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.

Blue Catfish

Date of Catch	Angler	Waterbody	Weight	Length
1/1/2017	Christopher Wells	Potomac River	44 lbs., 12 oz.	43 1/2
1/1/2017	Landon Mangano	James River	57 lbs.
1/1/2017	Samuel Pompell	Potomac River	43 lbs., 14 oz.	44
1/3/2017	Larry Dahn	James River	53 lbs.
1/3/2017	Larry Dahn	James River	60 lbs.
1/4/2017	Larry Dahn	James River	32 lbs.
1/4/2017	Larry Dahn	James River	53 lbs.
1/4/2017	William Moore, Jr.	James River	31 lbs., 2 oz.	38 1/2
1/4/2017	William Moore, Jr.	James River	62 lbs.	51
1/4/2017	Scott Johnson	Piankatank River	42 lbs., 8 oz.	42
1/4/2017	Michael Moore	James River	31 lbs., 12 oz.	39
1/4/2017	Richard Grabowski	James River	31 lbs., 2 oz.
1/5/2017	Richard Grabowski	James River	64 lbs.
1/5/2017	Richard Grabowski	James River	52 lbs.
1/6/2017	Brady Miles	James River	63 lbs.
1/6/2017	Larry Dahn	James River	39 lbs.
1/12/2017	Travis Patsell	James River	81 lbs.	50
1/13/2017	Travis Patsell	James River	51 lbs.	48
1/13/2017	Travis Patsell	James River	40 lbs.	45
1/15/2017	Travis Patsell	James River	56 lbs.	48
1/16/2017	Bryan Miles	James River	78 lbs.
1/21/2017	Lindsay Moore	James River	45 lbs.	45 1/2
1/21/2017	Lindsay Moore	James River	68 lbs.	52
1/21/2017	Lindsay Moore	James River	51 lbs.	48
1/21/2017	Lindsay Moore	James River	34 lbs.	42 1/2
1/21/2017	Hunter Krycinski	Chickahominy River	41 lbs.	41
1/21/2017	William Moore, Jr.	James River	33 lbs.	41 1/2
1/21/2017	William Moore, Jr.	James River	46 lbs.	45 1/2
1/26/2017	Michael Jones	Nottoway River		39 1/2
1/28/2017	Dale Lowe, Jr.	Buggs Island Lake	141 lbs., 12 oz.	61
1/29/2017	Christopher Lamb	Pamunkey River	38 lbs.	42
1/29/2017	Reid Murray	James River	55 lbs.	48
1/29/2017	Paul Kushma	James River	45 lbs.	45
1/29/2017	Paul Kushma	James River	40 lbs.	40
2/1/2017	Howard Blazer	James River	51 lbs.	49
2/3/2017	Craig Audet	Buggs Island Lake	23 lbs.	38
2/6/2017	Eddie Boothe	Buggs Island Lake	24 lbs.	38 1/2
2/6/2017	Colton Ketterman	James River	61 lbs.
2/7/2017	James Wells	James River	82 lbs.	48
2/7/2017	Dylan Blazer	James River	30 lbs.	39
2/10/2017	Jack Rakes, Jr	Rappahannock River	41 lbs.	42 1/2
2/10/2017	Brian Wilson	James River	30 lbs.
2/11/2017	Joseph Gentry	James River	36 lbs.
2/11/2017	Jack Rakes, Jr	Rappahannock River	31 lbs.	41
2/14/2017	Michael Jones	Nottoway River		38
2/18/2017	Camden Lunsford	Chickahominy River	54 lbs.	48
2/18/2017	Shaia Casey	Northwest River	42 lbs., 1 oz.	45 1/4
2/18/2017	Corey Depping	James River	57 lbs.	45
2/18/2017	Jack Rakes Jr.	Rappahannock River		38
2/18/2017	Hunter Woods	James River	37 lbs., 8 oz.
