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.

Channel Catfish

Date of Catch	Angler	Waterbody	Weight	Length
2/19/2012	Benjamin Jones	Private Pond	17 lbs., 8 oz.	34
2/26/2012	Keith Keeter	Blackwater River	12 lbs., 7 oz.	30 3/4
3/4/2012	Keith Keeter	Blackwater River	15 lbs., 7 oz.	32
3/10/2012	Keith Keeter	Blackwater River	25 lbs., 9 oz.	37
3/10/2012	Keith Keeter	Blackwater River	28 lbs., 8 oz.	37 1/2
3/15/2012	Melanie Bayford	Piankatank River		37
3/19/2012	Allen Gibson	New River	12 lbs., 8 oz.	31 3/4
3/31/2012	Stuart Rodda	Private Pond	12 lbs.	33
4/1/2012	Rudolph Modelfino, Jr.	James River		40
4/1/2012	Cooper Martin	Private Pond		30 1/4
4/1/2012	Jeramy Ellis	Potomac River		31
4/3/2012	Stephen Brown	Mattaponi River	22 lbs.
4/7/2012	Randall Grove	Private Pond		30
4/8/2012	Thomas Craft	Private Pond		31 1/4
4/8/2012	Hunter Beagle	Western Branch Reservoir		31
4/8/2012	Hunter Beagle	Western Branch Reservoir		31 1/2
4/10/2012	Keith Keeter	Blackwater River	12 lbs., 3 oz.	30 1/4
4/12/2012	Keith Keeter	Blackwater River	14 lbs., 8 oz.	32 1/4
4/14/2012	Timothy Thomas	North Fork Shenandoah River		32 1/2
4/14/2012	David Visocky	Western Branch Reservoir		30
4/15/2012	Chris Williams	Pamunkey River	24 lbs., 8 oz.
4/15/2012	Dylan Gray	Western Branch Reservoir		31 1/2
4/15/2012	Brendyn Altman	Western Branch Reservoir		30 3/4
4/15/2012	Kyle Cox	Western Branch Reservoir		30 1/2
4/20/2012	Richard Wyant	Shenandoah River	17 lbs., 2 oz.	33
4/21/2012	Riley Terrett	Chickahominy Lake	26 lbs.	35
4/28/2012	Kyle Cox	Western Branch Reservoir	12 lbs., 3 oz.	30
4/28/2012	David Visocky	Western Branch Reservoir		30 1/2
5/3/2012	Willard Moger	Western Branch Reservoir		30
5/3/2012	Willard Moger	Western Branch Reservoir		30
5/4/2012	Willard Moger	Western Branch Reservoir		31 3/4
5/4/2012	Willard Moger	Western Branch Reservoir		31
5/4/2012	Willard Moger	Western Branch Reservoir		30
5/5/2012	Jacob Hines	Claytor Lake		32 1/2
5/5/2012	Kindal Edwards	Claytor Lake		31
5/6/2012	Hailey Smoker	Private Pond		33
5/6/2012	Teri Childress	Private Pond		33
5/8/2012	Willard Moger	Western Branch Reservoir		30
5/12/2012	Kyle Cox	Western Branch Reservoir	12 lbs., 8 oz.	31
5/12/2012	Timothy Mansfield	Western Branch Reservoir		30 1/4
5/19/2012	Cody Tinkham	Northwest River	16 lbs., 8 oz.
5/19/2012	Edward Baxley	New River	12 lbs.	30 1/2
5/22/2012	Willard Moger	Western Branch Reservoir		30
5/24/2012	Geoffrey Ayers	Private Pond	24 lbs.	41 1/4
5/28/2012	Kyle Cox	Western Branch Reservoir		30
5/29/2012	Mark Lane	Private Pond	14 lbs.	33 1/2
6/2/2012	Geoffrey Ayers	Private Pond	15 lbs.	32 1/2
6/2/2012	Jonathan Linens	Dan River	12 lbs., 3 oz.
6/2/2012	Erick Bendle	James River	22 lbs., 10 oz.	37 1/4
6/4/2012	Christopher Pierce	South Fork Shenandoah River		30 1/2
6/4/2012	Willard Moger	Western Branch Reservoir		31 1/2
6/4/2012	Willard Moger	Western Branch Reservoir		31
6/4/2012	Willard Moger	Western Branch Reservoir		30 1/4
6/4/2012	Willard Moger	Western Branch Reservoir		30 1/4
6/5/2012	Gregory Hedrick	Lake Burton	12 lbs.	30
6/6/2012	Willard Moger	Western Branch Reservoir		30
6/8/2012	Willard Moger	Private Pond		30
6/8/2012	Guy Woods	Private Pond		31
6/8/2012	John Woods	Private Pond		32
