Fish Citations

To view citations by species and body of water from 2020 to present day, visit the Go Outdoors Virginia: Angler Recognition Program website. In the bottom left corner under “Trophy Catch Submissions” you can click to view all awarded citations and sort by species or body of water.

Blue Catfish

Date of Catch	Angler	Waterbody	Weight	Length
1/25/2018	Michael Jones	Nottoway County Lake		40 1/2
1/27/2018	Jason James	James River	44 lbs.
1/27/2018	Richard George	James River	30 lbs.	38
2/13/2018	James Eisenhower	Northwest River	38 lbs.	42
2/16/2018	David Howard	Potomac River	46 lbs.	44
2/16/2018	David Howard	Potomac River	43 lbs.	42
2/16/2018	David Howard	Potomac River	33 lbs.	38
2/16/2018	David Howard	Potomac River	36 lbs.	39
2/16/2018	David Howard	Potomac River	36 lbs.	40
2/16/2018	Charles Crump Jr.	James River	30 lbs., 4 oz.	32
2/18/2018	Kristi Madison	James River	32 lbs.
2/18/2018	Kristi Madison	James River	32 lbs.
2/18/2018	Kristi Madison	James River	44 lbs.
2/18/2018	Kristi Madison	James River	31 lbs.
2/18/2018	Kristi Madison	James River	47 lbs.
2/19/2018	Neal Ervin	James River	67 lbs.	45
2/19/2018	Daniel Ackerman	James River		42
2/19/2018	Camrin Stuckey	James River		41
2/20/2018	Melanie Bayford	Piankatank River	42 lbs., 1 oz.	49
2/20/2018	James Boothe	Buggs Island Lake	42 lbs., 8 oz.	44
2/22/2018	Scott Johnson	Piankatank River	39 lbs., 8 oz.	44 1/2
2/24/2018	Neal Fox	James River	43 lbs.
2/24/2018	Arthur Miller	James River	43 lbs.	43
2/24/2018	Charles Boxley	James River	40 lbs.
2/25/2018	Richard Rose	Rappahannock River	44 lbs., 8 oz.	46 1/2
2/25/2018	Steven Moore	James River	33 lbs.	38
2/28/2018	Robert Brown	Chickahominy River	60 lbs.	44
3/1/2018	Andrew Bagwell	James River	39 lbs.
3/1/2018	Andrew Bagwell	James River	28 lbs.	38
3/10/2018	Dalton Karnes	James River	42 lbs.	43
3/10/2018	William Linford	Chickahominy River		38 1/2
3/10/2018	Lauren Terrell	James River	35 lbs.	43
3/10/2018	Lauren Terrell	James River	26 lbs.	39
3/12/2018	Drew Gibbons	James River	81 lbs.	52
3/15/2018	William Crabtree	Lake Gaston	60 lbs., 4 oz.	48
3/17/2018	Ron Porter	James River	41 lbs.	42
3/18/2018	Jarrod Sowell	James River	31 lbs.	40
3/18/2018	Michael Minnick	James River	37 lbs.	41
3/19/2018	Adam Rodes	James River	53 lbs.	41 3/4
3/24/2018	Bubba Wallace	James River	39 lbs., 1 oz.
3/24/2018	Cheryl Smith	James River	48 lbs.	45
3/24/2018	Robert Smith	James River	39 lbs.	41
3/25/2018	Evan Bowers	James River	45 lbs.
3/25/2018	Zac Bowers	James River	39 lbs.
3/25/2018	Zac Bowers	James River	46 lbs.
3/26/2018	Brooks Noble	Potomac River		41
3/28/2018	Jacob Dmytryszyn	James River	43 lbs.	42
3/30/2018	Jason Burton	James River	68 lbs.
3/30/2018	Shawn Fulks	Lake Gaston	35 lbs., 7 oz.	42
3/31/2018	Marcos Lusso	James River	55 lbs., 14 oz.	38
4/2/2018	Kaden Smith	James River	45 lbs., 8 oz.	44 3/4
4/2/2018	Kaden Smith	James River	33 lbs., 2 oz.	38
4/3/2018	Benjamin White	James River	61 lbs.	48
4/3/2018	Benjamin White	James River	36 lbs.	40
4/5/2018	Frederick Wentzien	James River		42
4/6/2018	Russell Willoughby	James River	64 lbs.	48
4/7/2018	Timothy Sanford	James River	68 lbs.
