Rainbow Trout Stocked · 52 plants · last May 28, 2026 Best: dawn, dusk North River fishing
North River fishing is stocked with Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Tiger Trout, and Brown Trout on a river section. Also recorded: Smallmouth Bass, Redbreast Sunfish, Rock Bass, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Bluegill, and 5 more. It is stocked about 19 times a year since 2016, most often in March and April. Species guides list dawn and dusk for Rainbow Trout, Tiger Trout, and Smallmouth Bass, dawn, day, and dusk for Brook Trout, Brown Trout, and Northern Pike, and dawn, dusk, and night for Rock Bass and Black Crappie.
- Last stocked
- October 26, 2026
- · Brown Trout
- Plants on record
- 210
- Species stocked
- 4 (+11 also recorded)
- Elevation
- 1,749 ft
Fish at North River
Rainbow Trout Stocked · 52 plants · last May 28, 2026 Best: dawn, dusk 
Brook Trout Stocked · 34 plants · last May 4, 2026 Best: dawn, day, dusk 
Brown Trout Stocked · 32 plants · last May 28, 2026 Best: dawn, day, dusk 
Tiger Trout Stocked · 9 plants · last March 28, 2025 Best: dawn, dusk 
Smallmouth Bass Confirmed present Best: dawn, dusk Best: dawn, dusk
Smallmouth Bass species guide
Redbreast Sunfish Confirmed present 
Rock Bass Confirmed present Best: dawn, dusk, night Best: dawn, dusk, night
Rock Bass species guide
Largemouth Bass Confirmed present Best: dawn, dusk Best: dawn, dusk
Largemouth Bass species guide
Northern Pike Confirmed present Best: dawn, day, dusk Best: dawn, day, dusk
Northern Pike species guide
Bluegill Confirmed present Best: dawn, day, dusk Best: dawn, day, dusk
Bluegill species guide
Channel Catfish Confirmed present Best: dusk, night Best: dusk, night
Channel Catfish species guide
Black Crappie Confirmed present Best: dawn, dusk, night Best: dawn, dusk, night
Black Crappie species guide
Carp Confirmed present Best: dawn, dusk Best: dawn, dusk
Carp species guide Fallfish Confirmed present
Green Sunfish Confirmed present
How North River is stocked
Stocking history
| Date | Species | Quantity | Avg. length | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 26, 2026 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| May 28, 2026 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| May 28, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| May 6, 2026 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| May 6, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| May 4, 2026 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| April 27, 2026 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| April 8, 2026 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| April 6, 2026 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| March 31, 2026 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| March 27, 2026 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| March 27, 2026 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| March 27, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 23, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| February 25, 2026 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| February 25, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| February 20, 2026 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| February 17, 2026 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| January 23, 2026 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| January 22, 2026 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| January 22, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| January 2, 2026 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| December 30, 2025 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| May 14, 2025 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| May 14, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| May 1, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| April 30, 2025 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| April 30, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| April 24, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| April 15, 2025 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| April 7, 2025 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| March 28, 2025 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| March 28, 2025 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| March 28, 2025 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| March 28, 2025 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| March 27, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 13, 2025 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| March 13, 2025 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| March 13, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 4, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| February 25, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| February 24, 2025 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| February 18, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| December 27, 2024 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| December 27, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| December 20, 2024 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| December 20, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| October 28, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| May 14, 2024 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| May 14, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| May 8, 2024 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| May 7, 2024 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| April 19, 2024 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| April 19, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| April 15, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| April 13, 2024 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| April 8, 2024 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| April 8, 2024 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| April 8, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 29, 2024 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| March 29, 2024 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| March 29, 2024 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| March 29, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 21, 2024 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| March 21, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 15, 2024 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| March 15, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| February 28, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| February 27, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| January 26, 2024 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| January 18, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| December 27, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| December 27, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| May 4, 2023 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| May 4, 2023 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| May 4, 2023 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| May 1, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| April 13, 2023 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| April 13, 2023 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| April 13, 2023 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| April 13, 2023 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| April 13, 2023 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| April 13, 2023 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| April 12, 2023 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| March 24, 2023 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| March 24, 2023 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| March 24, 2023 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| March 24, 2023 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| March 15, 2023 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| March 14, 2023 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| March 14, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| February 22, 2023 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| February 13, 2023 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| February 13, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| February 13, 2023 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| February 13, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| January 10, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| November 28, 2022 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| November 28, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| November 28, 2022 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| November 28, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| November 21, 2022 | – | – | – | report |
