Fish Citations

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Smallmouth Bass

Date of Catch	Angler	Waterbody	Weight	Length
1/3/2017	Gary Firebaugh	Roanoke River	4 lbs., 6 oz.	20
1/12/2017	Shannon Lindsey	Claytor Lake	5 lbs.	20 1/2
2/4/2017	Samuel Johnson	Rappahannock River	4 lbs., 8 oz.	20 1/2
2/7/2017	Gregory Hedrick	Staunton River		20
2/11/2017	Timothy Dixon	New River		20 1/4
2/11/2017	Timothy Dixon	New River	4 lbs., 9 oz.	20
2/14/2017	Gregory Hedrick	Staunton River		20
2/18/2017	Kellam Brooks	Rappahannock River		20
2/19/2017	Kellam Brooks	Rappahannock River		20
2/19/2017	Mark Bagby	Buggs Island Lake	1 lbs., 11 oz.	15
2/19/2017	Jarrett Schutte	Claytor Lake	5 lbs.	21 1/2
2/20/2017	Rick Gardner	Smith Mountain Lake		20 1/2
2/24/2017	Jason Howdershelt	Rappahannock River	5 lbs., 2 oz.	21
2/27/2017	Gannon Harmeyer	Rappahannock River	4 lbs., 10 oz.	20 1/2
2/28/2017	Jarrett Schutte	Claytor Lake	5 lbs., 8 oz.	21 3/4
3/4/2017	Jeffrey Tice	Claytor Lake	5 lbs., 2 oz.	20 1/4
3/4/2017	Danilo Meyer	Smith Mountain Lake	4 lbs.	20
3/5/2017	Wes Conley	New River		03
3/9/2017	Alan Harrington	North Fork Holston River		20
3/11/2017	Reed Cunningham	New River	4 lbs.	20 1/2
3/18/2017	Zebulon Coble	New River	4 lbs., 6 oz.	21 3/4
3/18/2017	Preston Quesenberry	New River		20
3/21/2017	John Schutte	Claytor Lake	4 lbs., 4 oz.	21
3/25/2017	Michael Petty	New River	3 lbs., 10 oz.	20
3/26/2017	Kaitlyn Lively	Smith Mountain Lake	4 lbs., 2 oz.	20 1/4
3/28/2017	Curtis Perry	New River		20
3/30/2017	Stephen Page	Smith Mountain Lake	3 lbs., 10 oz.	20 1/4
4/1/2017	Timothy Abbott	Lake Moomaw		22 1/4
4/2/2017	Tyler Justus	All Other Waters	4 lbs.	20
4/2/2017	Bradley Turner	North Anna River	4 lbs., 1 oz.	20 1/4
4/7/2017	Daniel Patterson	New River		21
4/7/2017	Daniel Patterson	New River		20
4/8/2017	Daniel Patterson	New River		22 1/4
4/10/2017	Matthew Keen	All Other Waters		20 1/2
4/12/2017	Scott Heinz	New River		20 1/2
4/12/2017	Zachary Crum	New River		21 1/2
4/13/2017	Scott Heinz	New River		21 1/4
4/13/2017	Scott Heinz	New River		20 3/4
4/14/2017	Tiffany Steele	James River	4 lbs., 15 oz.	21 1/2
4/14/2017	Jesse Deaton	James River	4 lbs.	21
4/14/2017	Bernard Epperly, Jr.	Smith Mountain Lake	5 lbs., 8 oz.	21
4/15/2017	Hunter Wyatt	Laurel Bed Lake		20
4/15/2017	Colin Barrom	Laurel Bed Lake		20
4/15/2017	Robert Quillen Jr.	Laurel Bed Lake		20 1/2
4/15/2017	Matthew Keen	All Other Waters		21
4/15/2017	Matthew Keen	All Other Waters		20 1/2
4/15/2017	Matthew Keen	All Other Waters		22
4/16/2017	Joe Burwell, Sr.	James River	6 lbs.	24
4/16/2017	Koircaus Hairston	James River	6 lbs.	22
