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Mint Springs Lake (Upper)

VA · Albemarle

The pin is approximate, near the middle of the water. The shoreline on the map comes from OpenStreetMap.

At a glance

County
Albemarle County
Last stocked
October 9, 2026
Species
Brown Trout
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Conditions

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Stocking history

SpeciesQtySizeWhen
Brown Trout10-09-2026

Gear for the fish stocked here

Brown Trout

Rod: Light or ultralight spinning rod, about 4.5 to 8.5 feet.

Line: 4 to 8 lb monofilament.

Baits: worms and nightcrawlers, minnows, crayfish

Lures: inline spinners, minnow-imitating stickbaits, small spoons

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Likely species (watershed)

Black Jumprock, Black Redhorse, Blacknose Dace, Blue Ridge Sculpin, Bluehead Chub, Bluntnose Minnow, Brown Trout, Bull Chub, Chain Pickerel, Comely Shiner, Creek Chub, Creek Chubsucker, Emerald Shiner, Fantail Darter, Glassy Darter, Golden Redhorse, Golden Shiner, Johnny Darter, Least Brook Lamprey, Longfin Darter, Longnose Dace, Mississippi Silvery Minnow, Mottled Sculpin, Mountain Redbelly Dace, River Chub, Roanoke Darter, Rosefin Shiner, Rosyface Shiner, Rosyside Dace, Satinfin Shiner

Likely species come from USGS Aquatic GAP ranges for the whole watershed (HUC8). They show what may be here, not a count of this water.

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Some stocking records are adapted from LurePassion (formerly lurepassion.com) (normalized and matched to our waters), licensed CC BY 4.0. State agencies retain their own terms for the underlying records.