Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 330 - FISH: TROUT FISHING › Section 4VAC15-330-160 - Special provisions applicable to certain portions of Accotink Creek, Back Creek, Big Moccasin Creek, Chestnut Creek, Hardy Creek, Holliday Creek, Holmes Run, Indian Creek, North River, Passage Creek, Pedlar River, Piney River, North Fork of Pound and Pound rivers, Middle Fork of Powell River, and Roanoke River

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
It shall be lawful to fish from October 1 through May 31,
				  both dates inclusive, using only artificial lures in Accotink Creek (Fairfax
				  County) from King Arthur Road downstream 3.1 miles to Route 620 (Braddock
				  Road), in Back Creek (Bath County) from the Route 600 bridge just below the
				  Virginia Power Back Creek Dam downstream 1.5 miles to the Route 600 bridge at
				  the lower boundary of the Virginia Power Recreational Area, in Big Moccasin
				  Creek (Scott County) from the Virginia Department of Transportation foot bridge
				  downstream approximately 1.9 miles to the Wadlow Gap Bridge, in Chestnut Creek
				  (Carroll County) from the U.S. Route 58 bridge downstream 11.4 miles to the
				  confluence with New River, in Hardy Creek (Lee County) from the Virginia
				  Department of Transportation swinging bridge just upstream of the Route 658
				  ford downstream to the Route 661 bridge, in Holliday Creek
				  (Appomattox/Buckingham Counties) from the Route 640 crossing downstream 2.8
				  miles to a sign posted at the headwaters of Holliday Lake, in Holmes Run
				  (Fairfax County) from the Lake Barcroft Dam downstream 1.2 miles to a sign
				  posted at the Alexandria City line, in Indian Creek within the boundaries of
				  Wilderness Road State Park (Lee County), in the North River (Augusta County)
				  from the base of Elkhorn Dam downstream 1.5 miles to a sign posted at the head
				  of Staunton City Reservoir, in Passage Creek (Warren County) from the lower
				  boundary of the Front Royal State Hatchery upstream 0.9 miles to the
				  Shenandoah/Warren County line, in the Pedlar River (Amherst County) from the
				  City of Lynchburg/George Washington National Forest boundary line (below
				  Lynchburg Reservoir) downstream 2.7 miles to the boundary line of the George
				  Washington National Forest, in the Piney River (Nelson County) in that portion
				  of stream from the Piney River Trailhead (Route 151) to the Rose Mill Trailhead
				  (Route 674) adjacent to the Blue Ridge Railway Trail, in North Fork of Pound
				  and Pound rivers from the base of North Fork of Pound Dam downstream to the
				  confluence with Indian Creek, in the Middle Fork of Powell River (Wise County)
				  from the old train trestle at the downstream boundary of Appalachia extending
				  approximately 1.9 miles downstream to the trestle just upstream of the Town of
				  Big Stone Gap, in the Roanoke River (Roanoke County) from the Route 760 bridge
				  (Diuguids Lane) upstream 1.0 miles to a sign posted at the upper end of Green
				  Hill Park (Roanoke County), and in the Roanoke River (City of Salem) from the
				  Route 419 bridge upstream 2.2 miles to the Colorado Street bridge. From October
				  1 through May 31, all trout caught in these waters must be immediately returned
				  to the water unharmed, and it shall be unlawful for any person to have in
				  possession any bait or trout. During the period of June 1 through September 30,
				  the above restrictions will not apply.
Statutory Authority: 29.1-103, 29.1-501, and 29.1-502 of
					 the Code of Virginia.