Jackson River fishing

Fishing at Jackson River is on a river section, stocked with Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout, and Tiger Trout. It is stocked about 25 times a year since 2016, most often in March and May. Species guides list dawn and dusk for Rainbow Trout and Tiger Trout and dawn, day, and dusk for Brown Trout and Brook Trout.

Last stocked

May 21, 2026

Plants on record

273

Species recorded

4

Elevation

985 ft

Access and facts

Water type
river section
Nearest town
Clifton Forge, VA
Shore access
Yes
Boat ramp
Yes

DWR lists free shoreline access on the Jackson River at Low Moor and Island Ford II, a fee concrete ramp in downtown Clifton Forge, and a fee boat slide in nearby Covington, all in Alleghany County.

Sources: water_type , access.shore , access.boat_ramp , shore_notes , nearest_town

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How Jackson River is stocked

The first plant of the year usually falls in the second week of January. In 2026 it was January 6, 2026, about when it usually is.

Cowpasture River (0 mi) was stocked more recently. Cowpasture River is also stocked with Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Brown Trout, and Tiger Trout.

Fish at Jackson River

Fishing Jackson River is most likely to be for Rainbow Trout. Rainbow Trout accounts for 72 of 184 plants on record, ahead of Brown Trout and 2 more.

Rainbow Trout 72 plants
Plants
72 of 273
Last stocked
May 6, 2026

Seasons and rigs are on the Rainbow Trout guide.

Brown Trout 60 plants
Plants
60 of 273
Last stocked
May 21, 2026

Seasons and rigs are on the Brown Trout guide.

Tiger Trout 34 plants
Plants
34 of 273
Last stocked
April 22, 2026

Seasons and rigs are on the Tiger Trout guide.

Brook Trout 18 plants
Plants
18 of 273
Last stocked
March 26, 2026

Seasons and rigs are on the Brook Trout guide.