6/9/2012	Laurie Sage	Western Branch Reservoir		30
6/9/2012	David Visocky	Western Branch Reservoir		31
6/10/2012	Teri Childress	Private Pond		32
6/11/2012	Christopher Wolford	New River		30 1/2
6/15/2012	Willard Moger	Western Branch Reservoir		31 1/4
6/15/2012	Ty Moger	Western Branch Reservoir		30 3/4
6/19/2012	Willard Moger	Western Branch Reservoir		30
6/19/2012	Willard Moger	Western Branch Reservoir		30 3/4
6/19/2012	Willard Moger	Western Branch Reservoir		30
6/19/2012	Willard Moger	Western Branch Reservoir		30
6/22/2012	Willard Moger	Western Branch Reservoir		30 1/4
6/22/2012	Willard Moger	Western Branch Reservoir		30
6/24/2012	Kenneth Smoker, Jr.	Private Pond		35
6/25/2012	James Pearman Jr.	Claytor Lake		30 1/2
6/25/2012	Stephen Miklandric	Lake Meade	15 lbs., 14 oz.	32
7/3/2012	Melanie Bayford	Piankatank River		30
7/8/2012	Geoffrey Ayers	Private Pond	19 lbs.	36
7/12/2012	Cheryl Vaughan	Private Pond	12 lbs.
7/13/2012	Willard Moger	Lake Prince		30 1/4
7/13/2012	Joseph DeLaigle	Chickahominy River	20 lbs.	36
7/13/2012	Shannon Frazier	Lake Arrowhead	20 lbs.	32 1/2
7/19/2012	John Suleski	Potomac River		31
7/25/2012	Stephen Helvin	All Other Waters		30
7/25/2012	Stephen Miklandric	Western Branch Reservoir		30
7/28/2012	Tyler Hensley	Private Pond		31 1/2
7/29/2012	Christopher Hensley	Private Pond		31 1/4
8/6/2012	Stephen Helvin	All Other Waters		30
8/12/2012	Viet Quoc Tran Dang	Private Pond	12 lbs.	30 1/4
8/12/2012	Joel Parcell Sr.	Private Pond		30 1/2
8/14/2012	Joel Parcell, Jr.	Private Pond		30 1/2
8/15/2012	Robert Williams	Swift Creek Reservoir	15 lbs.	33
8/21/2012	Jim Hancock	Claytor Lake		31
8/21/2012	Robert Williams	Swift Creek Reservoir	12 lbs.	31
8/24/2012	Zachary Rosenberger	North Fork Shenandoah River	10 lbs., 10 oz.	30
8/26/2012	Erin O'Connor	Private Pond		30 1/2
8/28/2012	Richard Leigh	Beaver Dam Creek Reservoir		30
8/28/2012	Kyle Proffitt	James River		31 3/4
9/6/2012	Bryan McKenna	James River		30
9/7/2012	Randy Trail, Jr.	Claytor Lake	9 lbs.	30
9/9/2012	Joel Parcell Sr.	Private Pond	16 lbs., 8 oz.	36 3/4
9/13/2012	Christopher Lantz	Private Pond		30 1/4
9/14/2012	Kyle Proffitt	James River		30 1/2
9/14/2012	Kyle Proffitt	James River		30
9/15/2012	Laura Lane	Private Pond		35
9/16/2012	Christian Barnard	Private Pond	14 lbs., 8 oz.	30 1/4
9/16/2012	Logan Lantz	Private Pond		30 3/4
9/16/2012	Cameron Zello	Private Pond		31
9/21/2012	Cathy Yarber	Private Pond		32
9/26/2012	Kodi Shackelford	Piankatank River		33
9/29/2012	Jared "Logan" Smith	Claytor Lake	28 lbs.	37
10/13/2012	E. Carroll Cooke Jr.	North Landing River		30 1/2
10/16/2012	John Cubbage	South Fork Shenandoah River		31
10/21/2012	Stephen Miklandric	Western Branch Reservoir		30 1/4
10/21/2012	Stephen Miklandric	Western Branch Reservoir		30
10/23/2012	Donald Bayford	Piankatank River		33
10/25/2012	Bernard Harvey	Buggs Island Lake		35 1/2
10/25/2012	Ben Barnes	James River		32
10/27/2012	John Cubbage	South Fork Shenandoah River		30 1/4
10/27/2012	Dyllan Davis	James River		35
11/11/2012	Gary Harmon	Western Branch Reservoir		30
11/30/2012	Gary Harmon	Claytor Lake		30 1/4
12/22/2012	Eldridge Motley, IV	Private Pond	27 lbs., 3 oz.	37

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