All schools in Upshur County will close at 1 p.m. today. All B-UHS sporting events today are canceled.

Buckhannon River stocked with trout during week of May 16

SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV — The following waters were stocked with trout during the week of May 16. Trout stocking updates are also posted online at wvdnr.gov/fish-stocking.

Trout Stocking Locations for Week of May 16:

• Anthony Creek
• Big Clear Creek
• Big Sandy Creek
• Blackwater River
• Buckhannon River
• Buffalo Creek (Brooke)
• Bullskin Run
• Cacapon Park Lake
• Camp Creek
• Camp Creek of Mash Fork (Children & Class Q)
• Castlemans Run Lake
• Clear Fork of Guyandotte River
• Coopers Rock Lake
• Cranberry River
• Dry Fork (Tucker)
• East Fork Greenbrier River
• East River
• Elk River
• Evitts Run
• French Creek Pond
• Gandy Creek
• Glade Creek of New River
• Glady Fork
• Horseshoe Run
• Indian Creek
• Knapps Creek
• Laurel Creek of Cherry River
• Laurel Fork (Randolph)
• Laurel Fork of Holly River
• Left Fork of Holly River
• Left Fork Right Fork Buckhannon River
• Little Clear Creek
• Little River East Fork Greenbrier River
• Little River West Fork Greenbrier River
• Lost River
• Mash Fork
• Meadow Creek of Anthony Creek
• Middle Creek (Berkeley)
• Middle Wheeling Lake
• Mill Creek (Berkeley)
• Mill Creek Reservoir
• New Creek
• New Creek Dam No. 14
• North Fork Lunice
• North Fork Patterson Creek
• North Fork South Branch
• Opequon Creek
• Paint Creek
• Pinnacle Creek
• Pond Fork
• Potts Creek
• R.D. Bailey Tailwaters
• Red Creek
• Rich Creek
• Rock Cliff Lake
• Rocky Marsh Run
• Shavers Fork (Bemis)
• Shavers Fork (lower section)
• Shavers Fork (upper section)
• South Branch (Franklin)
• South Branch (Smoke Hole)
• Spruce Knob Lake
• Summit Lake
• Teter Creek Lake
• Trout Run
• Upper Guyandotte River
• Waites Run
• Watoga Lake
• West Fork Greenbrier River
• Williams River

While fishing for trout in West Virginia, all anglers 15 and older are required to have a West Virginia fishing license, trout stamp and valid form of identification. Anglers are also encouraged to explore places to fish in the interactive fishing map available online at mapwv.gov/huntfish.

To learn more about West Virginia’s fishing regulations and to purchase a fishing license and trout stamp, visit WVdnr.gov.

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