4/16/2017	Jimmy Johnson	New River		2 3/4
4/16/2017	Seneca Luther	James River	4 lbs., 12 oz.	20 1/4
4/17/2017	Sadie Stoudenmire	New River		20 1/2
4/17/2017	Dan Urbanske	Rappahannock River		2
4/18/2017	Alan Harrington	North Fork Holston River	5 lbs.	20
4/19/2017	Stephen Stang	New River		22 1/2
4/20/2017	Chris Rice	James River	5 lbs.	21
4/21/2017	Richard Porter	James River	5 lbs.	20
4/29/2017	Ryan Cooper	Rappahannock River		20 1/4
4/29/2017	Michael Fitzgerald	New River		20 1/4
5/3/2017	Joseph Taylor	Smith Mountain Lake		20 1/4
5/3/2017	Jody Cussins	North Fork Holston River		20
5/4/2017	Rodney Matney	New River		20
5/5/2017	Alan Harrington	North Fork Holston River		20
5/5/2017	Tood Williams	New River	4 lbs.	20
5/5/2017	David McDonald	New River		20
5/5/2017	David McDonald	New River		20 1/2
5/8/2017	William Gillespie	All Other Waters		20
5/13/2017	Ricky Samuels	Laurel Bed Lake		21
5/13/2017	Jeffrey Grubb	Private Pond		20
5/16/2017	Michael Gunyon	New River		20
5/18/2017	Jamie Perryman	New River	5 lbs., 7 oz.	22 1/4
5/19/2017	Dennis Treacy	New River	4 lbs., 5 oz.	20
5/19/2017	James Hatcher, Jr.	James River		21 1/2
5/20/2017	John Murray, Jr.	Roanoke River	5 lbs.	22
5/20/2017	Chris Rice	James River	4 lbs., 1 oz.	21 1/2
5/21/2017	Joe Burwell, Sr.	Maury River	5 lbs., 4 oz.	22
5/23/2017	John Huckstep IV	James River		20 1/4
5/28/2017	Jeff Manning	Smith Mountain Lake		20
5/29/2017	Tripp Thompson	Smith Mountain Lake		20 1/2
5/30/2017	Kristen Stine	Smith Mountain Lake		20 1/4
5/30/2017	Patrick Schrader	New River		21
6/1/2017	Alan Harrington	North Fork Holston River		20
6/3/2017	Michael Petty	New River	3 lbs.	20 1/4
6/4/2017	Chris Rice	James River	3 lbs., 4 oz.	20
6/5/2017	Richard Sharp	James River	3 lbs.	20 1/4
6/5/2017	Earl Martin, Jr.	New River		20 1/2
6/6/2017	Ricky Samuels	Laurel Bed Lake		20 1/4
6/7/2017	Mike Pendleton	Laurel Bed Lake		21
6/7/2017	Alex Johnson	James River	3 lbs., 12 oz.	20
6/8/2017	Gregory Metcalf	North Anna River		21 1/2
6/8/2017	Jeannette Parramore	New River	4 lbs., 4 oz.	21
6/8/2017	Jeannette Parramore	New River	4 lbs., 4 oz.	20
6/9/2017	Chris Rice	James River	3 lbs., 3 oz.	20
6/9/2017	Chris Rice	James River	3 lbs., 12 oz.	21 3/4
6/9/2017	Samuel Scott	James River	5 lbs.	21
6/9/2017	Hunter Street	New River	3 lbs.	20 1/2
6/10/2017	Edwin Burton	James River		21
6/10/2017	Bryant Kirkland	New River		21 1/2
6/10/2017	Chesty Frank	Shenandoah River		20 1/2
6/10/2017	Alan Harrington	Middle Fork Holston		20
6/10/2017	John Pead	James River		21 1/2
6/11/2017	Brian Finch	James River		20
6/14/2017	David Sublett, Jr.	New River		21
