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WVDNR stocks 90 waters during week of March 10

The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) today announced that the following lakes and streams were stocked with trout during the week of March 10:

  • Anawalt Lake
  • Anthony Creek
  • Back Fork of Elk River
  • Back Fork of Elk River (Catch and Release)
  • Big Sandy Creek
  • Blackwater River
  • Boley Lake
  • Buffalo Creek (Brooke)
  • Buffalo Creek (Clay)
  • Burnsville Tailwaters
  • Cacapon Park Lakes
  • Camp Creek
  • Castlemans Run Lake
  • Clear Fork of Guyandotte River
  • Clear Fork of Guyandotte River (Delayed Harvest)
  • Clover Run
  • Conaway Run Lake
  • Coopers Rock Lake
  • Cranberry River
  • Desert Fork
  • Dillons Run
  • Dry Fork (Tucker)
  • Dunloup Creek
  • East River
  • Elk River (Randolph, Webster)
  • French Creek Pond
  • Gandy Creek
  • Glade Creek of Mann
  • Glade Creek of New River
  • Glady Fork
  • Greenbrier River (Cass)
  • Handley Pond (Children and Class Q)
  • Hills Creek
  • Indian Rocks Lake
  • Kings Creek
  • Knapps Creek
  • Laurel Creek of Cherry River
  • Laurel Creek of New River (Fayette)
  • Laurel Fork (Randolph)
  • Laurel Fork of Holly River
  • Left Fork of Holly River
  • Little Kanawha Headwaters
  • Little River West Fork Greenbrier River
  • Lost River
  • Mash Fork
  • Mash Fork of Camp Creek (Children and Class Q)
  • Mason Lake
  • Meadow Creek of New River
  • Meadow Creek of Anthony Creek
  • Middle Wheeling Lake
  • Mill Creek of New River (Fayette)
  • Mill Creek Reservoir
  • Mill Creek South Branch
  • Moores Run
  • North Branch Potomac River (Jennings Randolph Tailwaters)
  • North Fork Lunice
  • North Fork South Branch
  • Opequon Creek
  • Paint Creek
  • Pendleton Lake
  • Pinnacle Creek
  • Pond Fork
  • R.D. Bailey Tailwaters
  • Raleigh County Airport Pond (Children and Class Q)
  • Rhine Creek
  • Right Fork of Little Kanawha
  • Rocky Marsh Run
  • Shavers Fork (Bemis)
  • Shavers Fork (Lower Section)
  • Shavers Fork (Upper Section)
  • South Branch (Catch and Release)
  • South Branch (Franklin)
  • South Branch (Smoke Hole)
  • South Mill Creek Lake
  • Spruce Knob Lake
  • Stonewall Jackson Tailwaters
  • Sugar Creek
  • Summit Lake
  • Sutton Tailwaters
  • Teter Creek Lake
  • Thomas Park Lake
  • Tilhance Creek
  • Tomlinson Run
  • Tomlinson Run Lake
  • Trout Run
  • Tuscarora Creek
  • 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. Anglers may also find out what waters have been stocked by calling the stocking hotline at 304-558-3399. In inclement weather, missed stockings are made up by either additional stocking runs or additional fish are added to upcoming stocking events. For more information about trout stocking locations, anglers should check pages 6–7 in the 2025 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.

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