Pedlar River (Lower)

Rainbow trout and brown trout water; 29 stockings on the 2026 record.

Amherst County · Virginia · see it on the national map

Water right now 2.68 ft gage height flow 7.29 cfs, about normal for Aug 28 USGS gauge 02024915 (PEDLAR RIVER AT FOREST ROAD NEAR BUENA VISTA, VA) · 2026-08-28 17:45

29 stockings 2026

May 18 last stocked

The year here

stocked last 7 days announced ahead · tap a tick for details

What swims here

Rainbow trout 10 stockings

Brown trout 10 stockings

Brook trout 6 stockings

Tiger trout 3 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Date	Species	Size	Status
Jan 5	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
Jan 5	Brown trout	catchable	completed
Jan 5	Tiger trout	catchable	completed
Jan 23	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
Jan 23	Brown trout	catchable	completed
Jan 23	Brook trout	catchable	completed
Jan 23	Tiger trout	catchable	completed
Mar 11	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
Mar 11	Brown trout	catchable	completed
Mar 25	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
Mar 25	Brown trout	catchable	completed
Mar 25	Brook trout	catchable	completed
Mar 25	Tiger trout	catchable	completed
Apr 7	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
Apr 7	Brown trout	catchable	completed
Apr 17	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
Apr 17	Brown trout	catchable	completed
Apr 17	Brook trout	catchable	completed
Apr 30	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
Apr 30	Brown trout	catchable	completed
May 1	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
May 1	Brown trout	catchable	completed
May 1	Brook trout	catchable	completed
May 6	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
May 6	Brown trout	catchable	completed
May 6	Brook trout	catchable	completed
May 18	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
May 18	Brown trout	catchable	completed
May 18	Brook trout	catchable	completed

Gear for this water

It has been a while since the trucks came. The holdovers have spread out and wised up; downsize and fish natural.

For the trout (rainbow trout stocked 10 times here in 2026, moving water)

Light spinning rod	5 to 6.5 ft light or ultralight; short rods cast under branches
Inline spinners	1/16 to 1/8 oz silver or gold; swing them across the current seams
Drifted bait	single salmon egg or half a crawler under light split shot, rolled along the bottom

Suggestions follow from what the state actually stocks here and what kind of water it is, nothing else. No sponsored placements.

Nearby stocked waters

The closest waters with stocking pages of their own, straight-line miles from this one.

Water	Distance	Most recent
Rocky Row Run	8.9 mi	Mar 27
Maury River	12 mi	May 22
Davis Mill Creek	17 mi	Apr 23
South River	19 mi	Apr 30
North Creek	19 mi	Apr 21

Records from Virginia DWR (official page). Placement from USGS GNIS. Schedules change without notice. Seasons, limits, and licenses: Virginia fishing regulations.