West Virginia Trout Stocking Schedule 2026

Every WV DNR trout-stocked water by its 2026 schedule code

The West Virginia DNR stocks trout in 221 streams, rivers and lakes on a published 2026 schedule: each water carries one or more schedule codes that say how often, and in which months, it is stocked.

Spring stocking runs January through May depending on the code — from one stocking each month, January through April (MJ) to one stocking each week, March through May (W). Fall stocking is one stocking each week for two weeks beginning the third Monday of October (F). Statewide, the daily creel limit for trout is 6 with 12 in possession and no minimum size, unless a special regulation on the water says otherwise. The exact day a water is stocked is only published after the truck runs — each water's page lists those dates, and members get a text the same day.

How to read the WVDNR stocking codes

Code	Stocking frequency	Waters
Q	One stocking, first week of March	15
BW	Two stockings each month, February through April	81
W	One stocking each week, March through May	21
M	One stocking each month, February through May	54
MJ	One stocking each month, January through April	37
X	Stocked after April 1 or once the area is open to the public	1
F	One stocking each week for two weeks beginning the third Monday of October	43
V	Stocking frequency varies	22

Codes combine: a water marked BW-F is stocked twice a month from February through April and again for two weeks in October. An asterisk in the pamphlet means stocking may be suspended this year.

BW — Two stockings each month, February through April

81 waters

M — One stocking each month, February through May

54 waters

MJ — One stocking each month, January through April

37 waters

X — Stocked after April 1 or once the area is open to the public

1 water

Rock Cliff Lake Hardy County

F — One stocking each week for two weeks beginning the third Monday of October

43 waters

V — Stocking frequency varies

22 waters

Stocking may be suspended in 2026

WVDNR marks these waters with an asterisk (dam maintenance and similar work).

Every stocked water by county →Browse by county →Open the stocking map →

Schedule codes 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. Actual stocking dates are sourced from the WVDNR daily stocking reports and shown on each water's page.