Fish Citations

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Channel Catfish

Date of Catch	Angler	Waterbody	Weight	Length
2/19/2000	Linda Yurinak	Private Pond		30 3/4
2/26/2000	Richard Campbell	Potomac River	22 lbs.	36
2/27/2000	James Linker	Chickahominy River		32
2/27/2000	Wendell Knowles	Back Bay	12 lbs., 11 oz.	30 3/4
2/27/2000	Wendell Knowles	Back Bay	12 lbs., 04 oz.	30 1/2
2/28/2000	Wendell Knowles	Back Bay	15 lbs., 13 oz.	33 3/4
2/29/2000	Dale O'Kelly	Private Pond	28 lbs., 13 oz.	38 1/2
3/4/2000	Dino Hallmark, Sr.	All Other Waters		31 3/4
3/4/2000	Mark Shenk	Private Pond	12 lbs., 08 oz.	30 3/4
3/5/2000	Jason Allen	Private Pond	21 lbs., 09 oz.	35 1/4
3/7/2000	Sibyl Rose	Mattaponi River	20 lbs.	31
3/8/2000	Roger Van Vliet	Shenandoah River		32 1/2
3/8/2000	James Wright	Shenandoah River		30 3/4
3/12/2000	Mark Janes	James River	24 lbs., 04 oz.	38 1/4
3/16/2000	Clyde Nicholson	Shenandoah River	12 lbs., 06 oz.	30
3/20/2000	Donald Martin	Private Pond	16 lbs., 12 oz.
3/24/2000	Robert Shenk, Jr.	Shenandoah River	12 lbs., 13 oz.	32 3/4
3/25/2000	Aurden Rose, Sr.	Nottoway River	16 lbs., 08 oz.	31 1/2
3/25/2000	Jody Ray	Smith Mountain Lake		30
3/26/2000	Paige Beach	Appomattox River	17 lbs., 12 oz.
3/26/2000	Earl Hartman Jr.	Private Pond	14 lbs., 01 oz.	30 3/4
3/26/2000	Earl Hartman Jr.	Private Pond	13 lbs., 15 oz.	32
3/31/2000	Michael Shifflett	Shenandoah River	12 lbs., 01 oz.	30 1/4
3/31/2000	Michael Shifflett	Shenandoah River	12 lbs., 01 oz.	30 1/4
3/31/2000	Clyde Flagg	Lake Gaston	12 lbs., 05 oz.	30 1/2
4/1/2000	James Miller, Jr.	Chickahominy River	13 lbs., 08 oz.	30
4/7/2000	David Williams	Shenandoah River	17 lbs., 05 oz.	31 1/2
4/9/2000	Jeffrey Harold	James River	21 lbs.	37
4/9/2000	Benjamin Nelson III	James River	18 lbs.	35
4/10/2000	H. Penn Burke	Private Pond		30 1/4
4/10/2000	Susan Yakscoe	Back Bay		31 1/4
4/13/2000	Rodger Hall	Lake Anna	17 lbs., 04 oz.	34
4/15/2000	Michael Hurt	Chickahominy Lake	13 lbs., 15 oz.	30 1/2
4/15/2000	Bobby Gibson	Private Pond	16 lbs., 13 oz.	33
4/18/2000	Charles McKenzie	Lake Brittle	21 lbs., 08 oz.	34
4/18/2000	Chris Creasy	Private Pond		30 1/2
4/18/2000	Shari Carswell	Back Bay	12 lbs.	32
4/20/2000	Mary Owens	All Other Waters		30
4/20/2000	Charles Treger	Potomac River		30 3/4
4/21/2000	James Lindsay	James River	12 lbs., 10 oz.	31
4/21/2000	Michael Shifflett	Shenandoah River		30
4/22/2000	Clarence Logan, Jr.	Briery Creek Lake	15 lbs.
