BirdTroutOpen the map Back Fork fishing regulations
Virginia DWR classifies water on Back Fork as Class II, managed as wild. This is a designation of the fishery, not the season and creel rules. Virginia DWR records rainbow trout in the classified reaches. The posted signs and the current digest are the authority, not this page.
State trout-water classification
- Class
- Class II
- Management
- wild
- Species on record
- rainbow trout
- Source
- Virginia DWR, per classified reach
The season and creel rules change yearly and live with the agency; this page does not paraphrase them.
VDWR trout waters and stocking → Virginia season and creel rules →
Rules change every year and the posted signs are the authority, not this page. The full state tables, with the date they were read, are on Virginia fishing regulations.
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