2/22/2017	Donald Bartholomay	Rappahannock River	42 lbs.	41
2/23/2017	Charles Turner	Nottoway River	56 lbs., 5 oz.	48
2/24/2017	Thomas Coley	James River	34 lbs.	39
2/24/2017	Thomas Coley	James River	53 lbs., 7 oz.	47
2/25/2017	Brooks Noble	Potomac River		48
2/25/2017	Brooks Noble	Potomac River		46
2/26/2017	Blake Wines	Rappahannock River	31 lbs.	38 1/2
2/26/2017	Brooks Noble	All Other Waters		54
2/26/2017	Brooks Noble	Potomac River		40
2/26/2017	Paul Kushma	James River	52 lbs.	47
3/3/2017	Brian Palmer II	James River	32 lbs., 8 oz.	40 1/2
3/3/2017	Jason Ford	James River	63 lbs., 8 oz.	49 1/4
3/5/2017	Phillip Hudson	James River	49 lbs.	45
3/5/2017	Michael Vannick	Potomac River	30 lbs.	38 1/2
3/11/2017	Bryant Franklin	Chickahominy River		44
3/18/2017	Bryant Franklin	Chickahominy River	58 lbs.
3/25/2017	Michael Brooks	Rappahannock River	26 lbs., 4 oz.	38
3/25/2017	Michael Bowling	Buggs Island Lake		38
3/26/2017	Bryant Franklin	Chickahominy River		43 3/4
3/26/2017	Oscar Esposito	James River	50 lbs.	48
3/27/2017	Robert Blanks	James River		43 3/4
3/27/2017	Robert Blanks	James River		44 1/4
3/27/2017	Robert Pugh	James River	34 lbs.	38
3/27/2017	Robert Pugh	James River	51 lbs.	45
3/27/2017	Ginny Pugh	James River	48 lbs.	45
3/27/2017	Ginny Pugh	James River	31 lbs.	42
3/27/2017	Larry Haynes	James River		48 1/2
3/27/2017	Larry Haynes	James River		42 1/4
3/27/2017	Larry Haynes	James River		39
3/28/2017	Christopher Clement	James River	40 lbs.
3/30/2017	John Connors	James River	40 lbs.	40
3/30/2017	Gregory McDorman	James River	73 lbs.	48 1/2
3/30/2017	Keith Brown	James River	51 lbs.	44
3/30/2017	Kenneth McCabe	James River	32 lbs.	40 1/2
3/31/2017	Aaron Holmes	James River	43 lbs.	48
3/31/2017	Bryant Franklin	Chickahominy River		45
4/1/2017	Ted Baltas	James River	53 lbs.
4/1/2017	Gregory McDorman	James River	69 lbs.
4/1/2017	Clifton Baldwin	James River	31 lbs., 5 oz.
4/2/2017	Thomas McCoy	James River	64 lbs.	48
4/2/2017	Jacqueline Duca	Lake Gaston	35 lbs., 8 oz.	42
4/2/2017	Thomas Coley, Jr	James River	38 lbs.	43
4/2/2017	Robert Blackburn	James River	32 lbs.
4/3/2017	Robert Blackburn	James River	63 lbs.
4/3/2017	Bryant Franklin	Chickahominy River		42 1/2
4/3/2017	Amy Schneider	James River	35 lbs.
4/3/2017	Amy Schneider	James River	55 lbs.
4/5/2017	James Day	Northwest River	30 lbs.
4/8/2017	William Kaltsounis	James River	41 lbs.	44
4/8/2017	Tracey Patterson	James River	35 lbs.	39 1/2
4/8/2017	Jerry Spruill	Northwest River	33 lbs.
4/9/2017	Joshua Williams	James River	59 lbs., 6 oz.	46 1/2
4/11/2017	Allison Bunn	Lake Gaston	65 lbs.	57
4/11/2017	Karen Richardson	James River	37 lbs.	39
4/14/2017	William Anderson	James River	40 lbs.	43
4/15/2017	Shelly Thorpe	James River	35 lbs.	38
4/15/2017	Donald Reid	James River	45 lbs.	38
4/16/2017	Reid Murray	James River	45 lbs.	43
4/16/2017	Craig Audet	Buggs Island Lake	26 lbs.	38 1/4
4/19/2017	Willie Crowder	Lake Gaston	32 lbs., 8 oz.	41
4/21/2017	Elizabeth Boyd	James River		38
4/22/2017	Timothy Holden	Potomac River	45 lbs.
4/22/2017	Timothy Holden	Potomac River	32 lbs.
4/26/2017	William Hughes, III	Buggs Island Lake	101 lbs., 8 oz.
4/29/2017	Logan Mann	Buggs Island Lake	77 lbs.
