Greenbrier River (Marlinton)
Fishing, stocking, and current conditions
Stocked monthly January through May in 2026, heaviest in March: trout, 15 plants in all. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.
West Virginia · see it on the national map
Water temp 60 °F at NEW RIVER AT HINTON, WV, 2 km away USGS site 03184500 · read 9:00 pm this evening
The year here
stocked last 7 days announced ahead · tap a tick for details
What swims here
Trout
Stocking record 2026
Agency feed checked today.
| Date | Species | Size | Fish | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14 | Trout | completed | ||
| Feb 18 | Trout | completed | ||
| Feb 19 | Trout | completed | ||
| Feb 23 | Trout | completed | ||
| Mar 5 | Trout | completed | ||
| Mar 13 | Trout | completed | ||
| Mar 17 | Trout | completed | ||
| Mar 18 | Trout | completed | ||
| Mar 31 | Trout Gold Rush | completed | ||
| Apr 9 | Trout Gold Rush | completed | ||
| Apr 18 | Trout | completed | ||
| Apr 21 | Trout | completed | ||
| Apr 29 | Trout | completed | ||
| May 15 | Trout | completed | ||
| May 19 | Trout | completed |
When to fish Greenbrier River (Marlinton)
| Major periods (~2 h) | Minor periods (~1 h) | |
|---|---|---|
| Today | 9:57-11:57 am and 10:19 pm-12:19 am | 4:13-5:13 am and 4:30-5:30 pm |
| Tomorrow | 10:42 am-12:42 pm | 5:20-6:20 am and 4:55-5:55 pm |
Moon: waxing gibbous, 92% lit. These are solunar periods, the traditional feeding-time theory: majors around the moon's transit overhead and underfoot, minors around moonrise and moonset. Theory, not a measurement. Times are Eastern Time (EDT).
What the record actually says
- Last stocked May 19
- Water 60 °F at a gauge 2 km away, prime coldwater range
- Flow 299% of the seasonal median
Computed this evening, Oct 23 · West Virginia fishing forecast
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 (trout stocked 15 times here in 2026, moving water)
| 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 |
| Small jerkbaits | floating minnows in the 2 to 3 inch class for the deeper bends |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| West Fork Greenbrier River | 7.0 mi | Oct 23 |
| Buffalo Fork Lake | 7.5 mi | Oct 23 |
| Little River West Fork Greenbrier River | 8.5 mi | May 26 |
| Tygart River Headwaters | 12 mi | Oct 22 |
| Tygart Valley River Headwaters | 12 mi | May 14 |
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