MARION, Va. – Officials had to euthanize 40,000 trout in Virginia to prevent the spread of whirling disease, the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources announced Thursday.

Trout are generally considered cool water species, and many bodies of water in Virginia can not sustain them during warm summer months. However, waterways in permit fishing areas are cool enough ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — Trout stocking by the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) is being delayed on some streams around the commonwealth because of low water. DWR says stockings o… ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — Every first Saturday in April is Virginia Trout Heritage Day. This year is it on April 6. Twenty bodies of water around the commonwealth will received special stockings … ...

The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources stocked the South River at Basic Park with Trout. “Adults can assist with fishing, but it is a youth-only area,” Fishers Manager for the DWR ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — Trout stocking by the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) is being delayed on some streams around the commonwealth because of low water. DWR says stockings on ...