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.

Muskellunge

Date of Catch	Angler	Waterbody	Weight	Length
1/1/2017	Lee Johnson	New River		41
1/2/2017	Gary Harmon	Rural Retreat Lake	15 lbs., 2 oz.	40
1/3/2017	Michael Coleman	New River		40
1/13/2017	Everett Johnson	New River		42
1/14/2017	Bruce Johnson	New River		44
1/15/2017	Josh McGuire	New River	20 lbs.	45
1/28/2017	Samuel Scott	James River	26 lbs.	43
1/29/2017	Samuel Scott	James River	23 lbs.	41 1/2
1/29/2017	Michael Lutke	James River		40 3/4
1/31/2017	Michael Coleman	New River		42
2/4/2017	James Gray Jr.	New River		40
2/11/2017	Ron Lorden	New River	25 lbs., 6 oz.	47
2/12/2017	Edward Lawton	New River	27 lbs.	47
2/12/2017	Josh McGuire	New River	17 lbs.	41
2/17/2017	Josh McGuire	New River		40
2/18/2017	Will Nunnally	New River		43 1/2
2/19/2017	Brian Worsham	James River		44 1/4
2/19/2017	Ron Lorden	New River	16 lbs., 4 oz.	42
2/19/2017	James Gray Jr.	New River	17 lbs., 3 oz.	45
2/19/2017	Samuel Scott	James River	23 lbs.	41
2/20/2017	Curtis Perry	New River		41
2/21/2017	Ron Lorden	New River	27 lbs., 2 oz.	47
2/21/2017	Dana Perry	New River		40 3/4
2/26/2017	James Gray Jr.	New River		41
3/9/2017	Faron Gardner	Claytor Lake	20 lbs.	40
3/19/2017	Hunter Milgrim	New River		50
3/19/2017	Hunter Milgrim	All Other Waters		50
4/2/2017	Dustin Black	Shenandoah River	20 lbs.	42
4/6/2017	Alan Harrington	South Fork Holston River	17 lbs., 15 oz.	41
4/11/2017	Edward Lawton	New River	23 lbs.	46
4/14/2017	Tommy Burch	New River		44
4/16/2017	John Hansen	James River	14 lbs.	40 1/2
4/16/2017	Corey Rhoades	New River	16 lbs., 4 oz.	41 1/2
4/22/2017	Darrell Crawford	James River		40
4/23/2017	Brent McKenna	Burke Lake		40
4/30/2017	Joseph Morris	James River		40 1/2
4/30/2017	Joseph Morris	James River	4 lbs., 12 oz.	40 1/2
4/30/2017	James Brown	Craig Creek	18 lbs., 10 oz.	42
5/1/2017	Samuel Scott	James River	25 lbs.	44 1/2
5/8/2017	Edward Lawton	New River	1 lbs.	42
5/19/2017	Christopher Huffman	New River	16 lbs., 4 oz.	43
5/19/2017	Curtis Hutton	Private Pond	28 lbs.	46 1/4
5/21/2017	Teddy Blevins	New River	17 lbs.	41
5/21/2017	Teddy Blevins	New River	15 lbs.	38
5/21/2017	Samuel Scott	James River	25 lbs.	42 1/4
5/21/2017	Alicia Nester	New River	20 lbs., 6 oz.	44
5/22/2017	Alex Blevins	New River	15 lbs., 5 oz.	40
5/22/2017	Tom Smith	New River	21 lbs.	45 1/2
5/27/2017	Darrell Crawford	James River		43
6/1/2017	Christopher Rhoades	New River	18 lbs.	40
6/2/2017	Karen Horodysky	James River		40 1/4
6/3/2017	Alex Blevins	New River	23 lbs.	46 1/2
6/3/2017	Jeffrey Coleman	James River	15 lbs.	40
6/3/2017	Darrell Crawford	James River		41 1/2
6/3/2017	Christopher Rhoades	New River	19 lbs.	41
6/4/2017	Samuel Scott	James River	25 lbs.	44
6/5/2017	Phillip Blevins	New River	19 lbs.	41 1/2
