ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — Every first Saturday in April is Virginia Trout Heritage Day. This year is it on April 6. Twenty bodies of water around the commonwealth will received special stockings of trout ...

ELKINS, W.Va. — Despite the cold temperatures and snowy weather, hatchery personnel from the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources have been busy ever since the first of the year distributing ...

The fly vanished, swallowed by something just under the surface. “Got him,” exclaimed New River Fly Fishing guide Alex Wise as he quickly stripped line. Soon, a chunky brown trout came to the net.

Grant Bentz of McGaheyesville, Virginia, set a new state record when he pulled a massive 14-pound 12-ounce rainbow trout out of Spring Creek on June 9, according to a Wednesday press release from the ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — Trout stocking by the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) is being delayed on some streams around the commonwealth because of low water. DWR says stockings on those ...

BASSETT, Va. – The Smith River … A gem hidden in plain view. You might question the part about “hidden.” After all, it’s well-known in some circles. Many circles even. Yet in Virginia, when it comes ...

Thousands of trout had to be euthanized at a fish hatchery in Marion, Virginia after officials detected the parasitic whirling disease there. Elaine Thompson AP Forty thousand catchable trout have ...

Nathan Smith, 16, was bank fishing early on Feb. 24 at New Creek Dam Site #14 with his pal Caleb Burns, 18. The public lake in Grant County, West Virginia, is deep and clear, and Smith spotted the ...

WHEELING, W.Va. – The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources stocked 68 lakes and streams with trout during the week of April 28 as part of its spring stocking program. This includes Wheeling ...

Robert Riggs and his son Brent carried their small jon boat, trolling motor, and fishing gear to the edge of Mannington Lake in West Virginia the morning of March 28. They readied the boat for fishing ...