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West Virginia Trout Stocking Report and Schedule, Fall 2026

West Virginia never announces stockings in advance, as a matter of policy. The day's waters post by close of business. Trout January into July, channel catfish in early summer.

Data checked 2026-10-24 · source: West Virginia DNR

1,349 stocking entries on the 2026 West Virginia record, across 313 waters, from West Virginia DNR.

Stocking runs January through July and again October, heaviest in April.

What goes in: trout and channel catfish. Trout alone accounts for 1,286 of the entries.

This page adds 39 waters stocked in the last seven days, live water level and temperature on 15 gauged waters and the West Virginia record book.

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1,349 stocking records 2026
313 waters

Stocked in the last 45 days

DateWaterCountySpecies Fish
Oct 23 Buffalo Fork Lake Trout
Oct 23 Glade Creek of New River Trout
Oct 23 Lost River Trout
Oct 23 North Branch Potomac River (Jennings Randolph Tailwaters) Trout
Oct 23 Rock Cliff Lake Trout
Oct 23 Teter Creek Lake Trout
Oct 23 West Fork Greenbrier River Trout
Oct 22 Anthony Creek Trout
Oct 22 Brandywine Lake Trout
Oct 22 Buckhannon River Trout
Oct 22 Knapps Creek Trout
Oct 22 Seneca Lake Trout
Oct 22 Shavers Fork (upper section) Trout
Oct 22 Spruce Knob Lake Trout
Oct 22 Tygart River Headwaters Trout
Oct 22 Watoga Lake Trout
Oct 21 Big Clear Creek Trout
Oct 21 Blackwater River Trout
Oct 21 Coopers Rock Lake Trout
Oct 21 Elk River (Randolph, Webster) Trout
Oct 21 Pendleton Lake Trout
Oct 21 Pipestem Lake Trout
Oct 21 R. D. Bailey Tailwaters Trout
Oct 21 Tygart Lake Tailwaters Trout
Oct 21 Wheeling Creek Trout
Oct 21 Williams River Trout
Oct 20 Cranberry River Trout
Oct 20 New Creek Dam No. 14 Trout
Oct 20 North Fork South Branch Trout
Oct 20 Pinnacle Creek Trout
Oct 20 Pond Fork Trout
Oct 20 Shavers Fork (Bemis) Trout
Oct 20 Shavers Fork (lower section) Trout
Oct 20 Summit Lake Trout
Oct 20 Upper Guyandotte River Trout
Oct 19 Cacapon Park Lakes Trout
Oct 19 Evitts Run Trout
Oct 19 Opequon Creek Trout
Oct 19 South Branch (Franklin) Trout
Oct 19 South Branch (Smoke Hole) Trout
Oct 19 Summersville Tailwaters Trout
Oct 19 Sutton Tailwaters Trout
Oct 16 Cacapon Park Lakes Trout
Oct 16 Evitts Run Trout
Oct 16 Opequon Creek Trout
Oct 16 South Branch (Franklin) Trout
Oct 16 South Branch (Smoke Hole) Trout
Oct 16 Summersville Tailwaters Trout
Oct 16 Sutton Tailwaters Trout

The 2026 season at a glance

Stocking records by month. January into July.

Jan 63
Feb 230
Mar 337
Apr 339
May 267
Jun 58
Jul 6
Aug ·
Sep ·
Oct 49
Nov ·
Dec ·

What gets stocked

SpeciesStockings Fish
Trout 1,286
Channel catfish 63

State record fish

The heaviest fish of each species ever certified in West Virginia, from the West Virginia DNR record book. Weights are shown exactly as the agency publishes them; waters we track link to their stocking pages.

