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WVDNR stocks 71 waters during week of Feb. 27, including Buckhannon River

Trout stocking

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. 27 – March 3:

• Anthony Creek
• Blackwater River
• Brandywine Lake
• Brushy Fork Lake
• Buckhannon River
• Buffalo Fork Lake
• Bullskin Run
• Cacapon Park Lake
• Cherry River
• Clear Fork of Guyandotte River (Catch and Release)
• Clear Fork of Guyandotte River (Children and Class Q)
• Coonskin Park Lake (Children and Class Q)
• Cranberry River
• Deegan Lake
• Dry Fork (Randolph)
• East Fork Greenbrier River
• Elk River
• Evitts Run
• Gandy Creek
• Glady Fork
• Greenbrier River (Durbin)
• Hinkle Lake
• James P Bailey Lake
• Jimmy Lewis Lake
• Kanawha State Forest Pond (Children and Class Q)
• Kimsey Run Lake
• Knapps Creek
• Lake Underwood (Children and Class Q)
• Laurel Fork (Randolph)
• Left Fork Right Fork Buckhannon River
• Little River East Fork Greenbrier River
• Little River West Fork Greenbrier River
• Logan County Pond (Children and Class Q)
• Lost River
• Middle Creek (Berkeley)
• Mill Creek (Berkeley)
• Mill Creek Reservoir
• Miller Pond (Children and Class Q)
• Moores Run
• New Creek
• North Fork Cherry River
• North Fork Lunice
• North Fork Patterson Creek
• North Fork South Branch
• North River
• Opequon Creek
• Paw Paw Creek
• Pipestem Lake
• Red Creek
• Right Fork Buckhannon River
• Rocky Marsh Run
• Seneca Lake
• Shavers Fork (Bemis)
• Shavers Fork (Lower Section)
• Shavers Fork (Upper Section)
• South Branch (Franklin)
• South Branch (Smoke Hole)
• South Fork Cherry River
• South Mill Creek Lake
• Spruce Knob Lake
• Summersville Tailwaters
• Summit Lake
• Tater Creek Lake
• Trout Run
• Waites Run
• Warden Lake
• Watoga Lake
• West Fork Greenbrier River
• Wheeling Creek
• Whiteday Creek
• 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.

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