4/14/2018	William Hughes, III	Buggs Island Lake	80 lbs.	55
4/18/2018	Thomas Keeton	Buggs Island Lake		45
4/20/2018	Joey Vanzandt	Lake Gaston	44 lbs., 8 oz.	43
4/21/2018	Crystal Aguilar	Mattaponi River	53 lbs.	43
4/21/2018	Tyler Downs	James River	33 lbs., 8 oz.	38
4/21/2018	Marcos Lusso	James River	42 lbs., 3 oz.	42
4/26/2018	William Jackson	Northwest River	35 lbs.
4/27/2018	David Howard	Potomac River	33 lbs.	40
4/28/2018	Caleb Holloman	James River	45 lbs.	41 1/4
4/28/2018	Mark Casto	Piankatank River	42 lbs.	38
4/28/2018	Henry Bagwell	James River	30 lbs., 8 oz.	37
4/29/2018	Jason Bass	James River	55 lbs.	44
4/30/2018	George Jones	James River	47 lbs.	42
5/2/2018	Jarrod Wray	James River		45 1/2
5/3/2018	James Wells	James River	38 lbs.	39 1/4
5/3/2018	James Wells	James River	52 lbs.	44
5/5/2018	Kenneth Murray	James River	60 lbs.	56
5/5/2018	Brooks Noble	Potomac River	43 lbs.	4 3/4
5/5/2018	Robert Dunn III	Lake Gaston	38 lbs., 9 oz.	43
5/5/2018	Edna Wilkins	Rappahannock River		45 1/4
5/5/2018	Evan Gregg	James River	30 lbs.	40
5/5/2018	Tucker Shannon	James River	33 lbs., 8 oz.	38
5/5/2018	Scott Jump	Chickahominy River	41 lbs.	43
5/11/2018	Samuel Bryant	James River	27 lbs.	38
5/11/2018	David Howard	Potomac River	34 lbs.	38
5/14/2018	David Stevens	Lake Arrowhead	25 lbs.	40
5/27/2018	Thomas Moore, Jr.	Rappahannock River	50 lbs.	45
6/10/2018	Brooks Noble	Potomac River		44
6/10/2018	Brooks Noble	Potomac River	46 lbs.
6/18/2018	Joshua Coffey	James River	32 lbs.	41
6/23/2018	Craig Audet	Buggs Island Lake	23 lbs., 8 oz.	38 3/4
6/26/2018	Nicholas Eisner	James River	35 lbs.	38 1/2
6/26/2018	Daniel Kirby	James River	45 lbs.	2 1/2
6/28/2018	Mason Cox	James River		41
7/1/2018	Nicholas Eisner	James River	40 lbs.	39 1/2
7/1/2018	Leon Gring	James River	38 lbs.	42
7/2/2018	Braxton Sykora	James River	36 lbs.	42
7/2/2018	Dawson Sykora	James River	60 lbs.	49
7/2/2018	Craig Audet	Buggs Island Lake	18 lbs., 8 oz.	38 1/2
7/3/2018	Tabatha Peer	James River	40 lbs.	41
7/4/2018	Gabriel Blanche	James River		51
7/12/2018	Michael Beck	James River	45 lbs.	47
7/13/2018	Mark Dunnington	Mattaponi River	54 lbs.	47
7/14/2018	William Dunnington	Mattaponi River	58 lbs.	48
7/14/2018	Mark Dunnington	Mattaponi River	44 lbs.	43
7/18/2018	Gabriel Blanche	James River		41
7/27/2018	Barry Kidwell	Potomac River	28 lbs., 8 oz.
7/28/2018	Andrew Surface	James River	71 lbs.