SpeciesWeightWater AnglerYear
Grass Carp 71.69 lb Warden Lake William R. Taucher 2005
Blue Catfish 71.00 lb Ohio River Michael Ramey 2026
Flathead Catfish 70.00 lb Little Kanawha River L.L. McClung 1956
Muskellunge 51.00 lb Little Kanawha River Lucas King 2022
Common Carp 47.00 lb Farm Pond (Preston County), Preston Co. Gary Johnson 1998
Channel Catfish 46.70 lb Pond (Wayne County), Wayne Co. John Tyler Rutherford 2024
Striped Bass 45.70 lb Bluestone Lake James Brooks 2010
Buffalo 38.00 lb Little Kanawha River Hobert Null 1976
Tiger Musky 36.50 lb Mountwood Lake Clyde E. Beckett 1994
Freshwater Drum 27.88 lb Kanawha River John A. Gibson 2021
Northern Pike 22.06 lb Dog Run Lake Boyd O. Pratt, Sr. 1989
Rainbow Trout 19.40 lb Pond (Berkeley County), Berkeley Co. Eric Files, Sr. 2014
Longnose Gar 19.08 lb Kanawha River Michael Shan Casey 1993
Walleye 18.97 lb Elk River Jerry Rose 2004
Hybrid Striped Bass 16.75 lb Kanawha River Robert Honaker 1985
Brown Trout 16.00 lb South Branch Paul Barker 1968
Tiger Trout 13.32 lb Summit Lake Donnie Workman 2026
Largemouth Bass 12.28 lb Pond (Grant County), Grant Co. David W. Heeter 1994
Golden Rainbow Trout 11.84 lb South Branch Hunter Rohr 2026
Bowfin 10.60 lb Ohio River Lauren Noble 2024
Smallmouth Bass 9.75 lb South Branch David Lindsay 1971
Saugeye 8.73 lb East Lynn Lake Everett Chapman 2006
Brook Trout 7.64 lb Shavers Fork Gary M. Chapman 2004
Eel 7.25 lb Bunker Hill Quarry Arlie R. Ruble 1977
Redhorse 6.46 lb Kanawha Falls Zack Roper 2026
Chain Pickerel 6.19 lb Tuckahoe Lake Steven Demma 2001
Bullhead Catfish 6.10 lb Tygart Lake Headwaters Gary R. Freeman 1977
Sauger 5.06 lb Ohio River David L. Vance 2012
Spotted Bass 4.77 lb R.D. Bailey Lake Kevin Dameron 2000
White 4.56 lb New River Louis Puskas 1985
White Crappie 4.05 lb Meathouse Fork Leonard Edgell 1971
Black Crappie 3.60 lb East Lynn Lake Jerry Porter 2025
Fallfish 3.50 lb North Fork of South Branch James Blackwell 1970
Skipjack 3.10 lb Ohio River Ethan Moss 2021
Goldeye/Mooneye 3.00 lb Ohio River Delbert McWilliams 1983
Bluegill/Hybrid Bluegill 2.75 lb Pond (Randolph County), Randolph Co. Mark Allen Lewis 1986
Yellow Perch 2.04 lb Summersville Lake Clinton Mills 2018
Redear Sunfish 1.75 lb Plum Orchard Lake John Plott 2024
Rock Bass 1.75 lb Big Sandy Creek Warren Ryan 1964
Redbreast Sunfish 0.57 lb New Creek Lake Zach Adkins 2024

All stocked waters

Every West Virginia water we hold a stocking page for, county by county, with its most recent date. The filter above narrows this list too.

Statewide 207

Questions about West Virginia stocking

When does West Virginia stock trout?
West Virginia DNR stocked trout January through July and again October in 2026. The most recent entry on this page is Oct 23.
Is there a printable West Virginia stocking schedule?
Yes. The print view on this page lays the West Virginia schedule out for paper, including a county index, and can be filtered to a single county before printing.
How do I get West Virginia stocking updates automatically?
This page offers an RSS feed and a calendar feed for West Virginia, and each county page offers the same for that county alone. Subscribing to the calendar puts announced stocking dates straight into your own calendar.
How current is this West Virginia stocking information?
The record on this page is rebuilt every morning from West Virginia DNR's own publications. It was last read Oct 24. Schedules change without notice, sometimes the morning of the stocking, so check the agency's page before a long drive.
Which West Virginia waters have live conditions?
15 West Virginia waters carry a USGS gauge, so their page shows the current level, the flow against the seasonal normal and the water temperature where the gauge reports one.
What is the West Virginia state record fish?
The West Virginia record book on this page lists 40 certified records as West Virginia DNR publishes them, each linked to the water it came from where we track that water.
All rows come from West Virginia DNR publications (official page). Schedules change without notice, sometimes the same morning. Seasons, limits, and licenses: West Virginia fishing regulations.