6/15/2017	Debra Weaver	Rockfish River	3 lbs., 9 oz.	20
6/17/2017	Tyler Huffman	James River	5 lbs., 3 oz.	20 1/2
6/17/2017	Harry Cusick	New River		22
6/19/2017	Timothy Dixon	New River		20 1/4
6/20/2017	Chesty Frank	Shenandoah River		20
6/22/2017	John Shire	Maury River		20 3/4
6/22/2017	Ernesto Rojas	Potomac River	4 lbs., 2 oz.	21
6/22/2017	Nathan Cobb	Laurel Bed Lake		20 1/2
6/23/2017	Danny Dugan	Rapidan River	4 lbs., 4 oz.	20 1/2
6/24/2017	Steven Stacy	All Other Waters	2 lbs., 8 oz.	20
6/24/2017	Ed Moore	New River	4 lbs., 13 oz.	21 1/4
6/26/2017	Paul Germain, III	James River		20
6/27/2017	Michael Caler	Lake Moomaw	3 lbs., 1 oz.	20 1/4
6/28/2017	Danny Dugan	Rapidan River	4 lbs.	20
6/29/2017	Alan Harrington	North Fork Holston River		20
6/29/2017	Pete Reusch	James River		21
6/29/2017	Matthew Reynolds	Smith Mountain Lake		21 1/4
6/30/2017	Michael Petty	New River	4 lbs.	21 1/2
7/1/2017	Scott Gillies	James River		20 1/4
7/1/2017	Christopher Wolford	New River		21
7/2/2017	Gavin Corbin	Rockfish River		20 1/4
7/3/2017	Alan Harrington	North Fork Holston River		20
7/3/2017	Bruce Sarver	New River	4 lbs., 8 oz.	21
7/4/2017	William Orndorff	Shenandoah River	4 lbs., 5 oz.	20 1/4
7/4/2017	Eric Cockerham	New River		20
7/4/2017	Stephen Cromer, Jr	Claytor Lake		20 1/2
7/5/2017	Alan Harrington	North Fork Holston River		21
7/5/2017	Alan Harrington	North Fork Holston River	5 lbs., 2 oz.	20
7/6/2017	Alan Harrington	North Fork Holston River		21
7/7/2017	Alan Harrington	North Fork Holston River		20 1/2
7/7/2017	Alan Harrington	North Fork Holston River	5 lbs., 10 oz.	20 1/2
7/7/2017	Billy Long	Claytor Lake		22
7/8/2017	Colin Campbell	Laurel Bed Lake		20
7/8/2017	Alan Harrington	North Fork Holston River	5 lbs., 8 oz.	20 1/4
7/9/2017	Frederick Blevins Jr.	New River		21
7/10/2017	Duane Barlow	Shenandoah River	5 lbs., 4 oz.	22
7/12/2017	Danny Dugan	Rapidan River	4 lbs.	20 1/2
7/12/2017	Curtis Hicks	James River		20
7/15/2017	Anderson Thomas	James River		21
7/15/2017	Timothy Dixon	New River		20 1/4
7/17/2017	Billy Long	Claytor Lake		22
7/17/2017	Jaden Bridges	New River		20 3/4
7/17/2017	Jeffrey Stiltner	South Fork Holston River		2 3/4
7/18/2017	Darrell Hamlin	New River		21 3/4
7/18/2017	Eric McDaniel	Lake Moomaw	6 lbs., 8 oz.	22 1/4
7/18/2017	Alan Harrington	North Fork Holston River		20 3/4
7/18/2017	Alan Harrington	North Fork Holston River		20
7/19/2017	Alan Harrington	North Fork Holston River		20 1/2
7/19/2017	Alan Harrington	North Fork Holston River		20
7/21/2017	Steve Jurnigan Jr.	James River	5 lbs., 8 oz.	21
7/21/2017	Carles Arnold	New River		21 1/2
