As a reminder, a trout license is not required to fish designated stocked trout waters during Free Fishing Days. A permit is still required to fish at Clinch Mountain, Crooked Creek, and Douthat State Park Fee Fishing Areas.
The cost for a nonresident trout license to fish in designated stocked trout waters has been reduced to the same price as a resident trout license ($23.00).
Stocking dates for Urban Stocked Trout Waters will be posted the week prior to stocking on the Department’s trout stocking info page and trout stocking telephone line.
In the Catchable Trout Stocking Plan, Wytheville Community College Pond (Wythe County) has been changed from a Category B to a Category A water.
The Delayed Harvest Water in Chestnut Creek (Carroll County) has been changed. It now spans from the U.S. Route 58 bridge down- stream approximately 4.2 miles downstream to the downstream boundary of the New River Trail State Park Cliffview Campground.
Hearthstone Lake (Augusta County) has been changed from a Category B water to a Category A water in the Catchable Stocked Trout Program.
No Trespass signs at the private service road bridge at the lower boundary of the Delayed Harvest Section have been posted by Dominion Energy for public safety reasons. Vehicular & pedestrian traffic across the bridge is prohibited. Anglers can park on the south/downstream side of the bridge and access the Delayed Harvest section of Back Creek by foot around the bridge.
