Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries
Laurel
Bed is a
Department-owned
lake located in
Russell County
on the Clinch
Mountain
Wildlife
Management Area.
This 330-acre
lake rests on
the top of
Clinch Mountain
at 3600 feet of
elevation. It is
surrounded by
second growth
hemlock and
mixed hardwoods,
and provides a
spectacular
setting with
scenery rivaling
that found at an
Adirondack or
Canadian natural
lake. Liming
projects have
improved the
lake's pH to
suitable levels,
and have allowed
the restoration
of a brook trout
fishery.
Although
considerable
effort was
expended to
remove rock bass
from the lake in
1996, rock bass
have returned to
the lake.
Smallmouth bass
fingerlings have
been stocked to
control rock
bass abundance.
If smallmouth
can keep the
rock bass
population at a
manageable
level, both
populations
could enhance
and diversify
fishing
opportunities in
the future.
Laurel Bed
Lake is closed
to fishing for
the five days
prior to the
first Saturday
in April. The
access road
leading to the
lake is often
gated during the
winter months
due to hazardous
conditions; so
call the VDGIF,
Marion Regional
Office at (276)
783-4860, or the
Clinch Mountain
Wildlife
Management Area
Office at (276)
944-3434 prior
to making a trip
during the
winter.
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