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
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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.
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