8/2/2023 0 Comments Va trout stocking![]() ![]() “We dump a bunch of fish in one hole, then drive to the next big hole and dump a bunch of fish and hope they will disperse,” he said. ![]() He has ordered such a practice to become the norm in the state’s trout program. The Governor said the two would carry buckets of fish over a longer distance and drop in a few with every few steps throughout the creek, breaking up the concentration. He and a friend would often assist the Superintendent of Babcock and the DNR in stocking the same stretch of Glade Creek. Justice shared a story of when he was a student at Marshall. “We’re going to be dad-gum proud of it and we’re going to market ourselves as doing so.” “We’re going to start stocking our streams how they should be stocked,” said Justice. It’s how he wants stocking to be done all over the state from now on. Governor Jim Justice dumps a bucket of golden trout into Glade Creek. The stockings are part of this week’s Gold Rush promotion in which the Division of Natural Resources is stocking 40,000 golden trout, many of them in waters in close proximity to the state parks. Justice was on hand to take part in a ceremonial stocking of golden trout into Glade Creek in front of the iconic Babcock Grist Mill Wednesday. Seldom are they carried for any distance to be put into more remote stretches of water. Generally bridges and wide spots along the road are the places the fish will be unloaded. Historically trout are dropped into the stream where it is safest and easiest to access with the truck. Some of those are long hauls across much of the state and take time. Typically the hatchery sends one or two employees on daily stocking runs. “Not only that, 70 percent of the fish leave within an hour of hitting the water. “If you dump all of those fish into a hole and 40 people stand around casting into that same hole, it’s not a terrific angling experience,” Justice told a small crowd Wednesday at Babcock State Park. Governor Jim Justice wants trout stocked not just in the biggest holes which are easiest to reach with the stock truck, he wants trout deposited at points throughout the Mountain State’s trout waters. ![]() The longtime procedure of stocking trout in West Virginia is about to change. Stocked from Martinsburg 5 miles upstream to Poor House Farm Park.CLIFFTOP, W.Va. 9 bridge upstream 3 miles to the WV Secondary Rt. Stocked from near Johnstown at the WV Rt. Twice a month February thru April and once in May Stocked from the mouth near the Potomac River upstream 3.5 miles to WV Route 45, west of Shepherdstown. The Tuscarora – which is the stream in the park – is stocked according to the Tuscarora stocking schedule. From there, downstream for 29 miles at access points to WV Secondary Rt. 28/3 road about 2 miles from the Virginia line, which is situated about three miles east of Ridgeway. 24 bridge, east of Gerrardstown, downstream 5 miles to WV Secondary Rt 26 bridge, one mile east of Bunker Hill. 30 bridge on Arden Nollville Road near Inwood 4 miles upstream to WV Secondary Rt. Once in January, twice in February and once each week March thru May Stocked in a 3 mile section from Augustine Ave upstream to a point 2 miles outside town, along WV Rt. Stocked in a 5-mile section from near Wheatland downstream to Kabletown. Once in January, twice in February and once each week March thru May, twice in October Stocked Trout Waters in Berkeley and Jefferson Counties Water ![]()
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