Stocking schedules can be found in Fishing Regulations Summary. Daily stocking schedules are not released from any WVDNR office or hatchery prior to stocking events. Stockings are posted by the end of each business day on this page and on the hotline number at 304-558-3399. Missed stockings due to inclement weather are made up by either additional Read More…
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Recent Fish Stocking by WVDNR
THE FOLLOWING WATERS WERE STOCKED: Date Location 5/29/2024 Blackwater RiverCacapon Park LakesGlady ForkShavers Fork (Bemis)Shavers Fork (lower section)South Branch (C&R)South Branch (Franklin)South Branch (Smoke Hole) 5/28/2024 Elk River (C&R)Elk River (Randolph, Webster)North Fork South Branch
Gov. Justice, WVDNR report 19% increase in number of stocked trout in 2023
Favorable weather and improved infrastructure is helping the WVDNR produce more trout at hatcheries around the state. CHARLESTON, WV — Gov. Jim Justice and the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources announced that the agency has stocked nearly 130,000 more trout in 2023 compared to the previous year.Between January and May 2023, the WVDNR stocked 802,481 trout in Read More…











