Fish Citations

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Muskellunge

Date of Catch	Angler	Waterbody	Weight	Length
1/3/2009	Timmy Hill	New River	22 lbs., 07 oz.	44
1/4/2009	Marion Thomas	Hungry Mother Lake	19 lbs., 12 oz.	42
1/13/2009	Mitchell Dowdy	New River		41
1/21/2009	Edward Lawton	New River	17 lbs.	42
1/22/2009	Edward Lawton	New River	18 lbs.	43
1/29/2009	Christopher Fitzgerald	James River	16 lbs.
2/1/2009	Ron Lorden	New River	19 lbs.	41 1/2
2/1/2009	James Gray Jr.	New River	20 lbs.	44
2/8/2009	Harold Hill	New River		44
2/13/2009	Edward Lawton	New River	15 lbs.	41
2/15/2009	James Gray Jr.	New River	31 lbs., 03 oz.	50
2/15/2009	Ron Lorden	New River	15 lbs.	40
2/18/2009	Mitchell Dowdy	New River		43
2/21/2009	Philip Lorden	New River	16 lbs.	41
2/24/2009	Wayne Sawyers, Sr.	Claytor Lake	18 lbs., 08 oz.	42
2/27/2009	Anthony Wilfong	Shenandoah River		41
3/9/2009	Michael Coleman	New River		42
3/14/2009	Ron Lorden	New River	22 lbs.	44
3/22/2009	Johnny Bowers	New River	18 lbs., 08 oz.	40 1/4
3/29/2009	N. Scott Meyerhoffer	New River		41
4/1/2009	Brian Peak	New River	21 lbs., 10 oz.	43
4/11/2009	Travis Patsell	Smith Mountain Lake	29 lbs., 01 oz.	45
4/19/2009	Kennith Adams	Pound River	20 lbs., 09 oz.	44 3/4
4/19/2009	William Haines	New River	20 lbs., 08 oz.	43 1/2
4/20/2009	Oliver Geoghegan	James River	20 lbs.	36 1/4
4/25/2009	Toby Hines	New River	16 lbs., 06 oz.	41 1/2
4/26/2009	Johnny Bowers	Claytor Lake	21 lbs., 02 oz.	44
4/28/2009	John Cubbage	South Fork Shenandoah River		46
5/12/2009	Christopher Rhoades	New River	17 lbs.	45
5/16/2009	Christopher Rhoades	New River		40
5/16/2009	Joseph Rhoades	New River	15 lbs., 08 oz.	42
5/20/2009	Jerry Brickey	New River	18 lbs.	40
5/25/2009	Robert Burnette	New River		44 1/2
5/28/2009	Cory Woodward	Lake Shenandoah	17 lbs.	42 1/2
5/30/2009	Jason Greenway	Rural Retreat Lake	31 lbs.	51
6/2/2009	Teddy Blevins	New River	15 lbs., 01 oz.	37
6/4/2009	Edward Lawton	New River	17 lbs.	42
6/13/2009	Warren Kesterson	James River	15 lbs.	40
6/14/2009	Joseph Rhoades	New River	29 lbs.	48
6/16/2009	Larry Reynolds	New River	17 lbs.	40
6/16/2009	Christopher Rhoades	New River	24 lbs.	43
6/22/2009	Robert Stottlemyer	New River	27 lbs.	48 1/4
6/27/2009	Shannon Grammer	James River	16 lbs.	40 1/2
7/1/2009	William Haines	New River	22 lbs., 04 oz.	42
7/3/2009	Robert Shoemaker	South Fork Shenandoah River	17 lbs., 06 oz.	39
7/3/2009	Charles Simmons	Cowpasture River	25 lbs., 09 oz.	44 1/2
7/3/2009	Brian Murphy	New River	18 lbs., 04 oz.	42
7/4/2009	Corey R. J. Rhoades	New River	20 lbs.	42
7/4/2009	Michael Ewell	Potomac River	22 lbs.	40
7/5/2009	Joshua Click	New River	20 lbs., 04 oz.	40
7/5/2009	William Haines	New River	20 lbs., 03 oz.	40
7/7/2009	Kenneth Dalton	James River	18 lbs.	40
7/8/2009	Matthew Yost	New River	28 lbs.	48
7/10/2009	Philip Mabe	New River	39 lbs., 12 oz.	52
7/16/2009	Andrew McClaugherty	New River	29 lbs., 01 oz.	47 1/4
7/16/2009	Justin Cline	New River	25 lbs., 04 oz.	45
