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Whitetop Laurel Special Regulation Water — Whitetop Laurel Creek, Virginia
Also called Whitetop Laurel, the Creeper water.
40 NHD reaches, 14.1 miles of drawn channel — side channels and braids included, so more than the distance downriver.
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The line is the water this name refers to, drawn from the NHD reaches it resolves to; the
dots are the nearest gauges reporting water temperature, coloured by what they read now.
The mapped extent is the whole named creek. The two special-regulation sections are posted on the ground.
What it is
One of Virginia's largest wild trout streams, in Washington County along the Virginia Creeper Trail. Seven miles are stocked and five carry special regulations, in two posted sections.
Two special-regulation sections: 12-inch minimum size, six fish per day, single-hook artificial lures only.
Where it is
This name covers a stretch whose boundaries are posted on the ground rather than held in any file this site reads, so the map draws the named stream and the boundaries are described in words above rather than guessed at with a line.
No access site in this state's file falls within 3 miles of the mapped reach.
Regulations on this stretch
Two special-regulation sections: 12-inch minimum size, six fish per day, single-hook artificial lures only.
Rules change every year and the posted signs are the authority, not this page. Check the current Virginia regulations before you fish. Where this stretch sits inside a larger river, that river's general regulations apply everywhere this stretch's do not.
Best times
Wild rainbows and browns; spring and autumn fish best, and the Creeper Trail puts most of the water within walking distance.
Live water temperature
No USGS temperature gauge we read reports within 25 miles of this stretch, so this page has no live number for it. That is a gap in the gauge network, not a judgement about the water.
Fly shops nearby
- Damascus Outfitters — 5.3 mi
- Stone Fly Co. — 5.3 mi
- New River Outfitters — 23.1 mi
Straight-line distance from the centre of the mapped reach.
Sources for the name
BirdTrout did not name this water. 2 independent sources below use the name, and it ships only because more than one of them does.
- dnr Virginia DWR
- guide The Trout Bandit
The river this is part of
Whitetop Laurel Creek — live temperature, regulations and access