7/21/2017	Reginald Palmer	Big Reed Island	4 lbs.	20 1/2
7/22/2017	Brent McKenna	All Other Waters		20
7/29/2017	Barry Newman	New River		20 1/2
8/1/2017	Ricky Samuels	Laurel Bed Lake		20 1/2
8/1/2017	Justin Pugh	New River		21
8/3/2017	Caleb Edwards	All Other Waters		22
8/6/2017	James Pendleton	North Fork Holston River	3 lbs., 9 oz.	20 1/4
8/6/2017	Michael Petty	New River		20
8/10/2017	Danny Dugan	Rapidan River	3 lbs., 11 oz.	20
8/12/2017	Kevin Meyers	James River	5 lbs., 2 oz.	20 1/4
8/13/2017	Michael Lutke	James River		20 1/4
8/13/2017	Juan Caravaca-Guasch, Sr.	South Fork Shenandoah River		20
8/21/2017	Ricky Samuels	Laurel Bed Lake		21
8/21/2017	Sally Turner	New River	4 lbs.	21 1/2
8/23/2017	Matthew Mayberry	New River		20 1/2
8/23/2017	Ronald Reinhard	South Fork Holston River		21
8/24/2017	Alan Harrington	North Fork Holston River	5 lbs., 1 oz.	20
8/27/2017	Michael Petty	New River	3 lbs., 9 oz.	20 1/2
8/27/2017	Danny Dugan	Rapidan River	3 lbs., 8 oz.	20
8/27/2017	Danny Dugan	Rapidan River	4 lbs.	20 1/4
8/27/2017	Timothy Dixon	New River		21
8/29/2017	Barry Newman	New River		20 1/4
8/31/2017	Victor Kernus	James River		23 1/2
8/31/2017	Jack Carlton, Jr.	South Fork Shenandoah River		20 1/2
9/1/2017	Barry Newman	New River		20
9/1/2017	Robert Moyers	Shenandoah River		20
9/2/2017	Barry Newman	New River		20
9/2/2017	Wayne Napier	Rockfish River		20
9/3/2017	Michael Walters	James River		21 1/4
9/7/2017	Albert Turnbull	James River	5 lbs., 7 oz.	21 1/2
9/8/2017	Alan Harrington	North Fork Shenandoah River		20 1/4
9/8/2017	Timothy Dixon	New River		21
9/9/2017	Carl Kite, III	Shenandoah River	4 lbs., 6 oz.	20 3/4
9/14/2017	Alan Harrington	North Fork Holston River		20
9/15/2017	Brian Pillow	Staunton River		20 1/2
9/15/2017	David Taylor	New River	5 lbs., 4 oz.	22 1/4
9/15/2017	David Taylor	New River	5 lbs., 4 oz.	22 1/4
9/15/2017	David Taylor	New River		20 1/4
9/15/2017	William Shelhorse	New River		20 1/2
9/15/2017	William Shelhorse	New River		20 3/4
9/15/2017	Fred Sears	New River	5 lbs.	21 1/2
9/15/2017	Brian House	South Fork Shenandoah River		20
9/16/2017	Corbin Turilli	Laurel Bed Lake		20
9/16/2017	Kenneth Rickard	Staunton River		21
9/16/2017	Liam McCoy	Claytor Lake		21
9/18/2017	Sherree Taylor	New River		20 1/4
9/20/2017	James Civitarese	Rappahannock River		21
9/23/2017	Jon Barrackman	Potomac River		22
9/27/2017	Dustin Black	Smith Mountain Lake	5 lbs., 8 oz.	20 1/2
9/28/2017	John Falls	Maury River		20 1/4
9/29/2017	Ryan Delgado	Pamunkey River	3 lbs., 4 oz.	20 1/4
9/30/2017	John Falls	Maury River		20
10/1/2017	Preston Quesenberry	New River	6 lbs., 6 oz.	23
