Fish Citations

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Channel Catfish

Date of Catch	Angler	Waterbody	Weight	Length
1/13/2005	Dwayne Dovel	South Fork Shenandoah River	16 lbs., 14 oz.	32
3/17/2005	Ricky Saxon	Shenandoah River	14 lbs., 14 oz.	32 1/2
3/18/2005	Brooks Noble	Burke Lake		37
3/19/2005	Walter Crouch, Jr.	Private Pond	16 lbs., 04 oz.	34 1/2
3/24/2005	William Pappas	Private Pond	12 lbs., 05 oz.
4/6/2005	Jesse Todd	Pamunkey River	15 lbs.	30
4/8/2005	Daryl Ambrose Sr.	Shenandoah River	13 lbs.	32 1/2
4/9/2005	J. T. Myers	Chickahominy River	12 lbs., 05 oz.	32
4/15/2005	Scott Leas	Buggs Island Lake		30 1/2
4/20/2005	Nathan Connaughton	Potomac River	21 lbs., 05 oz.	33 1/2
4/21/2005	Albert Browne	Chickahominy River	25 lbs.	36 1/2
4/22/2005	Weldon Reid	Private Pond	12 lbs., 04 oz.
4/22/2005	Carl Quast	Private Pond	18 lbs.	34 3/4
4/22/2005	Albert Browne	Chickahominy River	16 lbs., 02 oz.	32 1/2
4/23/2005	Jonathan Mittelstadter	Smith Mountain Lake	12 lbs., 03 oz.	31 1/4
4/25/2005	Charles Clear	James River	20 lbs., 11 oz.	32 1/2
5/7/2005	Vera Craig	Potomac River	21 lbs.	32
5/13/2005	Matthew Powers	Lake Curtis	12 lbs., 07 oz.
5/14/2005	Roger Bryant	New River	12 lbs.
5/14/2005	Roger Bryant	New River		31
5/14/2005	Matthew Hughes	Back Bay	14 lbs., 04 oz.	31
5/14/2005	Donnie Dean	New River	12 lbs., 14 oz.
5/14/2005	Donnie Dean	New River		24 1/2
5/14/2005	Donnie Dean	New River		31
5/15/2005	Donnie Dean	New River	12 lbs., 03 oz.
5/15/2005	Louise Dean	New River		30 1/4
5/15/2005	Roger Bryant	New River	12 lbs.
5/17/2005	Donnie Dean	New River	12 lbs., 13 oz.	32
5/21/2005	Douglas Hawpe, Jr.	Private Pond	14 lbs., 12 oz.	32
5/21/2005	Joseph Louk	Hungry Mother Lake	26 lbs., 15 oz.	39
5/21/2005	James Beagle	James River	12 lbs., 08 oz.	31 1/2
5/21/2005	Jeffrey McCauley	All Other Waters	19 lbs., 07 oz.	35
5/24/2005	Donnie Dean	New River		30
6/3/2005	Michael Chaney	Smith Mountain Lake		31 1/4
6/3/2005	Sarah Parker	Private Pond	24 lbs.	36 1/2
6/4/2005	James Rice	Buggs Island Lake	15 lbs., 10 oz.
6/5/2005	Wayne Bowman	Private Pond		30 1/2
6/9/2005	Louise Dean	New River	12 lbs., 03 oz.	31
6/9/2005	Michael Dean, Sr.	New River		30
6/12/2005	Alan McDilda	Smith Mountain Lake		33 1/4
6/14/2005	Michael Langford	James River		31 1/4
6/16/2005	Jessie Daniel	Private Pond		30
6/16/2005	Mark Nichols	Private Pond	23 lbs., 01 oz.	36
6/21/2005	Jimmy Eppley	Private Pond	14 lbs., 07 oz.	31 1/2
6/23/2005	Matthew Thompson	New River	12 lbs., 14 oz.	30 1/2
6/23/2005	Chuck Leon	Lake Prince	15 lbs., 06 oz.	30 1/2
6/25/2005	James Steele	Claytor Lake	22 lbs.
6/28/2005	Frankie Chandler	All Other Waters		30
7/1/2005	Jeffrey Carney	James River		31
7/2/2005	Michael Davis	Private Pond	12 lbs., 09 oz.	30 1/4
7/3/2005	Clyde Flannagan	Private Pond	13 lbs., 12 oz.	30 1/2
