Williams River (delayed harvest)
Stocked stream · Pocahontas County · Slaty Fork
Last stocked: 5 months ago (Thu, Apr 16, 2026)
Williams River (delayed harvest) is a WV DNR trout-stocked stream in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, near Slaty Fork. WVDNR's 2026 stocking schedule: stocking frequency varies.
Recent trout stockings
20262 stockings
- Thu, Apr 16, 20265 months ago
- Fri, Mar 20, 20266 months ago
20251 stocking
- Sat, May 24, 2025over a year ago
Showing the three most recent stockings. Free data is delayed 24 hours.
Stream conditions
USGS gauge · Sep 17, 2:15 PM EDT
Williams River at Dyer (USGS 03186500) · 14 mi from this water
Gauge is at Dyer, about 14 miles downstream of the delayed-harvest section.
- Flow
- 54 cfs
- Falling 16% vs. 24 h ago
- Normal for Sep 17 · about 2.0× the median daily flow (27 cfs)
- Gage height
- 1.33 ft
This gauge has no water-temperature sensor.
7-day range 48 cfs – 160 cfs (the shaded days)
median daily flow for the date (USGS normals)
today so far (54 cfs) · the latest reading, not yet a daily mean
Daily mean flow with each day’s low–high band, through Wed, Sep 16, 2026; today’s reading is not yet a daily mean
Show the daily values
| Day | Mean | Low | High | Median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19 | 656 cfs | 656 cfs | 656 cfs | 60 cfs |
| Aug 20 | 418 cfs | 418 cfs | 418 cfs | 61 cfs |
| Aug 21 | 316 cfs | 316 cfs | 316 cfs | 60 cfs |
| Aug 22 | 239 cfs | 239 cfs | 239 cfs | 58 cfs |
| Aug 23 | 228 cfs | 228 cfs | 228 cfs | 52 cfs |
| Aug 24 | 165 cfs | 165 cfs | 165 cfs | 46 cfs |
| Aug 25 | 126 cfs | 126 cfs | 126 cfs | 43 cfs |
| Aug 26 | 101 cfs | 101 cfs | 101 cfs | 39 cfs |
| Aug 27 | 84 cfs | 84 cfs | 84 cfs | 35 cfs |
| Aug 28 | 540 cfs | 540 cfs | 540 cfs | 33 cfs |
| Aug 29 | 259 cfs | 259 cfs | 259 cfs | 32 cfs |
| Aug 30 | 162 cfs | 162 cfs | 162 cfs | 31 cfs |
| Aug 31 | 120 cfs | 120 cfs | 120 cfs | 31 cfs |
| Sep 1 | 96 cfs | 96 cfs | 96 cfs | 32 cfs |
| Sep 2 | 77 cfs | 77 cfs | 77 cfs | 31 cfs |
| Sep 3 | 62 cfs | 62 cfs | 62 cfs | 31 cfs |
| Sep 4 | 52 cfs | 52 cfs | 52 cfs | 33 cfs |
| Sep 5 | 88 cfs | 88 cfs | 88 cfs | 33 cfs |
| Sep 6 | 149 cfs | 149 cfs | 149 cfs | 32 cfs |
| Sep 7 | 90 cfs | 90 cfs | 90 cfs | 31 cfs |
| Sep 8 | 66 cfs | 66 cfs | 66 cfs | 31 cfs |
| Sep 9 | 52 cfs | 52 cfs | 52 cfs | 30 cfs |
| Sep 10 | 47 cfs | 47 cfs | 47 cfs | 30 cfs |
| Sep 11 | 48 cfs | 48 cfs | 48 cfs | 29 cfs |
| Sep 12 | 55 cfs | 55 cfs | 55 cfs | 28 cfs |
| Sep 13 | 133 cfs | 133 cfs | 133 cfs | 28 cfs |
| Sep 14 | 160 cfs | 160 cfs | 160 cfs | 28 cfs |
| Sep 15 | 94 cfs | 94 cfs | 94 cfs | 27 cfs |
| Sep 16 | 68 cfs | 68 cfs | 68 cfs | 27 cfs |
Source: USGS Water Data (provisional data, subject to revision; readings refresh every 30 minutes). cfs = cubic feet per second; gage height is the water level at the gauge, not depth. The reading is at the gauge, not necessarily at the stocked section. Normals: 76 years of USGS daily record (1950–2026), approved values. Flows well above normal for the date usually run high and off-color.
Stocking schedule (WVDNR 2026)
- VStocking frequency varies
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
Delayed harvest
From a signed location approximately 2 miles downstream of Tea Creek extending 2 miles downstream. Access by National Forest Route 86.
Pocahontas County · Catch-and-release November 1 - May 15; general regulations May 16 - October 31
- Catch-and-release regulations apply November 1 through May 15
- General statewide regulations apply May 16 through October 31
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 Williams River (delayed harvest)
- Type
- Stream
- County
- Pocahontas County, WV
- Nearest town
- Slaty Fork
- WMA
- Handley Wildlife Management Area
Stocking dates are sourced from the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources daily stocking reports. Stocking-schedule codes, special regulations, and lake facilities are summarised from the 2026 West Virginia Fishing Regulations Summary and can change during the season; the West Virginia Code and current WVDNR regulations control — check wvdnr.gov/fishing-regulations before fishing. Location details are approximate.