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The state of West Virginia has a wide variety of freshwater fish species in its rivers, lakes, and streams. 20% of these species are sportfish , and the remaining 80% are nongame species. [ 1 ]
During the early half of the 20th century, the West Virginia Department of Resources accidentally hatched a somewhat golden rainbow trout. This excitement in the state hatchery fueled the effort to produce the West Virginia "golden rainbow trout." Some anglers claim the state received a golden trout from the west to help culture this. Just the ...
Virginia: Brook trout (fresh water) Salvelinus fontinalis: 2011 [66] Striped bass (salt water) Morone saxatilis: Washington: Steelhead trout: Oncorhynchus mykiss: 1969 [67] West Virginia: Brook trout: Salvelinus fontinalis: 1973 [68] Wisconsin: Muskellunge: Esox masquinongy: 1955 [69] Wyoming: Cutthroat trout: Oncorhynchus clarkii: 1987 [70]
The Kanawha River (/ kəˈnɔːə / kə-NAW-ə) is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 97 mi (156 km) long, in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The largest inland waterway in West Virginia, its watershed has been a significant industrial region of the state since early in the 19th century. It is formed at the town of Gauley Bridge in ...
Designated. April 13, 1976. The New River is a river which flows through the U.S. states of North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia before joining with the Gauley River to form the Kanawha River at the town of Gauley Bridge, West Virginia. Part of the Ohio River watershed, it is about 360 miles (580 km) long.
Stonecoal Lake Wildlife Management Area is located on 2,985 acres (1,208 ha) [2] in Lewis and Upshur counties, east of Weston, West Virginia, United States. The wildlife management area is centered on Stonecoal Lake (38°59′17″N 80°22′41″W), a hydroelectric project owned by Allegheny Energy. The lake was built in 1972 (52 years ago) to ...
West Virginia began stocking fish in state waterways in the 1880s and has been operating its own fish hatcheries since 1930. Today, the Wildlife Resources Section operates a network of seven trout hatcheries and two warmwater fish hatcheries. [6] Apple Grove Fish Hatchery (warm water) [7] Bowden Fish Hatchery (trout) Edray Fish Hatchery (trout)
14,000 cu ft/s (400 m 3 /s) (1972) Basin features. Tributaries. • left. Birch River. • right. Holly River. The Elk River is a tributary of the Kanawha River, 172 miles (277 km) long, [5] in central West Virginia in the United States. Via the Kanawha and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.