4/29/2017	Reid Murray	James River	65 lbs.	47
4/30/2017	Josephine Martin	James River	60 lbs., 8 oz.	48 1/2
4/30/2017	Andrew Bagwell	James River	26 lbs., 8 oz.	37
5/1/2017	Zach Cannon	James River	58 lbs.	47
5/6/2017	Jamison McDonnell	James River	30 lbs.	38
5/6/2017	Fletcher Williams	James River	30 lbs.	38
5/6/2017	Willie Crowder	Lake Gaston	50 lbs., 8 oz.	46 3/4
5/10/2017	Ronnie Clay Sr.	Buggs Island Lake	59 lbs.
5/10/2017	Paul Kushma	James River	95 lbs.	50
5/12/2017	Christopher Shifflett	James River	38 lbs.	40
5/17/2017	Christopher Shifflett	James River	52 lbs., 9 oz.	43
5/17/2017	Christopher Shifflett	James River	29 lbs., 12 oz.	39 1/2
5/17/2017	Christopher Shifflett	James River	40 lbs., 4 oz.	42 1/2
5/17/2017	Philip Shifflett	James River	50 lbs., 9 oz.	44 1/2
5/18/2017	Robert Dunn III	Lake Gaston	30 lbs.	38
5/20/2017	David Major Jr.	Rappahannock River	32 lbs., 9 oz.
5/24/2017	Christopher Shifflett	James River	32 lbs., 5 oz.	40
6/4/2017	Allen Shifflett	James River	34 lbs.	37
6/12/2017	Christopher Shifflett	James River	62 lbs.	47
6/14/2017	Allen Shifflett	James River	34 lbs.	37 1/4
6/16/2017	Ryan Willard	James River	33 lbs.
6/17/2017	Rodney Bateman	Buggs Island Lake	108 lbs., 5 oz.
6/17/2017	Jon Austin	James River	65 lbs.	47
6/17/2017	Jon Austin	James River	47 lbs.	41
6/18/2017	Christopher Shifflett	James River	43 lbs.	43
6/18/2017	Christopher Shifflett	James River	48 lbs.	42
6/21/2017	Christopher Lantz	James River	44 lbs.	42 1/2
6/21/2017	Christopher Lantz	James River	70 lbs.	48
6/21/2017	Logan Lantz	James River	41 lbs.	39 1/2
6/21/2017	Logan Lantz	James River	30 lbs.	38
6/27/2017	Sammy Henman	All Other Waters	41 lbs.	41
7/2/2017	Jessie Carter	Pamunkey River	28 lbs.	39 1/2
7/7/2017	Richie Palmer	James River	50 lbs.	45
7/8/2017	Jeff Schall	Philpott Lake	40 lbs.	44
7/8/2017	Scott Buffington	Chickahominy River	42 lbs., 5 oz.	43 1/4
7/9/2017	Jonathan Smethers	James River	33 lbs.	39 1/2
7/9/2017	Scott Dawson Jr.	James River	33 lbs.	38
7/9/2017	Jeremy Utterback	Lake Curtis		41
7/14/2017	Penny McBride	James River	48 lbs.	43 3/4
7/14/2017	Penny McBride	James River	36 lbs.	38 1/2
7/15/2017	Tanya Smethers	James River	54 lbs.	44
7/16/2017	Dylan Carter	Pamunkey River	27 lbs., 9 oz.	40
7/16/2017	William Burgess	James River	33 lbs.	48 1/2
7/16/2017	Shelby Kellam	Pamunkey River	39 lbs., 2 oz.	42
7/16/2017	Shelby Kellam	Pamunkey River	33 lbs.	39
7/16/2017	Matthew Major	Rappahannock River	32 lbs., 10 oz.
7/18/2017	Chaisson Maheu	Potomac River	31 lbs., 6 oz.	43
7/19/2017	Cameron Campbell	James River	60 lbs.	46
7/20/2017	James Wells	James River	94 lbs.	56
7/21/2017	William Burgess	James River	40 lbs.	45
7/22/2017	William Burgess	James River	39 lbs.	45 1/4
7/22/2017	Jason Austin	James River	54 lbs.	39
7/22/2017	Daniel Mink	Lake Gaston	32 lbs.	40 1/2
7/23/2017	James Boothe	Buggs Island Lake	37 lbs., 3 oz.	43 1/2
7/27/2017	Aaron Huskey	James River		46
7/29/2017	Gage Mayer	James River	30 lbs.	38
7/29/2017	Jonathan Smethers	James River	85 lbs.	50
7/30/2017	Tanya Smethers	James River	45 lbs.	40
7/30/2017	Jeffrey Fudala,II	Pamunkey River	39 lbs., 2 oz.
