton Tailwaters
- Tilhance Creek
- Trout Run
- Tuscarora Creek
- Tygart Lake Tailwaters
- Seneca Lake
- Upper Guyandotte River
- Waites Run
- Warden Lake
- West Fork Greenbrier River
While daily trout stockings are not announced in advance, the WVDNR publishes a list of recently stocked waters at WVdnr.gov/fish-stocking. In the event of inclement weather, hatchery staff will make up missed stockings before the end of the month (weather permitting) by making additional stocking runs or adding extra fish to upcoming stockings. For more information about trout stocking locations, anglers should check pages 6-7 in the Fishing Regulations Summary, available to download at WVdnr.gov/fishing-regulations.
All anglers 15 years and older are required to have a West Virginia fishing license and a valid form of identification while fishing in the state of West Virginia. Trout stamps are required for those fishing for trout. Licenses and stamps may be purchased online at WVfish.com.