4/22/2000	Robert Shenk, Jr.	Shenandoah River	13 lbs., 08 oz.	34
4/22/2000	Ronald Mooney, Sr.	Staunton River	13 lbs., 08 oz.	30 1/4
4/24/2000	Warren Cole	Dan River		30 1/2
4/26/2000	Harry Payne	Chickahominy Lake	19 lbs.	32
4/27/2000	John Jensen	Potomac River		31 1/4
4/29/2000	Clayton Duty	Private Pond	17 lbs., 09 oz.	34
4/30/2000	Andrew Hawkins	James River	16 lbs., 05 oz.	32
4/30/2000	Jo Yager	Shenandoah River	14 lbs.	29 1/2
4/30/2000	Richard Flinn	Potomac River	13 lbs.	30 1/2
5/3/2000	Andrew Yates	Shenandoah River		30 1/2
5/4/2000	John Sena	Fort Eustis Lake	14 lbs., 07 oz.	30 1/4
5/5/2000	Allen Roberts	Potomac River	15 lbs., 02 oz.
5/5/2000	Garry Allen, Sr.	Back Bay	12 lbs.
5/5/2000	Roy Gentry	Potomac River	12 lbs., 05 oz.
5/6/2000	William Henry, Jr.	Back Bay		34
5/7/2000	Chelsea Flinn	Potomac River	19 lbs.	32
5/9/2000	Louise Dean	New River	12 lbs.	31
5/10/2000	Haywood Gaines Jr.	Pamunkey River	12 lbs.
5/10/2000	Dale Pierson	Private Pond		30
5/11/2000	Stephen Vu	Potomac River		31
5/12/2000	Dale Pierson	Private Pond	13 lbs., 07 oz.	33
5/13/2000	Richard Flinn	Potomac River	14 lbs.	31
5/13/2000	James Quesenberry	Claytor Lake		30
5/14/2000	Louise Dean	New River	12 lbs., 03 oz.	30
5/14/2000	Mark Crawford	Potomac River	14 lbs., 08 oz.	30 1/2
5/15/2000	Michael Sielicki, Jr.	Potomac River	12 lbs.
5/15/2000	Michael Sielicki, Jr.	Potomac River	13 lbs., 12 oz.
5/15/2000	Michael Sielicki, Jr.	Potomac River	12 lbs., 02 oz.
5/15/2000	Michael Sielicki, Jr.	Potomac River	12 lbs., 02 oz.
5/15/2000	Leo Spradlin	James River	12 lbs.	29
5/16/2000	Ronald Beaber	Private Pond		30
5/19/2000	Jackie Miller, Sr.	Shenandoah River	20 lbs., 06 oz.	30 1/4
5/20/2000	Linda Edmond	James River	27 lbs.
5/21/2000	Christopher Martin	Potomac River	12 lbs.
5/23/2000	Michael Cooper	Philpott Lake	15 lbs.
5/26/2000	Joseph Gormley	All Other Waters	14 lbs., 07 oz.	31
5/27/2000	Barbara Williams	Mattaponi River	16 lbs., 2 oz.	32 1/2
5/27/2000	Warner Lipscomb, Jr.	James River	16 lbs., 01 oz.
5/28/2000	Richard Bailey	Private Pond	15 lbs.	31 1/2
5/28/2000	James Ferrell	Claytor Lake		30
5/30/2000	Louise Dean	New River		30 1/4
5/31/2000	Dallas Jewell	Claytor Lake	14 lbs.
5/31/2000	Dallas Jewell	Claytor Lake	14 lbs., 10 oz.	30
6/1/2000	Tyron Williams	James River	12 lbs., 01 oz.	31
6/3/2000	Thomas Terry	Potomac River	12 lbs.
6/3/2000	Lewis Corbin	Private Pond	14 lbs., 08 oz.	30 1/2
6/4/2000	William Williams	Lake Gaston		31
6/5/2000	David West	Lake Smith	13 lbs., 06 oz.	30
6/5/2000	Michael Helsley, Jr.	Shenandoah River		30
6/5/2000	Paul Moore	Lake Gaston		30
6/6/2000	Mark McCune	Private Pond	12 lbs., 12 oz.
6/6/2000	Henry Boitnott	Private Pond		33 1/4
6/8/2000	Craig Holcombe	Lake Smith	14 lbs., 05 oz.
6/9/2000	Billy Knight	Lake Frederick		31
6/10/2000	Kenneth Montgomery	Private Pond		36
6/15/2000	Eric Higgins	Private Pond		30
6/16/2000	Stephen Pugh	Private Pond		30 3/4
6/17/2000	Ronald Williams	Private Pond	17 lbs., 09 oz.
