Jennings Creek fishing

Jennings Creek fishing is stocked with Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout, and Tiger Trout on a river section. It is stocked about 14 times a year since 2016, most often in March and April. Species guides list dawn and dusk for Rainbow Trout and Tiger Trout and dawn, day, and dusk for Brown Trout and Brook Trout.

AI-generated illustration, not a photo of this lake
Last stocked
May 7, 2026
· Tiger Trout
Plants on record
153
Species recorded
4
Elevation
777 ft

Fish at Jennings Creek

4 stocked · 0 confirmed present

Rainbow Trout Stocked · 40 plants · last May 7, 2026 Best: dawn, dusk

Last stocked May 7, 2026 · 40 plants

Best: dawn, dusk

Rainbow Trout species guide
Brook Trout Stocked · 34 plants · last May 7, 2026 Best: dawn, day, dusk

Last stocked May 7, 2026 · 34 plants

Best: dawn, day, dusk

Brook Trout species guide
Brown Trout Stocked · 27 plants · last May 7, 2026 Best: dawn, day, dusk

Last stocked May 7, 2026 · 27 plants

Best: dawn, day, dusk

Brown Trout species guide
Tiger Trout Stocked · 13 plants · last May 7, 2026 Best: dawn, dusk

Last stocked May 7, 2026 · 13 plants

Best: dawn, dusk

Tiger Trout species guide

How Jennings Creek is stocked

Source: Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources.

Cave Mountain Lake (5.6 mi) was stocked more recently. Cave Mountain Lake is also stocked with Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, and Brook Trout.

Stocking history

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

Access and facts

Water type
river section
Nearest town
Buchanan, VA

Jennings Creek runs through Arcadia in Botetourt County. From I-81 Exit 168, VA 614 (Jennings Creek Road) leads through Arcadia to the stream, and anglers can drive right up to it at several points along its course through the Blue Ridge foothills.

Drafted by AI from the cited sources and checked before publishing.

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Advisories, closures, regulations and water conditions change. Check the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources before you go.

Nearest lakes

North Creek 1 mi last stocked April 21, 2026 Middle Creek 1.5 mi last stocked April 21, 2026 McFalls Creek 2.6 mi last stocked March 17, 2026 Cave Mountain Lake 5.6 mi last stocked May 8, 2026 Rocky Row Run 13.8 mi last stocked March 27, 2026

Public land at Jennings Creek

Jennings Creek is 0.5 miles outside the edge of George Washington and Jefferson National Forest.

Boundaries from Public Lands DB, part of the same network.

Common questions

What fish are at Jennings Creek?

Fishing Jennings Creek usually means Rainbow Trout: Rainbow Trout accounts for 40 of 114 plants on record, ahead of Brook Trout and 2 more. Rainbow Trout was last stocked May 7, 2026. Brook Trout was last stocked May 7, 2026. Brown Trout was last stocked May 7, 2026. Tiger Trout was last stocked May 7, 2026.

When is Jennings Creek stocked?

Last stocked May 7, 2026. It is stocked about 14 times a year since 2016, most often in March and April.

How do you get on Jennings Creek?

The nearest town is Buchanan, VA. Jennings Creek runs through Arcadia in Botetourt County. From I-81 Exit 168, VA 614 (Jennings Creek Road) leads through Arcadia to the stream, and anglers can drive right up to it at several points along its course through the Blue Ridge foothills.

Which lakes near Jennings Creek were stocked more recently?

Cave Mountain Lake (5.6 mi) was stocked more recently. Cave Mountain Lake is also stocked with Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, and Brook Trout.

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