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Governor announces West Virginia will stock 30,000 trout for holidays
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CHARLESTON, WV – Gov. Jim Justice announced this week that, at his request, the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources will stock 30,000 trout over the next week in streams around the state so anglers and their families can enjoy fishing opportunities during the holiday season.
“As a lifelong fisherman myself, I’m very proud of all we’re doing to bring this incredible pastime to more and more West Virginians of all ages,” Gov. Justice said.
“I’ve probably been in just about every stream in this state, and I can tell you there’s almost nothing more peaceful and enjoyable than a day spent fishing in Almost Heaven West Virginia. This holiday trout stocking is a wonderful opportunity for our families to make some new memories during this special time of year. I urge everyone who loves the outdoors to get out and catch some great fish.”
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West Virginiaâs trout anglers will get an early Christmas gift this year.
Because of a surplus of trout in the stateâs hatcheries, Division of Natural Resources officials will conduct special trout stockings in 11 rivers this week. An estimated 15,000 pounds of trout will be stocked.
Jim Hedrick, the DNRâs hatchery supervisor, said hatchery production this year was good â almost too good, in fact.
âWe need to make more hatchery space available,â he said. âWhen we get this many fish in our hatcheries, they grow more slowly than we would like. Stocking these fish now will free up some space and allow us to grow bigger fish during the spring stocking season.â