North Fork Cherry River

Recent trout stockings

1. Fri, May 22, 20264 months ago
2. Fri, May 8, 20264 months ago
3. Thu, Apr 23, 20265 months ago

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Stocking schedule (WVDNR 2026)

• BWTwo stockings each month, February through April

Schedule codes from the 2026 West Virginia Fishing Regulations Summary. Actual stocking dates appear above as WVDNR reports them. Every stocked water by schedule code →

Fishing regulations

• Catch and release

  1.8-mile section extending upstream from Richwood's water supply dam to the first state Route 39 bridge. Access by state Route 39.

  Nicholas County

  • Fishing permitted during daylight hours only
  • Only artificial flies and lures made of metal, wood, feathers, hair, or synthetic material may be used or possessed
  • No lure or fly with any scent, oil, or edible enticement may be used or possessed; Powerbait, Gulp and other manufactured scented baits are illegal on this section
  • Multiple-hook lures must have barbless hooks; single-hook lures may have barbed hooks
  • All trout caught must be returned to the water at once
  • No trout may be in the angler's possession while on the catch-and-release section

Statewide trout limits: 6 per day, 12 in possession, no minimum size, unless a special regulation above says otherwise.

Baitfish restriction: possession of non-game fish and the use of any fish, including dead or packaged minnows, as bait is prohibited in the Gauley River upstream of the Route 55/20 bridge at Curtin, including the Cherry, Williams, Cranberry and upper Gauley rivers and all their tributaries.

About North Fork Cherry River

Type

Stream

County

Greenbrier County, WV

Nearest town

North Bend

Land designation

Private/Other