10/2/2017	Jarrett Schutte	Claytor Lake	5 lbs.	20 1/2
10/5/2017	Holly Hodges	Staunton River	3 lbs., 2 oz.	21 1/2
10/7/2017	Colin Campbell	Laurel Bed Lake		21 1/2
10/7/2017	Anthony Smith	Staunton River	6 lbs., 1 oz.	21 1/2
10/7/2017	Tracy Leftwich	New River		20 1/2
10/10/2017	John Falls	Maury River		20
10/13/2017	James Pearman Jr.	New River		20 1/2
10/13/2017	Kenneth Ashley	New River		22 1/4
10/14/2017	Jeremy Dooley	James River		21
10/18/2017	Alan Harrington	North Fork Holston River	5 lbs.	20 1/2
10/18/2017	Michael Caler	Pamunkey River	3 lbs., 14 oz.	20
10/21/2017	Jordan Windle	Shenandoah River	4 lbs.	20
10/21/2017	Anthony Smith	Staunton River	6 lbs., 8 oz.	21 1/2
10/28/2017	Timothy Dixon	New River		20 3/4
10/28/2017	Timothy Dixon	New River		20 1/4
10/28/2017	Christopher Lynch	Shenandoah River		20
10/31/2017	Timothy Dixon	New River		20 1/4
10/31/2017	Timothy Dixon	New River		20 3/4
11/1/2017	Gary Harmon	Claytor Lake		21
11/2/2017	Gary Harmon	Claytor Lake		21
11/7/2017	Catherine Amburn	New River		21
11/8/2017	Kellam Brooks, Sr	Rappahannock River	4 lbs., 13 oz.	21
11/9/2017	Kellam Brooks, Sr	Rappahannock River	4 lbs., 4 oz.	20 1/4
11/9/2017	Christopher Bolt	Smith Mountain Lake	4 lbs.	20 1/4
11/9/2017	Bruce Amburn	New River		20 1/2
11/11/2017	Bruce Amburn	New River		20
11/11/2017	Harry Winnik	Smith Mountain Lake		20
11/12/2017	Michael Petty	New River		20 1/4
11/12/2017	Michael Petty	New River		20
11/12/2017	Benton Boyd	New River	3 lbs., 8 oz.	20
11/17/2017	Ronnie Lindsey	Claytor Lake		20
11/21/2017	Timothy Dixon	New River		21
11/22/2017	James Skinner	Rappahannock River		20 3/4
11/22/2017	Mitchell Doss	Smith Mountain Lake		20
11/24/2017	James Skinner	Rappahannock River		21 1/2
11/24/2017	Thomas Fontenot	Rappahannock River		20
11/24/2017	Thomas Fontenot	Rappahannock River		20 1/2
11/25/2017	Daniel Patterson	Staunton River		20
11/26/2017	Bruce Branham	Smith Mountain Lake		20 3/4
11/26/2017	Bruce Branham	Smith Mountain Lake		21 1/2
11/26/2017	Thomas Fontenot	Rappahannock River		21
11/30/2017	David Crosswhite	Smith Mountain Lake	6 lbs., 12 oz.	22
12/3/2017	Thomas Fontenot	Rappahannock River		21
12/3/2017	James Skinner	Rappahannock River		20 3/4
12/9/2017	Thomas Fontenot	Rappahannock River		20 1/4
12/9/2017	Ron Lorden	Smith Mountain Lake		20
12/10/2017	Christopher Taylor	Nottoway River		20
12/17/2017	Chris Moxley	Private Pond	3 lbs., 12 oz.	20
12/17/2017	Jarrett Schutte	Carvins Cove Lake	4 lbs., 4 oz.	20 1/2
12/23/2017	Brandon Olmsted	New River	5 lbs., 10 oz.	21 1/2

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