7/29/2018	Keith Huskey	James River		41
8/3/2018	Evan Barnard	James River	35 lbs.	40
8/3/2018	Daniel Webb	James River	34 lbs.	42
8/4/2018	Eddie Boothe	Buggs Island Lake	27 lbs.	38 1/4
8/4/2018	James Boothe	Buggs Island Lake	74 lbs., 4 oz.	51 1/4
8/5/2018	Barry Kidwell	Potomac River	24 lbs.
8/9/2018	James Wells	James River	48 lbs.	41 1/2
8/11/2018	Kylie Williams	Mattaponi River	35 lbs., 2 oz.
8/12/2018	Hannah Broadwater	James River	35 lbs.	38 3/4
8/15/2018	Richard Morgan	James River	37 lbs.	40
8/15/2018	Richard Morgan	James River	37 lbs.	39
8/16/2018	Elizabeth Anderson	James River	37 lbs.	37 1/4
8/17/2018	Samuel Bryant	James River	35 lbs.	39 1/2
8/18/2018	Brain Shepard	James River	35 lbs.
8/18/2018	Brain Shepard	James River	47 lbs.
8/23/2018	Jonathan Huffman	James River	35 lbs., 15 oz.	45 1/4
8/24/2018	Jessica Knight	James River	56 lbs., 13 oz.	50
8/24/2018	Jessica Knight	James River	45 lbs., 15 oz.	47 1/2
8/24/2018	Evan Gregg	James River	41 lbs.	42 1/2
8/25/2018	Raven van den Bosch	Buggs Island Lake	37 lbs.
8/25/2018	Jonathan Huffman	James River	38 lbs., 13 oz.	41 1/2
8/26/2018	Steven Lunsford	James River	50 lbs.	46
8/26/2018	Meghan Lunsford	James River	40 lbs.	44
8/28/2018	Elizabeth Anderson	James River	50 lbs.	41 1/2
8/30/2018	Steven George	Potomac River	26 lbs.	39
8/31/2018	Madilyn Mozucha	James River		38
8/31/2018	Richard Morgan	James River	44 lbs.	42
9/1/2018	Ricky Hundley	Beaver Creek Reservoir		41
9/2/2018	Darrell Litchford	Private Pond	26 lbs., 2 oz.	39 1/2
9/2/2018	James Redmiles	All Other Waters	35 lbs.
9/3/2018	Camden Lunsford	James River	38 lbs.	43
9/6/2018	Jonathan Huffman	James River	35 lbs., 8 oz.	42
9/6/2018	Jonathan Huffman	James River	35 lbs., 4 oz.	40 1/4
9/7/2018	Jonathan Huffman	James River	45 lbs., 12 oz.	41 1/2
9/7/2018	Jonathan Huffman	James River	40 lbs., 14 oz.	44
9/7/2018	Darrell Vaughn III	James River	53 lbs., 12 oz.	43
9/7/2018	Ryan Willard	James River	34 lbs.	40
9/7/2018	Elizabeth Anderson	James River	64 lbs.	43 1/4
9/8/2018	Carter Miller	Pamunkey River	31 lbs., 12 oz.
9/8/2018	Darrell Vaughn III	James River	30 lbs., 15 oz.	39 1/2
9/8/2018	Darrell Vaughn III	James River	50 lbs., 15 oz.	45 1/4
9/8/2018	Jonathan Huffman	James River	66 lbs., 10 oz.	46 1/2
9/8/2018	Jonathan Huffman	James River	51 lbs., 10 oz.	45 1/2
9/8/2018	Jonathan Huffman	James River	67 lbs., 15 oz.	48 1/2
9/18/2018	Eddie Boothe	Buggs Island Lake	81 lbs., 1 oz.	52 1/2
9/22/2018	Branden David	James River	30 lbs.	42 3/4
9/28/2018	David Howard	Potomac River	40 lbs.	41
9/30/2018	James Boothe	Buggs Island Lake	55 lbs., 2 oz.	48 1/4
9/30/2018	James Boothe	Buggs Island Lake	52 lbs., 4 oz.	47
10/7/2018	Daniel Patterson	James River	50 lbs., 4 oz.
10/8/2018	Richard Grabowski	James River	47 lbs.
