Smaller stocked trout in West Virginia
1/7/2020 12:00:00 AM
CATEGORIES:
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
West Virginia
Barbour County, WV
Berkeley County, WV
Boone County, WV
Braxton County, WV
Brooke County, WV
Cabell County, WV
Calhoun County, WV
Clay County, WV
Doddridge County, WV
Fayette County, WV
Gilmer County, WV
Grant County, WV
Greenbrier County, WV
Hampshire County, WV
Hancock County, WV
Hardy County, WV
Harrison County, WV
Jackson County, WV
Jefferson County, WV
Kanawha County, WV
Lewis County, WV
Lincoln County, WV
Logan County, WV
Marion County, WV
Marshall County, WV
Mason County, WV
McDowell County, WV
Mercer County, WV
Mineral County, WV
Mingo County, WV
Monongalia County, WV
Monroe County, WV
Morgan County, WV
Nicholas County, WV
Ohio County, WV
Pendleton County, WV
Pleasants County, WV
Pocahontas County, WV
Preston County, WV
Putnam County, WV
Raleigh County, WV
Randolph County, WV
Ritchie County, WV
Roane County, WV
Summers County, WV
Taylor County, WV
Tucker County, WV
Tyler County, WV
Upshur County, WV
Wayne County, WV
Webster County, WV
Wetzel County, WV
Wirt County, WV
Wood County, WV
Wyoming County, WV
Start Date: 8/31/2019
- End Date: 1/6/2020
Trout stocked in West Virginia waterways in the winter months were smaller than normal as drought during the latter part of summer through the fall affected fish size, according to Jim Hedrick, the division hatchery supervisor. Water supplies improved in October, allowing normal feeding of the fish to resume. Winter weather tends to slow the growth rate of fish, but growth should increase as warmer weather returns. Increased feeding is also being offered to bolster fish size.
WBOY-TV Clarksburg (W.V.), Jan. 6, 2020
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