Rainbow Trout Stocked · 80 plants · last May 18, 2026 Best: dawn, dusk Pedlar River fishing
Pedlar River fishing is stocked with Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout, and Tiger Trout on a river section. It is stocked about 25 times a year since 2016, most often in April 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 18, 2026
- · Brook Trout
- Plants on record
- 270
- Species recorded
- 4
- Elevation
- 555 ft
Fish at Pedlar River
Rainbow Trout Stocked · 80 plants · last May 18, 2026 Best: dawn, dusk 
Brown Trout Stocked · 66 plants · last May 18, 2026 Best: dawn, day, dusk 
Brook Trout Stocked · 30 plants · last May 18, 2026 Best: dawn, day, dusk 
Tiger Trout Stocked · 19 plants · last April 3, 2026 Best: dawn, dusk How Pedlar River is stocked
Stocking history
| Date | Species | Quantity | Avg. length | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2026 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| May 18, 2026 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| May 18, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| May 6, 2026 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| May 6, 2026 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| May 6, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| May 1, 2026 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| May 1, 2026 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| May 1, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| April 30, 2026 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| April 30, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| April 29, 2026 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| April 29, 2026 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| April 29, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| April 17, 2026 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| April 17, 2026 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| April 17, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| April 7, 2026 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| April 7, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| April 3, 2026 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| April 3, 2026 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| April 3, 2026 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| April 3, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 31, 2026 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| March 31, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 25, 2026 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| March 25, 2026 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| March 25, 2026 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| March 25, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 11, 2026 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| March 11, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| January 23, 2026 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| January 23, 2026 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| January 23, 2026 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| January 23, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| January 16, 2026 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| January 16, 2026 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| January 16, 2026 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| January 16, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| January 5, 2026 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| January 5, 2026 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| January 5, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| November 6, 2025 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| November 6, 2025 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| November 6, 2025 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| November 6, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| October 14, 2025 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| October 14, 2025 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| October 14, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| May 23, 2025 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| May 23, 2025 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| May 23, 2025 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| May 23, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| May 19, 2025 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| May 19, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| May 9, 2025 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| May 9, 2025 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| May 9, 2025 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| May 9, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| May 1, 2025 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| May 1, 2025 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| May 1, 2025 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| May 1, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| April 23, 2025 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| April 23, 2025 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| April 23, 2025 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| April 23, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| April 9, 2025 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| April 9, 2025 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| April 9, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| April 4, 2025 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| April 4, 2025 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| April 4, 2025 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| April 4, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 25, 2025 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| March 25, 2025 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| March 25, 2025 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| March 25, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 17, 2025 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| March 17, 2025 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| March 17, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 14, 2025 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| March 14, 2025 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| March 14, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 13, 2025 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| March 13, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 6, 2025 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| March 6, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| February 4, 2025 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| February 4, 2025 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| February 4, 2025 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| February 4, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| December 4, 2024 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| December 4, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| November 12, 2024 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| November 12, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| October 7, 2024 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| October 7, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| May 15, 2024 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| May 15, 2024 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| May 15, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| May 6, 2024 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| May 6, 2024 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| May 6, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| May 1, 2024 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| May 1, 2024 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| May 1, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| April 19, 2024 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| April 19, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| April 18, 2024 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| April 18, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| April 5, 2024 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| April 5, 2024 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| April 5, 2024 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| April 5, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 27, 2024 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| March 27, 2024 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| March 27, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 18, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 6, 2024 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| March 6, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| February 23, 2024 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| February 23, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| February 9, 2024 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| February 9, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| February 6, 2024 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| February 6, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| January 10, 2024 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| January 10, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| December 12, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| December 5, 2023 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| December 5, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| October 17, 2023 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| October 17, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| May 25, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| May 19, 2023 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| May 19, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| May 9, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| May 5, 2023 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| May 5, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| April 26, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| April 10, 2023 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| April 10, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 31, 2023 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| March 31, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 29, 2023 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| March 29, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 28, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 14, 2023 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| March 14, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| February 21, 2023 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| February 21, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| February 10, 2023 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| February 10, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| January 19, 2023 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| January 19, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| December 6, 2022 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| December 6, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| November 16, 2022 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| November 16, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| October 11, 2022 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| October 11, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| May 25, 2022 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| May 25, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| May 16, 2022 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| May 16, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| May 7, 2022 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| May 7, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| May 4, 2022 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| May 4, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| April 11, 2022 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| April 11, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| April 1, 2022 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| April 1, 2022 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| April 1, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 31, 2022 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| March 31, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 22, 2022 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| March 22, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 16, 2022 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| March 16, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 10, 2022 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| March 10, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| February 24, 2022 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| February 24, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| December 28, 2021 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| December 28, 2021 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| December 28, 2021 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| December 14, 2021 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| December 14, 2021 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| November 29, 2021 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| November 29, 2021 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| November 3, 2021 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| October 13, 2021 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| October 13, 2021 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| May 19, 2021 | – | – | – | report |
| May 10, 2021 | – | – | – | report |
| April 27, 2021 | – | – | – | report |
| April 13, 2021 | – | – | – | report |
| April 6, 2021 | – | – | – | report |
| April 2, 2021 | – | – | – | report |
| March 30, 2021 | – | – | – | report |
| March 24, 2021 | – | – | – | report |
| March 11, 2021 | – | – | – | report |
| March 10, 2021 | – | – | – | report |
| February 24, 2021 | – | – | – | report |
| January 25, 2021 | – | – | – | report |
| January 4, 2021 | – | – | – | report |
| December 21, 2020 | – | – | – | report |
| November 9, 2020 | – | – | – | report |
| October 13, 2020 | – | – | – | report |
| May 19, 2020 | – | – | – | report |
| May 13, 2020 | – | – | – | report |
| May 11, 2020 | – | – | – | report |
| May 7, 2020 | – | – | – | report |
| April 29, 2020 | – | – | – | report |
| April 9, 2020 | – | – | – | report |
| April 7, 2020 | – | – | – | report |
| April 6, 2020 | – | – | – | report |
| March 10, 2020 | – | – | – | report |
| February 10, 2020 | – | – | – | report |
| January 21, 2020 | – | – | – | report |
| December 18, 2019 | – | – | – | report |
| November 14, 2019 | – | – | – | report |
| October 24, 2019 | – | – | – | report |
| May 14, 2019 | – | – | – | report |
| May 1, 2019 | – | – | – | report |
| April 29, 2019 | – | – | – | report |
| April 8, 2019 | – | – | – | report |
| April 5, 2019 | – | – | – | report |
| March 27, 2019 | – | – | – | report |
| March 26, 2019 | – | – | – | report |
| March 20, 2019 | – | – | – | report |
| March 1, 2019 | – | – | – | report |
| February 28, 2019 | – | – | – | report |
| February 13, 2019 | – | – | – | report |
| January 29, 2019 | – | – | – | report |
| December 19, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
| November 5, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
| October 26, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
| October 15, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
| May 16, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
| May 10, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
| May 7, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
| April 24, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
| April 12, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
| April 11, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
| April 6, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
| March 29, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
| March 5, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
| February 22, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
| January 29, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
| December 15, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| December 14, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| November 6, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| October 25, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| May 16, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| May 3, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| April 19, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| April 5, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| April 1, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| March 20, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| March 13, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| March 2, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| February 24, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| January 27, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| November 22, 2016 | – | – | – | report |
| November 17, 2016 | – | – | – | report |
| November 9, 2016 | – | – | – | report |
| October 4, 2016 | – | – | – | report |
Access and facts
- Water type
- river section
Trout water is in George Washington National Forest. The delayed harvest section runs 2.7 miles below Lynchburg's Pedlar Reservoir; USFS and DWR built three access sites on FS 39 off Route 607. DWR also stocks an upper reach above the reservoir and a lower reach further down.
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Advisories, closures, regulations and water conditions change. Check the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources before you go.
About Pedlar River
Nearest lakes
Common questions
What fish are at Pedlar River?
Fishing Pedlar River usually means Rainbow Trout: Rainbow Trout accounts for 80 of 195 plants on record, ahead of Brown Trout and 2 more. Rainbow Trout was last stocked May 18, 2026. Brown Trout was last stocked May 18, 2026. Brook Trout was last stocked May 18, 2026. Tiger Trout was last stocked April 3, 2026.
When is Pedlar River stocked?
Last stocked May 18, 2026. It is stocked about 25 times a year since 2016, most often in April and May.
How do you get on Pedlar River?
Trout water is in George Washington National Forest. The delayed harvest section runs 2.7 miles below Lynchburg's Pedlar Reservoir; USFS and DWR built three access sites on FS 39 off Route 607. DWR also stocks an upper reach above the reservoir and a lower reach further down.