Elk River

Recent trout stockings

1. Wed, May 27, 20264 months ago
2. Thu, May 21, 20264 months ago
3. Wed, May 13, 20264 months ago

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Stocking schedule (WVDNR 2026)

• WOne stocking each week, March through May
• FOne stocking each week for two weeks beginning the third Monday of October

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

  2-mile section from the Elk Springs Campground downstream to Rose Run bridge. Access by county Route 49 off state Route 15 about 4 miles west of Valley Head.

  Randolph 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

• Catch and release

  Slatyfork section: 4.6-mile section from the junction of Big Spring and Old Field forks downstream to the mouth of Dry Branch, including Props Run and Big Run. Access by foot from county Routes 219/2 on the north and 219/12 on the south.

  Pocahontas 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.

About Elk River

Type

Stream

County

Randolph County, WV

Nearest town

Valley Head

Land designation

Private/Other

Also listed as

Elk River (Randolph, Webster)