With over 900,000 acres in federal ownership the Monongahela offers a variety of freshwater fishing experiences. Our Forest contains 600 miles of cold water streams, representing 50 percent of all trout water and 90 percent of native brook trout water in West Virginia. Forest streams provide habitat for stocked finerling and catchable trout. Rainbow, golden rainbow, brown and brook trout are the four species stocked regularly by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. Naturally reproducing (wild) populations of brown and rainbow trout are often encountered in many Forest streams. The warm water angler will be equally entertained with 350 miles of stream and some of the best smallmouth bass waters in the state, such as the South Branch of the Potomac and the Greenbrier Rivers.

For the angler who enjoys that "what's next!" surprise of hooking a fish, or for the beginner who doesn't want to spend the entire weekend being "hung up", bass, bluegill, catfish and trout anxiously "await your bait" in 216 acres of impoundment. The specialist who's in hot pursuit of that record fish may which to participate in the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources trophy fish citation program.

Whether it's trout or bass, lake or stream, you're sure to discover what you're looking for by fishing your Monongahela National Forest.