7/17/2009	Philip Mabe	New River		41
7/18/2009	Kenneth Dalton	James River	15 lbs.	38
7/18/2009	Robert Mullins	New River	34 lbs., 11 oz.	51
7/18/2009	Christopher Rhoades	New River	17 lbs., 04 oz.	40
7/18/2009	Christopher Rhoades	New River	15 lbs.
7/19/2009	William Haines	New River	25 lbs.	44
7/21/2009	Sonny Wade, Jr.	New River	20 lbs.	42
7/23/2009	Warren Kesterson	James River	17 lbs.	39
7/24/2009	Warren Kesterson	James River	18 lbs.	40
7/25/2009	Alexander Leonard	New River	20 lbs., 11 oz.	40 1/2
7/30/2009	Kenneth Dalton	James River	15 lbs.	37
7/31/2009	Christopher Deane	Shenandoah River		41 1/4
7/31/2009	Christopher Deane	Shenandoah River		42 1/2
8/1/2009	William Haines	New River	21 lbs., 15 oz.	45
8/4/2009	Kacey Mays	James River	31 lbs., 06 oz.	50 1/2
8/6/2009	Gregory Rife	New River		40 1/2
8/6/2009	Gregory Rife	New River	26 lbs.	47 1/2
8/6/2009	Leslie Stiltner	New River		43 1/2
8/6/2009	Leslie Stiltner	New River		44
8/8/2009	William Haines	New River	22 lbs., 02 oz.	42
8/12/2009	Robert Nicely, Jr.	James River	32 lbs.	52
8/12/2009	Edward Lawton	New River	15 lbs.	40
8/13/2009	Leonard Corum	New River	16 lbs., 14 oz.
8/16/2009	John Cubbage	South Fork Shenandoah River		42 1/2
8/16/2009	William Haines	New River	20 lbs., 01 oz.	42
8/18/2009	Joe Williams	New River		45
8/21/2009	Adam Sizemore	New River	23 lbs., 05 oz.	48 1/2
8/25/2009	James Dooley	James River	29 lbs., 12 oz.	40 1/2
9/3/2009	Eric Daniels, Sr.	Craig Creek	15 lbs.	38
9/10/2009	Jeffrey Shell	Lake Shenandoah	22 lbs.	43
9/10/2009	Jeffrey Shell	Lake Shenandoah	20 lbs.	42
9/12/2009	William Haines	New River	32 lbs., 02 oz.	50
9/13/2009	William Haines	New River	28 lbs., 12 oz.	48
9/24/2009	Kenneth Nicol	Shenandoah River	17 lbs., 08 oz.	40
10/1/2009	Jeffrey Shell	Shenandoah River	15 lbs., 03 oz.	39 1/2
10/3/2009	Don Ehlers	South Fork Shenandoah River		43
10/5/2009	William Brandon	Private Pond	17 lbs.	41
10/11/2009	John Cubbage	South Fork Shenandoah River		45
10/13/2009	Rylan Joyce	Claytor Lake	25 lbs., 04 oz.	45
10/17/2009	Capt. Forest Pressnell	New River	30 lbs.	46 1/2
10/18/2009	William Haines	New River	26 lbs., 02 oz.	46 1/4
10/24/2009	Timmy Hill	New River		40 1/2
10/31/2009	Timmy Hill	New River		40 1/4
11/1/2009	Matt Gillispie	New River		40 3/4
11/7/2009	Denford Deel	New River		40
11/7/2009	James Gray Jr.	New River	18 lbs.	40 1/2
11/7/2009	Michael Kingsley	James River		41
11/8/2009	Timmy Hill	New River		43
11/25/2009	Cecil Welcher, Sr.	Shenandoah River	34 lbs., 04 oz.	51 1/2
11/26/2009	Matt Gillispie	New River		45 1/2
11/28/2009	Timmy Hill	New River		42
11/28/2009	Johnny Bowers	New River	19 lbs., 15 oz.	42
11/30/2009	Kenton Bowers	New River	20 lbs., 12 oz.	43
12/1/2009	Edward Lawton	New River	24 lbs.	44
12/6/2009	Timmy Hill	New River		42 1/2
12/24/2009	Michael Hyman	North Fork Shenandoah River		40
12/24/2009	Robert Burnette	New River		42 1/2
12/31/2009	Timothy Dixon	New River	16 lbs.	42

Years Available

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