Elk River (Randolph, Webster)

Trout water; 20 stockings on the 2026 record.

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Water right now 23.78 ft gage height water temp 78 °F · flow 448 cfs USGS gauge 03197950 (ELK RIVER AT CHARLESTON, WV) · 2026-08-28 18:30

20 stockings 2026

May 27 last stocked

The year here

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

What swims here

Trout 20 stockings

State record fish caught here

West Virginia state record Walleye 18.97 lb 30.87 in Jerry Rose · 2004

Certified by West Virginia DNR; weights shown exactly as the agency publishes them.

Stocking record 2026

Date	Species	Status
Jan 7	Trout	completed
Jan 21	Trout	completed
Feb 17	Trout x 2 sections	completed
Feb 27	Trout	completed
Mar 3	Trout	completed
Mar 11	Trout x 2 sections	completed
Mar 20	Trout	completed
Mar 26	Trout	completed
Mar 30	Trout x 2 sections	completed
Apr 16	Trout	completed
Apr 21	Trout	completed
Apr 29	Trout	completed
May 5	Trout	completed
May 9	Trout	completed
May 13	Trout	completed
May 21	Trout	completed
May 27	Trout	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. The gauge reads 78 degrees: warm for trout. Fish first light, fight fish fast, and consider leaving them alone until it cools.

For the trout (trout stocked 20 times here in 2026, moving water)

Small jerkbaits	floating minnows in the 2 to 3 inch class for the deeper bends
Waders or wet-wading boots	stocked stream fish stack in the obvious pools; getting to the next one is the edge
Light spinning rod	5 to 6.5 ft light or ultralight; short rods cast under branches

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
Paint Creek	17 mi	May 19
Hopkins Fork	19 mi	May 14
Spruce Laurel Fork	30 mi	May 28
Rollins Lake	33 mi	Jun 26
Dunloup Creek	41 mi	May 14

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