6/19/2000	Clyde Nicholson	South Fork Shenandoah River	13 lbs., 08 oz.	30 3/4
6/20/2000	Frank Green	Private Pond	12 lbs., 09 oz.
6/23/2000	Walter Tuck, Jr.	New River	12 lbs., 08 oz.	30 1/2
6/24/2000	Lawrence Parker	South Fork Shenandoah River	12 lbs.	30
6/25/2000	Michael Watson	Lake Whitehurst		26
6/25/2000	Alan McCuin	Potomac River	13 lbs.
6/29/2000	Tommy Dooley	James River		31
6/29/2000	Earlie Worrell	James River		30 1/2
6/29/2000	Angela May	Shenandoah River	17 lbs., 02 oz.	32
6/30/2000	David Fagg, Jr.	Claytor Lake	13 lbs., 04 oz.	30
7/2/2000	Philip Morgan Jr.	Lake Moomaw	15 lbs., 06 oz.	33 1/2
7/2/2000	Cassaundra Petty	Claytor Lake	17 lbs.	33
7/2/2000	Shayna Ramboz	Shenandoah River	13 lbs., 09 oz.	30 1/2
7/2/2000	Dexter Harris	Claytor Lake		30 1/4
7/3/2000	Dexter Harris	Claytor Lake		30
7/4/2000	Brian Hargett	James River	22 lbs., 04 oz.	36 3/4
7/4/2000	Robert Cox	Western Branch Reservoir		31 1/2
7/4/2000	John Payne	Lake Smith	12 lbs., 06 oz.	32
7/4/2000	Donald Jenkins	South Fork Shenandoah River		31
7/4/2000	William Hall	Private Pond	12 lbs., 08 oz.	30 1/2
7/5/2000	William Worrell	New River		30 3/4
7/6/2000	Patrick Barry	Lake Smith	12 lbs., 03 oz.	28 1/2
7/8/2000	David Forbes	Burke Lake	19 lbs., 04 oz.	31 1/4
7/8/2000	Timothy Wolfe	Martinsville Reservoir		30
7/8/2000	Richard Linaweaver	Rappahannock River	21 lbs., 15 oz.	36
7/11/2000	Paul Ensogna, Sr.	Private Pond	19 lbs.	34
7/11/2000	Shannon Jenkins	Shenandoah River	13 lbs.	30 1/2
7/11/2000	David Edmonds	Shenandoah River	15 lbs.	31 1/2
7/14/2000	Clayborne Thomas	Western Branch Reservoir		30 1/4
7/14/2000	Mark Coffey	Private Pond		32 1/4
7/19/2000	Randy Helms	Claytor Lake	13 lbs., 13 oz.	34
7/19/2000	Roger Kinder, Sr.	All Other Waters	14 lbs., 15 oz.	32
7/21/2000	Jeffery Beard	Lake Prince	16 lbs., 05 oz.	34 1/2
7/21/2000	Regina Dooley	Shenandoah River	16 lbs., 04 oz.	32
7/22/2000	Charles Ittner	James River	17 lbs.
7/23/2000	Jack Grubb, Sr.	Private Pond	12 lbs.	32 1/4
7/24/2000	Mitchell Derrow	Smith Mountain Lake	15 lbs.	34
7/25/2000	Philip Lewis	All Other Waters	12 lbs., 12 oz.
7/25/2000	Shelley Rader	Lake Curtis		31 1/2
7/26/2000	Dexter Harris	Claytor Lake		30 1/4
7/27/2000	Rodney Motley	Private Pond	15 lbs., 02 oz.
7/29/2000	Nathan Street	Claytor Lake		34
7/29/2000	Nathan Street	Claytor Lake		35 1/2
7/30/2000	Rassie Wright Sr.	Claytor Lake	12 lbs., 03 oz.	30 1/4
7/30/2000	Kenny Louderback Jr.	James River	24 lbs., 13 oz.	39
8/5/2000	Christopher Brooks	Private Pond	13 lbs.	32
8/5/2000	Rassie Wright Sr.	Claytor Lake	15 lbs., 08 oz.	31
8/6/2000	John Payne	Lake Smith		30 1/4
8/6/2000	Mark Howard	South Fork Shenandoah River	13 lbs., 08 oz.
