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 ...

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 ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Governor Jim Justice is furious with a pair of federal agencies over their handling of two separate issues involving the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. Justice, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

MANNINGTON, W.Va. (WBOY) — A Marion County man caught the largest tiger trout ever recorded in West Virginia last month. Grant Town resident Robert Riggs made the catch on March 28 at Mannington Lake, ...

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 ...

Most trout anglers have heard the phrase "hoot owl restrictions" at some point or another. It refers to state wildlife agencies putting fishing limitations on certain rivers due to low water levels ...

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 ...