Jennings Creek Gospel Church will Feed the Fisherfolk this Saturday: Trout Heritage Day
If you have ever been to a Trout Heritage Day (or Opening Day before 1995), you will be familiar with The Ladies Friendship Circle selling breakfast and lunch at Jennings Creek Baptist Church. They have been serving food and fellowship for almost 30 years.
Their address is 5486 Jennings Creek Road (Rt. 614) in Buchanan, Virginia, which is on the upper end of Jennings Creek, past Chestnut Run. Proceeds support the church’s local missions, and they will only accept cash. Food will be sold from 8 AM to 2 PM.
For breakfast, they serve sausage & gravy biscuits, sausage biscuits, ham biscuits, scrambled eggs & homemade fried apple pies.
For lunch, they will serve hamburgers, cheeseburgers, hotdogs w/ homemade chili, BBQ, chili beans, pinto beans, loaded baked potatoes (your choice of toppings), Petros, cornbread, macaroni salad, potato salad, chips & assorted desserts.
Drinks also available: assorted canned soda, bottled water, tea, coffee, and hot chocolate.
The Ladies Friendship Circle expects a few hundred people throughout the day. The organizers are excited to continue the tradition and hope they will see lots of people with full creels or stringers (remember, the limit is 6), full stomachs, and lots of camaraderie.
Trout Heritage Day is Saturday, April 4th. No fishing is allowed on Jennings Creek on Friday, April 3rd. On Trout Heritage Day, fishing can begin at 9:00 a.m.
According to the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, Virginia contains over 3,500 miles of trout streams, in addition to numerous ponds, small lakes, and reservoirs. The total includes over 2,900 miles of wild trout streams and about 600 miles of water inhabited with stocked trout. Virginia’s diversified trout habitat offers a wide range of trout fishing opportunities.
Botetourt County has five streams that are Designated Stocked Trout Waters; of them, only Jennings Creek is a Heritage Day Stream.
VA DWR Trout Fishing Information can be found HERE.
Fishing License Information can be found HERE.
Image captured when the Editor-in-Chief was lucky enough to catch the trout truck on Jennings Creek a few weeks ago.