7/7/2005	Kevin Peddicord	Chickahominy Lake		31
7/9/2005	Taylor Adams	Private Pond	16 lbs.	33
7/10/2005	Will Lugar	Back Bay	15 lbs., 03 oz.	34
7/15/2005	Michael Wentzel	Private Pond	13 lbs., 09 oz.	30 3/4
7/16/2005	James Wilkinson	South Fork Shenandoah River		30
7/16/2005	Aaron Armentrout	Douthat Lake	22 lbs., 08 oz.	34
7/17/2005	Jacob Moore	James River		33
7/17/2005	Grant Carpenter	Back Bay	12 lbs., 08 oz.
7/19/2005	Corey Mullins	James River	12 lbs., 09 oz.	32
7/20/2005	Charles Withrow	Private Pond		31 1/2
7/21/2005	Richard Hagstrom	Lake Gaston	22 lbs.	36 1/2
7/22/2005	Bryon Slayton	Sandy River Reservoir		30
7/29/2005	Kenneth Runyon Sr.	All Other Waters	12 lbs.
7/30/2005	Kevin Childress	Beaverdam Swamp Reservoir	12 lbs., 04 oz.	30
7/30/2005	Tara Leatherwood	Sandy River Reservoir		30
8/6/2005	James Michaely	Burke Lake	22 lbs., 03 oz.	36
8/6/2005	Tracey Rothgeb	Shenandoah River		31
8/10/2005	Jerry Moore	Claytor Lake	13 lbs., 06 oz.	37 1/4
8/12/2005	Dennis McMillian	Claytor Lake	15 lbs.	31
8/13/2005	Stephen Miklandric	Burnt Mills Lake	12 lbs., 10 oz.	32
8/13/2005	Roger Maggi Jr.	Private Pond		30
8/18/2005	Kevin Cook	New River	12 lbs., 02 oz.	30 1/2
8/18/2005	Brandol Boitnott	Carvins Cove Lake	16 lbs.	30
8/24/2005	Jeffrey Shell	Private Pond		30
8/28/2005	Michael Davis	Staunton River		35
9/12/2005	William Woods	Lake Smith		34
9/17/2005	Richard Anderson, Sr.	Buggs Island Lake	16 lbs.	35 1/2
9/25/2005	Michael Sielicki	Potomac River	12 lbs., 05 oz.	31
9/30/2005	Kayleigh Wright	Private Pond		31
10/3/2005	Roger Adkins	Staunton River	20 lbs., 02 oz.	35
10/5/2005	Randy Dunbar	Lake Frederick	12 lbs.
10/5/2005	Randy Dunbar	Lake Frederick	12 lbs., 10 oz.
10/8/2005	Clarence Lawson	Claytor Lake	12 lbs., 04 oz.	30 1/2
10/12/2005	Dwayne Dovel	Shenandoah River	14 lbs., 02 oz.	31
10/12/2005	George Nealey	Lake Smith	19 lbs., 09 oz.	35
10/14/2005	Robert Brisson, Jr.	Amelia Lake	12 lbs., 04 oz.
10/15/2005	Harry Wilhelm	Potomac River	13 lbs., 08 oz.
10/16/2005	Scott Gordon	Claytor Lake	13 lbs.	31 1/2
10/17/2005	Andrew Bowles	All Other Waters		31 1/2
10/20/2005	Dwayne Dovel	Shenandoah River	15 lbs., 05 oz.	31 1/2
10/21/2005	Dwayne Dovel	Shenandoah River	14 lbs., 08 oz.	31 1/4
10/22/2005	Joe Burwell, Sr.	James River		31 1/4
10/27/2005	Shannon Davis	James River	16 lbs.	32
11/6/2005	Dwayne Dovel	Shenandoah River	13 lbs., 03 oz.	30 1/2
11/7/2005	Edgar Wilson Jr.	Potomac River		31 1/2
11/8/2005	Michael Fletcher	Mattaponi River	28 lbs.	38
11/9/2005	Perry Saulnier	Private Pond		33 1/2
11/11/2005	Dylan Sheffield	Potomac River	15 lbs., 12 oz.	35 1/2
12/29/2005	Travis Osborne	South Fork Shenandoah River	12 lbs.	32
12/29/2005	Travis Osborne	South Fork Shenandoah River		31

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