8/6/2000	Douglas Wimmer	Claytor Lake		31
8/6/2000	Derick Kemp	New River		34
8/7/2000	Richard G. V. Smith	James River		33 1/4
8/8/2000	Daniel Cason	Private Pond		30
8/12/2000	Draper Mitchell Jr.	James River	22 lbs., 01 oz.	34
8/13/2000	Heather Housden	Shenandoah River	13 lbs., 08 oz.	31 1/2
8/13/2000	Keith Coley	Private Pond	13 lbs.	30
8/13/2000	Jeffrey Walden	Pigg River	24 lbs.	36
8/13/2000	Jeffrey Walden	Pigg River	14 lbs.	34 1/4
8/15/2000	Samantha Moore	Private Pond	16 lbs., 12 oz.
8/15/2000	Westley Larsen	South Fork Shenandoah River		31
8/16/2000	Michael Beamer	Claytor Lake		31
8/17/2000	Ryan Hostetler	South Fork Shenandoah River	12 lbs.	30 1/2
8/22/2000	James Perkins	Pamunkey River	12 lbs., 10 oz.	31 1/2
8/23/2000	Tracy Lockenour	Pamunkey River	14 lbs., 15 oz.	30 1/2
8/25/2000	Jerry Simms	Claytor Lake		31 1/2
8/30/2000	Dexter Harris	Claytor Lake		30 1/4
9/2/2000	Alan McDilda	Smith Mountain Lake		32
9/2/2000	Daniel Kline	Shenandoah River	14 lbs., 12 oz.	32 3/4
9/2/2000	James Woodson	Mill Creek	13 lbs., 04 oz.	34 1/2
9/2/2000	Cornell Carey	Private Pond		30 1/2
9/3/2000	Tony Johnston	Claytor Lake	12 lbs., 15 oz.	32 1/4
9/3/2000	Andrew Jett	North Fork Shenandoah River		33
9/3/2000	Albert Ottinger, Jr.	Sherando Lake	24 lbs.	36
9/4/2000	Dexter Harris	Claytor Lake	12 lbs., 07 oz.	31 1/2
9/8/2000	Timothy Wolfe	Martinsville Reservoir	12 lbs., 04 oz.	30 1/2
9/19/2000	Joseph Fowler	Rural Retreat Lake		30 1/2
9/21/2000	Christopher Shank	Little River	25 lbs.	36 1/2
9/22/2000	Steve Thomas Jr.	Private Pond		30
9/23/2000	Michael Dolph	Rural Retreat Lake		31 3/4
9/25/2000	Warren Cole	Buggs Island Lake	13 lbs.	31
9/26/2000	Harley Colley	Lake Moomaw	13 lbs., 04 oz.	32
9/27/2000	Marvin Rankin	Shenandoah River	12 lbs., 04 oz.	30
9/29/2000	Anthony Padgett	Lake Moomaw	16 lbs., 08 oz.	32
9/30/2000	Mark Edwards	Claytor Lake		31
9/30/2000	Joseph Fowler	Claytor Lake		30 1/2
10/4/2000	Anthony Padgett	Lake Moomaw	21 lbs., 15 oz.	40
10/6/2000	David Johnson	Claytor Lake	16 lbs., 08 oz.
10/14/2000	James Funkhouser Jr.	South Fork Shenandoah River	14 lbs., 08 oz.	32
10/20/2000	Steve Thomas Jr.	Private Pond		30 1/2
10/22/2000	Rebecca Clayton	Private Pond	16 lbs., 02 oz.	33 1/2
10/22/2000	Charles Turner	Nottoway River		30
10/22/2000	Michael Phillips	Lake Whitehurst		30 1/2
10/27/2000	Loyd Humphries, Jr.	South Fork Shenandoah River		30 1/2
10/27/2000	Merle Raynor	Chickahominy River	19 lbs., 02 oz.	36 1/2
10/28/2000	Kellam Brooks	Rappahannock River	23 lbs., 07 oz.
11/7/2000	Clyde Nicholson	South Fork Shenandoah River	15 lbs., 08 oz.	31 1/2
11/8/2000	Clyde Nicholson	South Fork Shenandoah River	14 lbs., 12 oz.	30 1/4
11/11/2000	Robert Kiphut, Sr.	James River	19 lbs.	37 1/4
11/11/2000	Robert Kiphut, Sr.	James River	17 lbs.	37

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