8/2/2017	Eddie Boothe	Buggs Island Lake	70 lbs.	50
8/3/2017	Raymond Davis	James River	46 lbs., 7 oz.	42 1/2
8/5/2017	Eddie Boothe	Buggs Island Lake	44 lbs.	45
8/6/2017	Dennis Boswell	Pamunkey River	58 lbs., 6 oz.	44
8/10/2017	Joseph Morzenti	All Other Waters		40
8/11/2017	James Wells	James River	35 lbs.	34
8/11/2017	James Wells	James River	66 lbs.	42
8/12/2017	Kenneth Brooke	James River	32 lbs.	40
8/12/2017	Taylor Jackson	Chickahominy River		49 1/2
8/14/2017	Randall Shipe	James River	27 lbs.	40
8/17/2017	JB Lawrence Sheets	James River	37 lbs.	42
8/17/2017	Tony Phipps	Lake Gaston	31 lbs.	38 1/2
8/19/2017	Michael Mingee	Chickahominy Lake	55 lbs., 2 oz.	46 1/4
8/20/2017	William Burgess	James River	35 lbs.	40
8/23/2017	Aaron Huskey	James River		47
8/24/2017	Hunter Villanueva	Mattaponi River	50 lbs., 5 oz.	46
8/26/2017	Gary Clark II	James River	38 lbs.	46
8/27/2017	Aaron Ball	James River		38 1/2
8/28/2017	James Elliott	James River	34 lbs.	38 1/2
8/28/2017	Paul Badame	James River	55 lbs.	44
8/30/2017	Nathan Kidwell	Potomac River	45 lbs.
8/30/2017	Nathan Kidwell	Potomac River	40 lbs.
8/30/2017	Barry Kidwell	Potomac River	50 lbs.
8/31/2017	James Wells	James River	55 lbs.	44
9/1/2017	Corey Prentiss	James River	30 lbs.	39
9/3/2017	Jacob Gieghorn	James River	33 lbs.	41
9/3/2017	Levi Sicre	James River	53 lbs.	51
9/4/2017	Jack Armantrout	Private Pond	40 lbs.	40
9/9/2017	Brooks Noble	Potomac River		42
9/10/2017	David Garrington	Chickahominy Lake	42 lbs.	42 1/2
9/12/2017	Darlene Wimmer	Buggs Island Lake		40 1/2
9/12/2017	Donte Lewis	Chickahominy River	53 lbs., 1 oz.	48
9/13/2017	Weston Dahn	James River	63 lbs.
9/13/2017	Eddie Boothe	Buggs Island Lake	25 lbs.	39 1/2
9/15/2017	Doris Lerner	Chickahominy River	55 lbs.	48 1/2
9/20/2017	James Wells	James River	80 lbs.	47 1/4
9/20/2017	James Wells	James River	38 lbs.	39
9/20/2017	Robert Armstrong, Jr.	James River	60 lbs.	46
9/24/2017	Angela Broach	James River	54 lbs.
9/24/2017	Aaron Huskey	James River		48
9/25/2017	Brooks Noble	Potomac River		42
9/26/2017	Barry Hodges Sr.	Chickahominy River	30 lbs.	40
9/26/2017	Larry Dahn	James River	30 lbs., 8 oz.
9/27/2017	Larry Dahn	James River	52 lbs.
9/27/2017	Larry Dahn	James River	41 lbs., 8 oz.
9/27/2017	Larry Dahn	James River	40 lbs.
9/28/2017	Larry Dahn	James River	36 lbs.
9/28/2017	Larry Dahn	James River	41 lbs.
9/29/2017	Daniel Watts	James River	45 lbs.	43
9/29/2017	Matthew Davis	Rappahannock River		42
9/30/2017	Courtney Prochaska	James River	28 lbs.	38
10/5/2017	Mason Cox	James River		41
10/6/2017	Zachery Davis	James River	26 lbs.	40 1/2
10/6/2017	Anthony Davis	James River	51 lbs., 7 oz.	47
10/7/2017	Jamie Perkinson	James River	32 lbs.
10/7/2017	Robert Toms, Jr.	James River	40 lbs.	41
10/8/2017	Matthew Downs	James River	38 lbs.	40 1/4
10/13/2017	Joseph Duval	James River	62 lbs.	47
10/14/2017	Jerry Dillow	James River	42 lbs.	42
10/14/2017	Robin Howe Jr.	James River	73 lbs.	46
10/14/2017	Robin Howe Jr.	James River	60 lbs.	42
10/17/2017	Jason Bowen	Buggs Island Lake	33 lbs.