| May 4, 2022 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| May 4, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| May 4, 2022 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| May 4, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| May 4, 2022 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| May 4, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| April 21, 2022 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| April 21, 2022 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| April 21, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| April 21, 2022 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| April 21, 2022 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| April 21, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| April 7, 2022 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| March 25, 2022 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| March 25, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 25, 2022 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| March 25, 2022 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| March 25, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 18, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 14, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 3, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| February 28, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| February 22, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| January 24, 2022 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| November 10, 2021 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| November 10, 2021 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| October 18, 2021 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| May 6, 2021 | – | – | – | report |
| May 3, 2021 | – | – | – | report |
| May 3, 2021 | – | – | – | report |
| April 23, 2021 | – | – | – | report |
| April 23, 2021 | – | – | – | report |
| April 23, 2021 | – | – | – | report |
| March 26, 2021 | – | – | – | report |
| March 26, 2021 | – | – | – | report |
| March 22, 2021 | – | – | – | report |
| March 4, 2021 | – | – | – | report |
| January 22, 2021 | – | – | – | report |
| January 20, 2021 | – | – | – | report |
| January 20, 2021 | – | – | – | report |
| January 11, 2021 | – | – | – | report |
| November 17, 2020 | – | – | – | report |
| November 4, 2020 | – | – | – | report |
| November 4, 2020 | – | – | – | report |
| May 5, 2020 | – | – | – | report |
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| April 27, 2020 | – | – | – | report |
| April 27, 2020 | – | – | – | report |
| April 24, 2020 | – | – | – | report |
| April 13, 2020 | – | – | – | report |
| March 11, 2020 | – | – | – | report |
| March 6, 2020 | – | – | – | report |
| January 31, 2020 | – | – | – | report |
| January 30, 2020 | – | – | – | report |
| January 30, 2020 | – | – | – | report |
| January 30, 2020 | – | – | – | report |
| December 9, 2019 | – | – | – | report |
| November 8, 2019 | – | – | – | report |
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| May 9, 2019 | – | – | – | report |
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| April 29, 2019 | – | – | – | report |
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| April 16, 2019 | – | – | – | report |
| March 27, 2019 | – | – | – | report |
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| March 26, 2019 | – | – | – | report |
| March 13, 2019 | – | – | – | report |
| February 8, 2019 | – | – | – | report |
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| January 22, 2019 | – | – | – | report |
| January 8, 2019 | – | – | – | report |
| October 31, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
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| October 17, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
| May 9, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
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| April 23, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
| April 12, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
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| March 28, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
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| March 2, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
| February 20, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
| February 20, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
| January 26, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
| January 23, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
| November 13, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| November 9, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| May 11, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| May 10, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
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| May 5, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| April 25, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| April 25, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| March 30, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| March 30, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| March 28, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| February 10, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| February 1, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| February 1, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| January 26, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| December 15, 2016 | – | – | – | report |
| December 15, 2016 | – | – | – | report |
| October 19, 2016 | – | – | – | report |
Access and facts
- Water type
- river section
- Nearest town
- Port Republic, VA
- Facilities
- camping, restrooms
National forest headwaters above Stokesville hold trout water above Elkhorn Lake, a delayed-harvest reach down to Staunton Dam, and the North River Gorge below it (FR 95; its trail fords the river nine times). Downstream, Wildwood Park in Bridgewater has good bank-fishing access.
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Advisories, closures, regulations and water conditions change. Check the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources before you go.
About North River
Nearest lakes
Public land at North River
North River is inside George Washington and Jefferson National Forest.
Boundaries from Public Lands DB, part of the same network.
Common questions
What fish are at North River?
Fishing North River usually means Rainbow Trout: Rainbow Trout accounts for 52 of 127 plants on record, ahead of Brook Trout and 2 more. Rainbow Trout was last stocked May 28, 2026. Brook Trout was last stocked May 4, 2026. Brown Trout was last stocked May 28, 2026. Tiger Trout was last stocked March 28, 2025. Smallmouth Bass, Redbreast Sunfish, Rock Bass, and Largemouth Bass, plus 7 more are recorded here outside the stocking reports.
When is North River stocked?
Last stocked October 26, 2026. It is stocked about 19 times a year since 2016, most often in March and April.
How do you get on North River?
The nearest town is Port Republic, VA. Facilities include camping and restrooms. National forest headwaters above Stokesville hold trout water above Elkhorn Lake, a delayed-harvest reach down to Staunton Dam, and the North River Gorge below it (FR 95; its trail fords the river nine times). Downstream, Wildwood Park in Bridgewater has good bank-fishing access.