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.

NEW RIVER

Date of Catch	Angler	Species	Weight	Length
1/1/2015	Kenneth Young	Muskellunge		42 1/2
1/4/2015	James Gray Jr.	Muskellunge	21 lbs., 13 oz.	45 1/2
1/4/2015	Ron Lorden	Muskellunge	32 lbs., 4 oz.	50 1/2
1/10/2015	R Douglas Tackett	Muskellunge		41
1/12/2015	Jonathan Wills	Smallmouth Bass		21 1/2
1/18/2015	James Gray Jr.	Muskellunge		40 1/2
1/18/2015	James Gray Jr.	Muskellunge	16 lbs.	42 1/2
1/19/2015	Cantley Krafft	Muskellunge		41
1/21/2015	R Douglas Tackett	Muskellunge		45
1/25/2015	James Gray Jr.	Muskellunge		40 1/4
2/1/2015	Cantley Krafft	Muskellunge	23 lbs.	42 3/4
2/7/2015	Darian Brown	Muskellunge	18 lbs.	40
2/8/2015	James Gray Jr.	Muskellunge	23 lbs., 12 oz.	45 1/2
2/8/2015	James Gray Jr.	Muskellunge		40
2/8/2015	Jonathan Wills	Muskellunge	15 lbs., 4 oz.	42
2/9/2015	Jonathan Wills	Smallmouth Bass	5 lbs., 9 oz.	22 1/2
2/15/2015	R Douglas Tackett	Muskellunge		40 1/2
2/21/2015	R Douglas Tackett	Muskellunge		47 1/2
2/25/2015	R Douglas Tackett	Muskellunge		42 1/2
2/27/2015	Edward Lawton	Muskellunge	19 lbs.	44
2/27/2015	Edward Lawton	Muskellunge	22 lbs.	44 1/2
2/28/2015	Edward Lawton	Muskellunge	17 lbs.	42
3/4/2015	Teddy Blevins	Muskellunge	22 lbs.	45
3/8/2015	Chad Trivitt	Muskellunge		41
3/8/2015	Chad Trivitt	Muskellunge	24 lbs., 9 oz.	45 1/2
3/8/2015	Chad Trivitt	Muskellunge		42
3/21/2015	Robert Suddarth	Muskellunge		46
3/22/2015	James Gray Jr.	Muskellunge	15 lbs., 2 oz.
3/22/2015	James Gray Jr.	Muskellunge		40 1/2
3/24/2015	James Elliott, Jr.	Smallmouth Bass		21
3/24/2015	James Elliott, Jr.	Smallmouth Bass		20
3/26/2015	Bo Dong	Hybrid Striper		25
3/30/2015	Evan Shearer	Muskellunge		43 1/2
3/30/2015	Daniel Berry, Jr.	Carp	43 lbs., 4 oz.	36 1/2
4/1/2015	Micah Snidow	Smallmouth Bass		20
4/3/2015	Marshall Powers	Brook Trout		16
4/3/2015	Josh Graybeal	Smallmouth Bass	5 lbs., 3 oz.	21 1/4
4/5/2015	Jeb Ratcliffe	Smallmouth Bass		22
4/15/2015	Dylan Cooper	Muskellunge		42 3/4
4/25/2015	Marshall Powers	Smallmouth Bass		20
5/1/2015	Tommy Hughes	Smallmouth Bass		20
5/1/2015	Jay Bass	Smallmouth Bass		20
5/4/2015	Anna Harman	Smallmouth Bass	5 lbs.	20 1/2
5/4/2015	Anna Harman	Smallmouth Bass		20
5/5/2015	Kellam Brooks	Smallmouth Bass		20 1/4
5/5/2015	Kellam Brooks	Smallmouth Bass		20
5/7/2015	David Perkins, III	Smallmouth Bass	5 lbs., 9 oz.	22
5/7/2015	John Schutte	Smallmouth Bass		21
5/8/2015	Frankie Izzi	Smallmouth Bass	5 lbs., 2 oz.	21 1/4
5/9/2015	James Civitarese	Smallmouth Bass		21
5/9/2015	James Civitarese	Carp		36
5/15/2015	Christopher Wolford	Smallmouth Bass		21
5/18/2015	Tracy Monday	Smallmouth Bass		20 3/4
5/21/2015	Gary Harmon	Channel Catfish		30
5/22/2015	Gavin Frost	Smallmouth Bass		20
5/23/2015	Christopher Rhoades	White Perch	2 lbs., 3 oz.	16
5/23/2015	Christopher Rhoades	Rock Bass		12
5/23/2015	Jordan Jenson	Smallmouth Bass		20 1/4
5/24/2015	David Sable	Smallmouth Bass		21 1/4
5/24/2015	Christopher Rhoades	Rock Bass	1 lbs., 8 oz.	12 3/4
5/26/2015	Gary Harmon	Muskellunge	17 lbs., 2 oz.
5/29/2015	Cantley Krafft	Muskellunge		43
6/2/2015	Jimmy Delby	Walleye	15 lbs., 8 oz.	33 1/2
6/3/2015	Joshua Click	Muskellunge	28 lbs., 13 oz.	48
6/6/2015	Robert Suddarth	Muskellunge		42 1/2
6/7/2015	Christopher Rhoades	Rock Bass		12 1/2
6/10/2015	Jason Barrow	Muskellunge		43 1/4
6/10/2015	Robert Todd	Flathead Catfish	28 lbs., 8 oz.	42