6/6/2017	Michael Spencer	Smith Mountain Lake	15 lbs., 3 oz.	40 1/2
6/7/2017	Charles Way	Lake Shenandoah		40 1/4
6/9/2017	Christopher Rhoades	New River	18 lbs.	42
6/10/2017	Arch Nave, III	James River	27 lbs.	46
6/10/2017	Samuel Scott	James River	35 lbs.	50 3/4
6/10/2017	Philip Cubbage	South Fork Shenandoah River	15 lbs.	40
6/24/2017	Matthew McCord	James River	15 lbs.	40 1/2
6/25/2017	Chris Carwile	New River	19 lbs., 14 oz.	44
6/25/2017	Edward Lawton	New River	24 lbs.	47
6/25/2017	Brian Rorrer	James River	15 lbs., 8 oz.	40 1/2
6/29/2017	Bradford Starkey	Rural Retreat Lake	13 lbs.	40
7/1/2017	Seneca Luther	James River	23 lbs., 8 oz.	46 1/2
7/1/2017	Chris Bankert	New River		4
7/2/2017	Casey Rhoades	New River	15 lbs., 3 oz.	40 1/2
7/6/2017	Edward Lawton	New River	22 lbs.	44
7/14/2017	Christopher Rhoades	New River	15 lbs.
7/21/2017	Christopher Rhoades	New River	25 lbs., 3 oz.	50
8/3/2017	David Heiskell	New River	17 lbs.	42
8/10/2017	Andrew Riffe	New River		42
8/16/2017	Kenneth Ashley	New River		42
8/25/2017	Gary Daily	New River	16 lbs., 4 oz.	42
8/25/2017	Dustin Black	Shenandoah River	18 lbs.	41 3/4
8/26/2017	Curtis Dillow	Shenandoah River	27 lbs.	46
8/26/2017	Jordan Windle	Shenandoah River		44
9/2/2017	Dustin Black	Smith Mountain Lake	21 lbs.	43 1/4
9/5/2017	John Hipes	Craig Creek	24 lbs., 2 oz.	46
9/7/2017	Tim Chambers	New River		47 1/2
9/29/2017	Gary Wendell	James River		44
10/8/2017	Dustin Black	New River	20 lbs.	44 1/4
10/21/2017	William Stein	South Fork Shenandoah River		40
10/22/2017	Ron Lorden	New River	15 lbs., 4 oz.	43
10/26/2017	Jimmy Watkins	New River		43
10/28/2017	Andrew Burdetsky, Sr.	James River	18 lbs.	44
10/28/2017	Charles Way	North Fork Shenandoah River		40 3/4
11/15/2017	William Stein	Shenandoah River		44
11/18/2017	William Roe Jr.	James River		42
11/18/2017	Ron Lorden	New River	29 lbs., 3 oz.	49
11/24/2017	Philip Cubbage	South Fork Shenandoah River	22 lbs., 7 oz.	44
11/26/2017	James Gray Jr.	New River		43
11/26/2017	James Gray Jr.	New River		41
11/26/2017	Ron Lorden	New River	20 lbs., 5 oz.	44
11/28/2017	Chase Tanner	James River	27 lbs., 8 oz.	45
11/30/2017	Bryan Woods	James River		40 1/4
12/1/2017	Ron Lorden	New River	28 lbs., 2 oz.	50
12/3/2017	Josh McGuire	New River	16 lbs.	40 1/2
12/3/2017	Ron Lorden	New River		42
12/3/2017	Bryan Woods	James River		44
12/7/2017	Ron Lorden	New River	25 lbs., 4 oz.	44
12/7/2017	Robert Choi	James River		43
12/8/2017	Edward Lawton	New River	29 lbs.	48 1/2
12/14/2017	Ron Lorden	New River	17 lbs., 6 oz.	42 1/2
12/16/2017	Ron Lorden	New River	15 lbs., 8 oz.	42
12/18/2017	Joe Burwell, Sr.	James River	15 lbs.	45
12/19/2017	Samuel Scott	James River	17 lbs.	40

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