Bear Rock Lakes Wildlife Management AreaBear Rock Lake WMA page, WV Division of Natural Resources web site, retrieved April 24, 2008
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, about east of Wheeling. The terrain at Bear Rock Lakes is rolling hills covered by a combination of hardwood forest and open fields. From Valley Grove on U.S. Route 40, turn south on Valley Grove Road. Follow Valley Grove Road about a mile. Immediately after passing underneath

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, turn left on Bear Rock Lane. Follow Bear Rock Lane to the wildlife area.

Hunting and Fishing

Hunting Hunting is the human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, or killing wildlife or feral animals. The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to harvest food (i.e. meat) and useful animal products ( fur/ hide, bone/tusks, horn/antler, ...

opportunities include rabbit,

waterfowl Anseriformes is an order of birds also known as waterfowl that comprises about 180 living species of birds in three families: Anhimidae (three species of screamers), Anseranatidae (the magpie goose), and Anatidae, the largest family, which i ...

deer Deer or true deer are hoofed ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. The two main groups of deer are the Cervinae, including the muntjac, the elk (wapiti), the red deer, and the fallow deer; and the Capreolinae, including the re ...

, squirrel, and

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. The WMA contains four fishing lakes, Bear Lake, Rock Lake, Baker Lake, and Wood Pond.

Fishing Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are often caught as wildlife from the natural environment, but may also be caught from stocked bodies of water such as ponds, canals, park wetlands and reservoirs. Fishing techniques inclu ...

opportunities in the Bear Rock Lakes include stocked

trout Trout are species of freshwater fish belonging to the genera '' Oncorhynchus'', '' Salmo'' and '' Salvelinus'', all of the subfamily Salmoninae of the family Salmonidae. The word ''trout'' is also used as part of the name of some non-salm ...

largemouth bass The largemouth bass (''Micropterus salmoides'') is a carnivorous freshwater gamefish in the Centrarchidae ( sunfish) family, a species of black bass native to the eastern and central United States, southeastern Canada and northern Mexico, bu ...

, bluegill and channel catfish. Bear Lake has a handicapped accessible fishing trail. Boating, with electric motors only, is permitted on Bear Lake. Wood Pond is designated for Class QWest Virginia Fishing Regulations, retrieved April 24, 2008
/ref> licences only. Fishing with minnows is prohibited.

References

External links

West Virginia Division of Natural Resources web siteWest Virginia Hunting RegulationsWest Virginia Fishing RegulationsWVDNR Map of Bear Rock Lakes Wildlife Management Area

{{Protected Areas of West Virginia Protected areas of Ohio County, West Virginia Wildlife management areas of West Virginia IUCN Category V

Hunting and Fishing

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