DNR Trout Harvest Study

The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources will conduct a trout harvest rate study during the 2025 spring and fall trout stocking seasons.
The study will help biologists better understand how long trout stay in stocked streams, how they move over time, and whether they survive through the summer.
As part of that effort, DNR hatchery staff will release rainbow and golden rainbow trout marked with unique numbered blue tags into waters around the state.