CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources hopes you’ll have the weekend free so you can go fishing. In fact, if you can get free, it is free. Saturday and Sunday are ...

Gov. Jim Justice announced that West Virginia’s Free Fishing Days will return June 8–9, and anglers and their families are encouraged to take advantage of the annual opportunity to fish for free in ...

On Aug. 8 West Virginia angler Lindell Marker broke the state’s black crappie record while fishing a lake with his friend Dwight Priestley. Marker wouldn’t hold that record for long, though. Because a ...

(WSAZ) - West Virginia’s Free Fishing Days will return June 8–9. Gov. Jim Justice encouraged anglers and their families to take advantage of this opportunity to fish for free in public lakes, streams ...

Nathan Smith, 16, was bank fishing early on Feb. 24 at New Creek Dam Site #14 with his pal Caleb Burns, 18. The public lake in Grant County, West Virginia, is deep and clear, and Smith spotted the ...

A man in Wayne County, West Virginia, caught a state record channel catfish in the pond on his father's farm in South Charleston using an unexpected rod. John Tyler Rutherford reeled in a ...

A West Virginia fisherman set a new record only for it to be beaten in less than two hours by the man right by his side. Lindell Marker and Dwight Priestley were spending the day together fishing for ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Requirements for a license to fish in West Virginia are waived for this weekend. June 10 and 11, 2023 are Free Fishing Days for the Mountain State. “It’s pretty much open fishing ...