By: Chris Shaffer While trout stocking beings in January in West Virginia it’s February that marks the start of larger trout plants. The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources has already been releasing trout into the state’s rivers, creeks, lakes and ponds and almost a million more are coming this year. We called Jim Hedrick, […]
By: Chris Shaffer Trout stocking has been occurring weekly in South Carolina’s Upstate. However, most of the trout plants are taking place in park lakes and special regulation delayed-harvest areas. That will all change in late February as full trout stocking resumes. However, the East fork of the Chattooga River is getting some pretty impressive […]
By: Chris Shaffer Trout season is about to screech to a halt in West Virginia. On the heels of five months of aggressive trout stocking the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources is about to take their foot off the gas as lakes, rivers and streams begin to warm. Fortunately, there’s still time to cash […]
By: Isaac Zettle High water is good for catching large trout. Fortunately, or unfortunately for some, we’ve been contending with high water in Central Pennsylvania since the season opened. It seems like since the start of trout season we’ve been getting hit with big storm after big storm. Many of our creeks have been high […]
By: Chris Shaffer When one of my friends heard we were going brook trout fishing in North Georgia he didn’t believe us. He asked us to double check with the Georgia Division of Natural Resources because he didn’t think brook trout were stocked in Georgia. He told us he’s been fishing North Georgia streams for […]
By: Jon Montresor It’s no secret that many of Western Montana’s famous rivers and creeks are running high right now due to extreme snowmelt. Staying in Missoula over the weekend we had no choice but to focus our trout fishing efforts on stillwater systems instead. Roughly a half hour from Missoula we spent Sunday fishing […]
By: Isaac Zettle With the statewide trout opener in the rear view mirror Pennsylvania anglers are looking forward to another two weeks of heavy trout stocking. Opening weekend had mixed results due to a strong line of storms that passed through on Friday evening. The heavy rain resulted in a last minute influx of water […]
By: Mike Wickkiser Saturday marks the annual Southeast Pennsylvania Trout Opener and all signs are pointing toward excellent trout fishing. I’m expecting large crowds and lots of trout caught. For the first time in many years everything is lining up to be really nice. The water is at a good fishing flow. In fact, it’s […]
By: Chris Shaffer The general North Carolina trout opener is still a week away. However, the famed Cherokee trout opener is this Saturday March 30. Last season, more than 5,000 anglers took part in the now annual event. According to Fish Cherokee more than 36,000 trout were stocked in the last two weeks in preparation […]
By: Samuel “Fluff” Davidson The Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries is stocking lakes and streams all over the state and fishing has been good. However, recently I was invited to fish a private pond and had a blast. Known as Seven Springs Trout Pond this small pond is located in Tazewell, Virginia, and […]