10/9/2018	James Hamilton	Buggs Island Lake	30 lbs.	39 1/2
10/9/2018	Amy Hamilton	Buggs Island Lake	35 lbs.	45 1/2
10/12/2018	Matthew Ryan	James River	44 lbs.	46
10/13/2018	Teresa Phillips	Appomattox River	58 lbs.	54
10/13/2018	Wyatt Smith	Potomac River	34 lbs.	45
10/18/2018	Thomas Coley, Jr	James River	47 lbs.	42
10/19/2018	Thomas Coley, Jr	James River	51 lbs.	46
10/19/2018	Thomas McCoy	James River	36 lbs.	41
10/20/2018	Bryce Ferguson	James River	48 lbs.
10/25/2018	Eugene Clayton, II	Pamunkey River	40 lbs., 11 oz.
10/28/2018	David Jones	James River	30 lbs., 4 oz.
10/28/2018	Ricky Prillaman	James River	34 lbs., 5 oz.
10/28/2018	Mickey Prillaman	James River	41 lbs., 4 oz.
10/29/2018	Jessica Knight	Private Pond	36 lbs., 3 oz.	39 1/4
10/29/2018	Jonathan Huffman	James River	71 lbs., 11 oz.	47 1/2
10/29/2018	James Mason	James River	35 lbs.
10/29/2018	Blaine Evans	James River	32 lbs.
10/30/2018	Jonathan Huffman	James River	57 lbs., 1 oz.	48
10/30/2018	Jonathan Huffman	James River	87 lbs., 2 oz.	53 3/4
10/31/2018	Alan Everett	Occoquan Creek	20 lbs.	38
11/3/2018	James Boothe	Buggs Island Lake	49 lbs., 14 oz.	48
11/6/2018	Ethan Evans	Pamunkey River	36 lbs.	39
11/8/2018	Nancy Fannin	James River	58 lbs.
11/8/2018	Robert Fannin	James River	37 lbs.
11/12/2018	Joshua Schaaf	James River	33 lbs.	38
11/13/2018	Frederick Reid	James River	50 lbs.	42
11/13/2018	Frederick Reid	James River	58 lbs.	48
11/17/2018	Curtis Colgin	James River	33 lbs.
11/17/2018	Curtis Colgin	James River	37 lbs.
11/17/2018	Adrian Ellis	James River	53 lbs.
11/17/2018	Adrian Ellis	James River	43 lbs.
11/17/2018	Adrian Ellis	James River	34 lbs.
11/17/2018	Adrian Ellis	James River	34 lbs.
11/17/2018	Adrian Ellis	James River	33 lbs.
11/17/2018	Adrian Ellis	James River	30 lbs.
11/17/2018	Wendy Jones	James River	67 lbs.
11/21/2018	Edwin Sherman	Potomac River		41
11/21/2018	Robert "Bobby" Hart, IV	James River	30 lbs.	38
11/21/2018	Preston Harman	Rappahannock River	40 lbs., 8 oz.	40
11/22/2018	Curtis Colgin	James River	39 lbs.
11/22/2018	Curtis Colgin	James River	46 lbs.
11/22/2018	Donald Shaneberger	James River	38 lbs.
11/23/2018	Curtis Hardison, Jr.	James River	35 lbs.	38
11/25/2018	Sam Cosnotti Jr.	James River	70 lbs.	50
12/1/2018	Frank Hart III	James River	55 lbs.	46
12/6/2018	James Pearman Jr.	James River		38 3/4
12/14/2018	Lawrence Ison Jr.	Lake Smith	41 lbs.	44
12/14/2018	Michael Minnick	James River	32 lbs.	28 1/4
12/17/2018	Truxton Payne	Northwest River	33 lbs.
12/18/2018	Ian Rigney	Buggs Island Lake	47 lbs.	42
12/19/2018	Michael Jones	Nottoway River		44 1/2
12/24/2018	Ethan Newton	James River	47 lbs.
12/29/2018	Nicholas Nolasco	James River	39 lbs., 9 oz.	41 1/2
12/30/2018	Edwin Burton	Diascund Reservoir		40

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