Stocking history

Showing 15 of 273 plants Showing 273 plants

Source: Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
May 21, 2026 Brown Trout – – report
May 18, 2026 Brown Trout – – report
May 6, 2026 Brown Trout – – report
May 6, 2026 Rainbow Trout – – report
April 27, 2026 Brown Trout – – report
April 22, 2026 Tiger Trout – – report
April 22, 2026 Brown Trout – – report
April 22, 2026 Rainbow Trout – – report
April 17, 2026 Tiger Trout – – report
April 17, 2026 Brown Trout – – report
March 31, 2026 Brown Trout – – report
March 26, 2026 Tiger Trout – – report
March 26, 2026 Brook Trout – – report
March 26, 2026 Brown Trout – – report
March 24, 2026 Tiger Trout – – report
March 24, 2026 Brown Trout – – report
March 4, 2026 Brook Trout – – report
March 4, 2026 Rainbow Trout – – report
March 3, 2026 Tiger Trout – – report
March 3, 2026 Rainbow Trout – – report
January 22, 2026 Brown Trout – – report
January 22, 2026 Rainbow Trout – – report
January 14, 2026 Brown Trout – – report
January 6, 2026 Brown Trout – – report
November 20, 2025 Brown Trout – – report
November 19, 2025 Rainbow Trout – – report
November 6, 2025 Brown Trout – – report
October 17, 2025 Tiger Trout – – report
October 17, 2025 Brown Trout – – report
October 17, 2025 Rainbow Trout – – report
October 8, 2025 Brown Trout – – report
October 8, 2025 Rainbow Trout – – report
May 29, 2025 Tiger Trout – – report
May 29, 2025 Brook Trout – – report
May 29, 2025 Rainbow Trout – – report
May 20, 2025 Tiger Trout – – report
May 20, 2025 Rainbow Trout – – report
May 20, 2025 Tiger Trout – – report
May 20, 2025 Rainbow Trout – – report
May 5, 2025 Tiger Trout – – report
May 5, 2025 Brown Trout – – report
May 5, 2025 Rainbow Trout – – report
April 29, 2025 Tiger Trout – – report
April 29, 2025 Brown Trout – – report
April 29, 2025 Rainbow Trout – – report
April 18, 2025 Tiger Trout – – report
April 18, 2025 Rainbow Trout – – report
March 21, 2025 Tiger Trout – – report
March 21, 2025 Brook Trout – – report
March 21, 2025 Rainbow Trout – – report
March 11, 2025 Brook Trout – – report
March 11, 2025 Brown Trout – – report
March 11, 2025 Rainbow Trout – – report
February 27, 2025 Brook Trout – – report
February 27, 2025 Rainbow Trout – – report
February 14, 2025 Rainbow Trout – – report
January 31, 2025 Rainbow Trout – – report
January 3, 2025 Brown Trout – – report
January 3, 2025 Rainbow Trout – – report
December 10, 2024 Brown Trout – – report
December 10, 2024 Rainbow Trout – – report
November 26, 2024 Brown Trout – – report
November 26, 2024 Rainbow Trout – – report
November 25, 2024 Brown Trout – – report
November 25, 2024 Rainbow Trout – – report
October 9, 2024 Brown Trout – – report
October 9, 2024 Rainbow Trout – – report
October 7, 2024 Brown Trout – – report
October 3, 2024 Brown Trout – – report
October 3, 2024 Rainbow Trout – – report
May 30, 2024 Tiger Trout – – report
May 30, 2024 Rainbow Trout – – report
May 28, 2024 Tiger Trout – – report
May 28, 2024 Brook Trout – – report
May 28, 2024 Rainbow Trout – – report
May 16, 2024 Tiger Trout – – report
May 16, 2024 Brook Trout – – report
May 15, 2024 Tiger Trout – – report
May 15, 2024 Rainbow Trout – – report
April 24, 2024 Tiger Trout – – report
April 24, 2024 Brown Trout – – report
April 24, 2024 Rainbow Trout – – report
April 4, 2024 Tiger Trout – – report
April 4, 2024 Brook Trout – – report
April 4, 2024 Brown Trout – – report
April 4, 2024 Rainbow Trout – – report
March 26, 2024 Tiger Trout – – report
March 26, 2024 Rainbow Trout – – report
March 14, 2024 Tiger Trout – – report
March 14, 2024 Rainbow Trout – – report
March 8, 2024 Brown Trout – – report
March 8, 2024 Rainbow Trout – – report
March 4, 2024 Rainbow Trout – – report
February 23, 2024 Rainbow Trout – – report
February 22, 2024 Rainbow Trout – – report
February 1, 2024 Rainbow Trout – – report
December 19, 2023 Brown Trout – – report
November 28, 2023 Rainbow Trout – – report
November 13, 2023 Brown Trout – – report
November 13, 2023 Rainbow Trout – – report
October 13, 2023 Brown Trout – – report
October 13, 2023 Rainbow Trout – – report
October 10, 2023 Brown Trout – – report
October 6, 2023 Brown Trout – – report
October 6, 2023 Rainbow Trout – – report
May 30, 2023 Rainbow Trout – – report
May 26, 2023 Rainbow Trout – – report
May 17, 2023 Brook Trout – – report
May 17, 2023 Brown Trout – – report
May 17, 2023 Rainbow Trout – – report
May 8, 2023 Tiger Trout – – report
May 8, 2023 Brown Trout – – report
April 25, 2023 Brook Trout – – report
April 25, 2023 Brown Trout – – report
April 25, 2023 Rainbow Trout – – report
April 18, 2023 Tiger Trout – – report
April 18, 2023 Brown Trout – – report
April 14, 2023 Tiger Trout – – report
April 14, 2023 Brook Trout – – report
March 29, 2023 Brook Trout – – report
March 29, 2023 Brown Trout – – report
March 29, 2023 Rainbow Trout – – report
March 16, 2023 Brown Trout – – report
March 9, 2023 Tiger Trout – – report
March 9, 2023 Brook Trout – – report
March 8, 2023 Tiger Trout – – report
March 8, 2023 Brook Trout – – report
