Nathan Smith, 16, was bank fishing early on Feb. 24 at New Creek Dam Site #14 with his pal Caleb Burns, 18. The public lake in Grant County, West Virginia, is deep and clear, and Smith spotted the ...

The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources announced the winners of the statewide Monster Trout contest on Monday, and a Clarksburg man has walked away with the grand prize.

Robert Riggs and his son Brent carried their small jon boat, trolling motor, and fishing gear to the edge of Mannington Lake in West Virginia the morning of March 28. They readied the boat for fishing ...

A Parkersburg man was a winner in the Monster Trout Contest sponsored by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. Cameron Irizarry was among five fishermen who caught a specially tagged trout ...

WHEELING, W.Va. – The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources stocked 68 lakes and streams with trout during the week of April 28 as part of its spring stocking program. This includes Wheeling ...

CHARLESTON — The state posted a 19% increase in trout stockings so far this year over 2022, the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Thursday said. Between January and May, the division stocked ...

MANNINGTON, W.Va. — When Robert Riggs and his son decided to drag their boat to Mannington Lake on March 28th, there was some doubt as to whether it was the best idea. “It was an overcast and rainy ...

Trout and trout fishing are most often associated with flowing water—be it big western rivers filled with large browns, rainbows, and cutthroat to tiny mountain streams in the East with native brook ...

This story, “Float to Wild Trout,” appeared in the August 1987 issue of Outdoor Life. For the last mile or so, I have been sitting relaxed with the canoe paddle across my lap, lulled by the stunning ...