6/13/2015	Franklin Graham Jr.	Smallmouth Bass		20
6/13/2015	Joseph Rhoades	Muskellunge		40
6/13/2015	Joseph Rhoades	Muskellunge		40
6/13/2015	Christopher Rhoades	Rock Bass		13
6/14/2015	Christopher Rhoades	Rock Bass	2 lbs., 1 oz.	14
6/14/2015	Christopher Rhoades	Rock Bass	1 lbs., 11 oz.
6/14/2015	Christopher Rhoades	Rock Bass	1 lbs., 10 oz.
6/15/2015	Alvin Gillespie	Muskellunge		41 1/2
6/18/2015	Adam Gheen	Smallmouth Bass	4 lbs., 4 oz.	20 1/2
6/19/2015	Joseph Rhoades	Muskellunge	16 lbs., 3 oz.	41
6/20/2015	Philip Lehman	Smallmouth Bass		21
6/20/2015	Christopher Fallen	Smallmouth Bass		21
6/20/2015	Wes Conley	Smallmouth Bass		20
6/24/2015	Kimberly Carr	Smallmouth Bass		21 3/4
6/29/2015	Michael Petty	Muskellunge	31 lbs.	48
7/1/2015	Brian Hill	Muskellunge	23 lbs., 12 oz.	41 1/4
7/4/2015	Kenneth Keatts	Muskellunge		43
7/7/2015	Alex Blevins	Smallmouth Bass		20
7/8/2015	Edward Lawton	Muskellunge	19 lbs.	43
7/10/2015	Gregory O'Connor	Smallmouth Bass	5 lbs.	20 1/4
7/11/2015	Christopher Rhoades	Muskellunge		40
7/11/2015	Christopher Rhoades	Smallmouth Bass		21 1/2
7/11/2015	Tony Phipps	Carp	20 lbs.	34 1/4
7/15/2015	Richard Bryson	Muskellunge	15 lbs., 9 oz.	42 1/2
7/16/2015	Benton Boyd	Muskellunge	15 lbs.	40
7/18/2015	Samuel Bell	Muskellunge		41
7/18/2015	Dale Byer	Smallmouth Bass		21 1/4
7/22/2015	Mark Clark	Muskellunge		40 1/2
7/23/2015	David Heiskell	Muskellunge	18 lbs.	42 1/4
7/26/2015	Michael Petty	Muskellunge		42
7/28/2015	Christopher Rhoades	Muskellunge	27 lbs., 15 oz.	47 3/4
7/30/2015	Rick Evans	Smallmouth Bass		20 1/4
7/30/2015	Roger Lemasters	Muskellunge		45
8/5/2015	Ralph Barton	Muskellunge		42
8/7/2015	Rick Ridpath	Walleye		25 1/2
8/8/2015	Eric Hatten	Smallmouth Bass		20 1/4
8/9/2015	David Heiskell	Muskellunge	17 lbs.	42 1/2
8/14/2015	Caleb Goldsmith	Smallmouth Bass		20 1/4
8/15/2015	Grant Alvis	Muskellunge		43 1/2
8/15/2015	Michael Holder	Smallmouth Bass		21 1/2
8/22/2015	Cathy Naff	Smallmouth Bass		20 1/2
8/22/2015	Caleb Goldsmith	Smallmouth Bass		20 1/4
8/22/2015	William Haines	Smallmouth Bass	6 lbs., 1 oz.	23 3/4
8/23/2015	Johnathan Belcher	Muskellunge		42
8/25/2015	Edward Lawton	Muskellunge	22 lbs.	45
8/30/2015	Michael Coleman	Muskellunge		41
9/10/2015	Jackson Norton	Smallmouth Bass		20 1/2
9/10/2015	Jackson Norton	Smallmouth Bass		21 1/2
9/17/2015	Carroll Coleman	Smallmouth Bass		20 3/4
9/24/2015	Jason Etzel	Smallmouth Bass	5 lbs., 1 oz.	22
10/10/2015	Edwin Ruark	Muskellunge	16 lbs.	42
10/10/2015	Benton Boyd	Smallmouth Bass		20
10/10/2015	Paul Seitz	Smallmouth Bass		20
10/16/2015	Dennis Butcher	Smallmouth Bass		20
10/18/2015	Preston Quesenberry	Smallmouth Bass	5 lbs., 6 oz.	22
10/22/2015	Todd Cannaday	Muskellunge		44
11/1/2015	James Gray Jr.	Muskellunge	18 lbs., 9 oz.	42
11/14/2015	Ron Lorden	Muskellunge	25 lbs., 9 oz.	48
11/15/2015	James Gray Jr.	Muskellunge		40
12/7/2015	Todd Cannaday	Muskellunge		45 1/4
12/10/2015	Todd Cannaday	Muskellunge		42
12/13/2015	James Gray Jr.	Muskellunge	15 lbs., 1 oz.	40 1/2
12/20/2015	James Gray Jr.	Muskellunge	15 lbs., 8 oz.	41
12/20/2015	Ron Lorden	Muskellunge	16 lbs., 9 oz.	44
12/22/2015	Todd Cannaday	Muskellunge		40 1/4
12/23/2015	Timothy Dixon	Smallmouth Bass		20
12/23/2015	Timothy Dixon	Smallmouth Bass		21 1/4
12/30/2015	Gregory Rife	Muskellunge		44 1/4

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