February 7, 2023 Brown Trout – – report
February 7, 2023 Rainbow Trout – – report
February 1, 2023 Brown Trout – – report
February 1, 2023 Rainbow Trout – – report
December 14, 2022 Tiger Trout – – report
December 14, 2022 Brown Trout – – report
December 14, 2022 Rainbow Trout – – report
November 18, 2022 Tiger Trout – – report
November 18, 2022 Brown Trout – – report
November 18, 2022 Rainbow Trout – – report
November 16, 2022 Tiger Trout – – report
November 16, 2022 Brown Trout – – report
November 16, 2022 Rainbow Trout – – report
October 12, 2022 Brown Trout – – report
October 12, 2022 Rainbow Trout – – report
October 4, 2022 Brown Trout – – report
October 4, 2022 Rainbow Trout – – report
October 3, 2022 Brown Trout – – report
October 3, 2022 Rainbow Trout – – report
May 26, 2022 Brown Trout – – report
May 26, 2022 Rainbow Trout – – report
May 25, 2022 Brown Trout – – report
May 25, 2022 Rainbow Trout – – report
May 11, 2022 Brown Trout – – report
May 11, 2022 Rainbow Trout – – report
April 19, 2022 Tiger Trout – – report
April 19, 2022 Brown Trout – – report
April 19, 2022 Rainbow Trout – – report
April 15, 2022 Tiger Trout – – report
April 15, 2022 Brook Trout – – report
April 15, 2022 Brown Trout – – report
April 15, 2022 Rainbow Trout – – report
March 31, 2022 Brown Trout – – report
March 31, 2022 Rainbow Trout – – report
March 21, 2022 Brook Trout – – report
March 21, 2022 Brown Trout – – report
March 21, 2022 Rainbow Trout – – report
March 18, 2022 Tiger Trout – – report
March 18, 2022 Brown Trout – – report
March 18, 2022 Rainbow Trout – – report
March 11, 2022 Tiger Trout – – report
March 11, 2022 Brown Trout – – report
March 11, 2022 Rainbow Trout – – report
February 25, 2022 Tiger Trout – – report
February 25, 2022 Brown Trout – – report
February 25, 2022 Rainbow Trout – – report
February 17, 2022 Brook Trout – – report
February 17, 2022 Rainbow Trout – – report
January 25, 2022 Brown Trout – – report
January 25, 2022 Rainbow Trout – – report
January 12, 2022 Brown Trout – – report
January 12, 2022 Rainbow Trout – – report
December 17, 2021 Rainbow Trout – – report
December 16, 2021 Rainbow Trout – – report
October 21, 2021 Rainbow Trout – – report
October 12, 2021 Rainbow Trout – – report
October 7, 2021 Rainbow Trout – – report
May 27, 2021 – – – report
May 25, 2021 – – – report
May 10, 2021 – – – report
April 16, 2021 – – – report
April 15, 2021 – – – report
March 31, 2021 – – – report
March 31, 2021 – – – report
March 30, 2021 – – – report
March 8, 2021 – – – report
March 4, 2021 – – – report
February 16, 2021 – – – report
February 9, 2021 – – – report
January 28, 2021 – – – report
January 20, 2021 – – – report
December 30, 2020 – – – report
December 3, 2020 – – – report
October 22, 2020 – – – report
October 5, 2020 – – – report
October 2, 2020 – – – report
May 29, 2020 – – – report
May 28, 2020 – – – report
May 21, 2020 – – – report
May 15, 2020 – – – report
April 28, 2020 – – – report
April 17, 2020 – – – report
April 13, 2020 – – – report
March 19, 2020 – – – report
March 13, 2020 – – – report
March 11, 2020 – – – report
February 27, 2020 – – – report
February 26, 2020 – – – report
February 4, 2020 – – – report
January 14, 2020 – – – report
January 6, 2020 – – – report
December 16, 2019 – – – report
December 12, 2019 – – – report
October 9, 2019 – – – report
October 4, 2019 – – – report
May 29, 2019 – – – report
May 17, 2019 – – – report
May 16, 2019 – – – report
April 24, 2019 – – – report
April 19, 2019 – – – report
April 10, 2019 – – – report
March 18, 2019 – – – report
March 13, 2019 – – – report
March 7, 2019 – – – report
February 27, 2019 – – – report
February 22, 2019 – – – report
February 15, 2019 – – – report
January 9, 2019 – – – report
January 7, 2019 – – – report
January 7, 2019 – – – report
November 20, 2018 – – – report
November 13, 2018 – – – report
October 19, 2018 – – – report
October 10, 2018 – – – report
May 24, 2018 – – – report
May 18, 2018 – – – report
May 14, 2018 – – – report
April 27, 2018 – – – report
April 5, 2018 – – – report
March 26, 2018 – – – report
March 20, 2018 – – – report
March 9, 2018 – – – report
February 21, 2018 – – – report
February 15, 2018 – – – report
January 22, 2018 – – – report
January 16, 2018 – – – report
November 30, 2017 – – – report
November 17, 2017 – – – report
October 13, 2017 – – – report
October 12, 2017 – – – report
May 23, 2017 – – – report
May 18, 2017 – – – report
May 10, 2017 – – – report
April 25, 2017 – – – report
April 14, 2017 – – – report
April 4, 2017 – – – report
March 23, 2017 – – – report
March 16, 2017 – – – report
March 1, 2017 – – – report
February 24, 2017 – – – report
February 8, 2017 – – – report
January 12, 2017 – – – report
November 21, 2016 – – – report
November 18, 2016 – – – report
October 19, 2016 – – – report
October 6, 2016 – – – report
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Species stocked here

Depth-by-season, top lures, and bait notes for each species stocked here are on its own species guide, linked above.

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