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Elk Creek fishing regulations

Virginia DWR classifies water on Elk Creek as Class VI, managed as stocked holdover. This is a designation of the fishery, not the season and creel rules. The posted signs and the current digest are the authority, not this page.

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State trout-water classification

Class
Class VI
Management
stocked holdover
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 Elk Creek

Elk Creek — live water temperature, regulations and access