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Dismal Creek fishing regulations

Virginia DWR classifies water on Dismal Creek as Class III, 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.

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State trout-water classification

Class
Class III
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.

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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.

More about Dismal Creek

Dismal Creek — live water temperature, regulations and access