Who We Are
Virginia contains over 3,500 miles of trout streams, in addition to numerous ponds, small lakes and reservoirs. The total includes over 2,900 miles of wild trout streams and about 600 miles of water inhabited with stocked trout. Virginia’s diversified trout habitat offers a wide range of trout fishing opportunities.
What We Do
Fish stocking is a management tool used to:
- establish sportfish in new, reclaimed, or renovated waters open to public fishing;
- supplement natural stocks where reproduction is inadequate;
- introduce new species as predators and/or to provide a trophy fishery;
- and provide immediate fishing by introducing catchable size fish.
Trout are raised at the Marion, Paint Bank, Wytheville, Coursey Springs, and Montebello hatcheries.
