Stop # 29: Fishing in Trout-Stocked Martins Creek near Rose Hill

Yesterday, Pat Houck and I headed to a trout-stocked section of Martins Creek near Rose Hill.  The weather was wonderful, no rain, switching back and forth between overcast and sunny, and warm enough to very easily enjoy being outdoors.  These visits to Martins Creek, whether it's catching crawdads in a shallow area or catching trout in a deeper area, feel like exotic vacations, practically in our own back yards ("staycations"), since Pat and I both live in Rose Hill.

You do need a fishing license and a trout stamp to fish in part of Martins Creek and part of the North Fork of the Powell River (Lee County's two trout-stocked streams).  The stocking schedule showed that the stream (Martins Creek) where expert fisherwoman Pat Houck caught a beautiful trout yesterday (October 29, 2013) was stocked on October 8, 2013.

Some photos I took yesterday during our outing:

Some photos Pat Houck took yesterday during our outing.... We were having WAY too much fun playing around with Pat's camera.

For more information about Lee County's trout-stocked streams, go to:

http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/fishing/stock/

http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/fishing/stock/October52013.asp

http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/fishing/trout/area-maps/map5.pdf