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 April 3–8:

  • Anthony Creek
  • Big Clear Creek
  • Big Run Lake
  • Big Sandy Creek
  • Blackwater River
  • Boley Lake (Gold Rush)
  • Buffalo Creek (Brooke)
  • Bullskin Run
  • Cacapon Park Lakes
  • Camp Creek
  • Castleman Run Lake (Gold Rush)
  • Chief Logan Pond (Gold Rush)
  • Clear Fork of Guyandotte River
  • Clover Run
  • Coonskin Park Lake (Children and Class Q)
  • Coopers Rock Lake (Gold Rush)
  • Cranberry River
  • Curtisville Lake (Gold Rush)
  • Deer Creek (Pocahontas)
  • Dry Fork (Tucker)
  • East Fork Greenbrier River
  • East River
  • Elk River (Gold Rush)
  • Evitts Run
  • Fitzpatrick Lake
  • French Creek Pond Laurel Fork of Holly River
  • Gandy Creek
  • Glade Creek of Mann
  • Glade Creek of New River
  • Glady Fork
  • Greenbrier River (Cass Section) (Gold Rush)
  • Horseshoe Run
  • Howards Creek
  • Hurricane Reservoir (Gold Rush)
  • Indian Creek
  • Jimmy Lewis Lake
  • Knapps Creek
  • Laurel Fork (Randolph)
  • Laurel Fork Lake (Gold Rush)
  • Left Fork of Holly River
  • Little Beaver Lake (Gold Rush)
  • Little Clear Creek
  • Little River East Fork Greenbrier River
  • Little River West Fork Greenbrier River
  • Lost River
  • Marsh Fork
  • Mash Fork
  • Mash Fork of Camp Creek (Children and Class Q)
  • Mason Lake (Gold Rush)
  • Middle Creek (Berkeley)
  • Middle Wheeling Lake (Gold Rush)
  • Mill Creek (Berkeley)
  • Mountwood Park Lake (Gold Rush)
  • New Creek
  • New Creek Dam No. 14 (Gold Rush)
  • North Bend Tailwaters (Gold Rush)
  • North Fork Patterson Creek
  • North Fork South Branch
  • Opequon Creek
  • Paint Creek
  • Paint Creek (Catch and Release)
  • Pendleton Lake (Gold Rush)
  • Pinnacle Creek
  • Pond Fork
  • Poorhouse Pond (Gold Rush)
  • R. D. Bailey Tailwaters (Gold Rush)
  • Rich Creek
  • Rock Cliff Lake (Gold Rush)
  • Rocky Marsh Run
  • Rollins Lake (Gold Rush)
  • Shavers Fork (Bemis) (Gold Rush)
  • Shavers Fork (lower section) (Gold Rush)
  • Shavers Fork (upper section) (Gold Rush)
  • South Branch (Franklin) (Gold Rush)
  • South Branch (Smoke Hole) (Gold Rush)
  • South Fork of Cranberry River
  • Spruce Knob Lake (Gold Rush)
  • Stonewall Jackson Tailwaters (Gold Rush)
  • Summit Lake
  • Sutton Tailwaters (Gold Rush)
  • Thomas Park Lake (Gold Rush)
  • Tilhance Creek
  • Trout Run
  • Tuckahoe Lake (Gold Rush)
  • Tuscarora Creek
  • Tygart Valley River Headwaters
  • Upper Guyandotte River
  • Waites Run
  • Watoga Lake
  • West Fork Greenbrier River
  • Westover Park Lake (Children and Class Q)
  • Williams River

Trout stocking updates are also available by calling the trout stocking hotline at 304-558-3399. They are also posted online at WVdnr.gov/fish-stocking. For a complete list of stocking locations and frequency of stockings, anglers should 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 West Virginia fishing license, trout stamp and a 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.