10/18/2017	Beverly Harrell	James River	53 lbs.	47
10/19/2017	Samuel Phelps	Buggs Island Lake	40 lbs., 2 oz.	42
10/20/2017	James Wells	James River	70 lbs.	45 1/4
10/21/2017	Riley Nebolsine	Potomac River	45 lbs.
10/21/2017	J. William Midkiff, Jr.	James River	65 lbs.	47
10/21/2017	Joshua Dale	Mattaponi River	72 lbs., 4 oz.	50
10/21/2017	Joshua Dale	Mattaponi River	34 lbs., 8 oz.	42
10/22/2017	Jeremy Utterback	James River		44 1/2
10/22/2017	Robyn Peffley	James River		41
10/22/2017	George Warriner, Sr.	James River	62 lbs.
10/23/2017	Joe Holland	Mattaponi River	50 lbs., 2 oz.
10/23/2017	Steven Tomshack	Chickahominy River		46 1/4
10/23/2017	Ryan Ladd	James River	80 lbs.	53
10/25/2017	Thomas Adams	James River	31 lbs.	38 1/2
10/26/2017	Bruce Weaver, Sr.	James River		43 1/4
10/27/2017	Joshua Dale	Mattaponi River	32 lbs., 4 oz.	41
11/2/2017	Steven Tomshack	Chickahominy River		48 1/2
11/3/2017	David Howard	Potomac River	34 lbs.	41
11/4/2017	Christopher Wells	Potomac River	50 lbs., 2 oz.	46 1/2
11/4/2017	Eddie Boothe	Buggs Island Lake	49 lbs., 12 oz.	45 1/4
11/6/2017	David Elvington	Buggs Island Lake	29 lbs.	39
11/6/2017	Steven Tomshack	Chickahominy River		43 3/4
11/11/2017	Jamison McDonnell	James River	55 lbs.
11/16/2017	Nancy Fannin	James River	80 lbs.	52
11/17/2017	Edwin Sherman	Potomac River		43
11/22/2017	James Hart	James River	48 lbs.
11/22/2017	Edwin Sherman	Potomac River		40 1/4
11/22/2017	Edwin Sherman	Potomac River		42
11/22/2017	Edwin Sherman	Potomac River		41 1/2
11/22/2017	Edwin Sherman	Potomac River		43 3/4
12/2/2017	Allen Lee Coalson	Buggs Island Lake		39 1/2
12/2/2017	Neil Lucas	James River	34 lbs.
12/2/2017	Neil Lucas	James River	60 lbs.
12/2/2017	Chris Olinger	James River	50 lbs.	43
12/2/2017	Chad Lucas	James River	82 lbs.	50
12/2/2017	Daisy Smith	James River	45 lbs.
12/2/2017	Tania Gregory	James River	40 lbs.	41 1/2
12/2/2017	James Hostetter	James River	45 lbs.
12/2/2017	Kevin Howard	James River	53 lbs.	43
12/3/2017	Jamie Aguilar	Pamunkey River	38 lbs., 7 oz.	42 1/2
12/6/2017	James Pearman Jr.	James River	57 lbs.	46 1/4
12/6/2017	James Pearman Jr.	James River	57 lbs.	46
12/6/2017	James Pearman Jr.	James River		41
12/6/2017	James Pearman Jr.	James River		38 1/2
12/6/2017	James Pearman Jr.	James River		39
12/6/2017	Kenneth Ashley	James River	48 lbs.	45
12/6/2017	Kenneth Ashley	James River	49 lbs.	45
12/6/2017	Kenneth Ashley	James River	73 lbs.	49
12/6/2017	Kenneth Ashley	James River	41 lbs.	40
12/8/2017	Edwin Sherman	Potomac River		42
12/8/2017	Edwin Sherman	Potomac River		38
12/11/2017	Ted Deane	James River	52 lbs.	46
12/17/2017	Jessie Carter	Pamunkey River	36 lbs., 5 oz.	42
12/21/2017	Edwin Sherman	Potomac River		39 1/4
12/22/2017	James Boothe	Lake Gaston	30 lbs., 11 oz.	40
12/28/2017	Christopher Deane	James River	32 lbs.	39
12/29/2017	Eddie Boothe	Buggs Island Lake	66 lbs.	48

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