Fish Citations

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Muskellunge

Date of Catch	Angler	Waterbody	Weight	Length
1/3/2016	James Gray Jr.	New River	16 lbs., 9 oz.	42
1/3/2016	Ron Lorden	New River	25 lbs., 9 oz.	47 1/2
1/8/2016	Cory Steele	James River	20 lbs.	43
1/8/2016	Michael Coleman	New River		40
1/9/2016	Barry Steele	James River	16 lbs.	40
1/10/2016	James Gray Jr.	New River	22 lbs., 6 oz.	45
1/10/2016	James Gray Jr.	New River	26 lbs., 3 oz.	48
2/1/2016	Barry Steele	James River	22 lbs.	41
2/20/2016	Paul Cheek	New River		42
3/5/2016	Scott Frazier	James River		40 3/4
3/6/2016	Benton Boyd	New River		40
3/8/2016	John Garland Jr.	New River	38 lbs.	47 1/2
3/10/2016	Todd Cannaday	New River		43
3/12/2016	Ron Lorden	New River	21 lbs., 4 oz.	45
3/23/2016	Kenneth Ashley	New River		41
4/2/2016	Triston Holland	New River	15 lbs., 11 oz.	41
4/30/2016	Kacey Seal	South Fork Shenandoah River	21 lbs.	47
5/10/2016	Michael Petty	New River	16 lbs.	40
5/14/2016	John Hoffman Jr.	New River	20 lbs.	41
5/15/2016	Christopher Lorden	New River		40 1/2
5/18/2016	Charles Goldsmith, Jr.	New River		42 1/4
5/20/2016	Edward Lawton	New River	27 lbs.	48
5/23/2016	Edgar Hoffman	James River		46
5/25/2016	Reed Miller	New River	16 lbs.	36
5/28/2016	Richard Havens	New River	20 lbs.	43
5/29/2016	Austin Nichols	James River		46 1/2
5/30/2016	Richard Linville	James River		50 1/2
6/4/2016	Brenda Bias	New River		43
6/4/2016	Tommy Hughes	New River	15 lbs., 2 oz.	41
6/10/2016	Christopher Rhoades	New River	18 lbs.	40 1/2
6/10/2016	C. Scott Hill	James River		42
6/11/2016	C. Scott Hill	James River		45
6/11/2016	Joseph Rhoades	New River	12 lbs., 6 oz.	41
6/18/2016	Darrell Crawford	James River		45
6/20/2016	Christopher Rhoades	New River	37 lbs., 5 oz.	53 1/2
6/22/2016	Charles Way	North Fork Shenandoah River		42
6/25/2016	Hunter Griffitts	Claytor Lake		40
6/30/2016	Earl Martin, III	New River	13 lbs., 8 oz.	42 1/2
7/2/2016	Darrell Crawford	James River		43
7/2/2016	Christopher Rhoades	New River	15 lbs.	40
7/2/2016	Troy Linville	New River		45 1/2
7/3/2016	Earl Martin, III	New River	11 lbs., 10 oz.	40 1/2
7/4/2016	Jamie Henry	James River		42
7/7/2016	Richard Thrasher, Jr.	James River		42
7/16/2016	Darrell Crawford	James River		45 1/2
7/17/2016	Robert Vanderveer	James River	18 lbs., 3 oz.	41 3/4
7/18/2016	Alvin Gillespie	New River		42
7/22/2016	Christopher Rhoades	New River	23 lbs., 6 oz.	42 3/4
7/23/2016	Nicholas Sebolt	Claytor Lake		43
7/23/2016	David Heiskell	New River	15 lbs.	40 1/2
7/30/2016	Michael Plumb Sr.	James River		41
7/31/2016	James Gray Jr.	New River	15 lbs., 8 oz.	40 1/4
8/4/2016	John Cubbage	South Fork Shenandoah River	18 lbs.	41
8/11/2016	John Cubbage	South Fork Shenandoah River	15 lbs.	40 1/4
8/11/2016	Alvin Gillespie	New River		40 1/2
8/16/2016	David Heiskell	New River	16 lbs.	41 1/2
8/19/2016	Christopher Elswick	New River	25 lbs.	45
8/23/2016	Jordan Windle	Shenandoah River		43 1/2
8/25/2016	Todd Cannaday	New River		40
9/16/2016	Dakota Wright	New River		40 1/2
9/17/2016	Stuart Roes	South Fork Shenandoah River		40 1/2
9/24/2016	Charles Way	North Fork Shenandoah River		41
10/1/2016	Jody Draper	Smith Mountain Lake	20 lbs., 7 oz.	42
10/14/2016	Curtis Perry	Private Pond		43
10/20/2016	Larry Boothe III	James River		41
10/26/2016	Paul Champagne	Smith Mountain Lake	15 lbs., 2 oz.	38
10/27/2016	Mark Heatwole	New River		43
10/29/2016	Dustin Black	Shenandoah River	17 lbs.	40 3/4
10/29/2016	Jackie Bolling	New River		42
11/1/2016	Samuel Scott	James River	15 lbs., 2 oz.	40
11/21/2016	Samuel Scott	James River	23 lbs.	40 1/2
11/26/2016	Michael Minnick	James River		43 3/4
11/27/2016	James Gray Jr.	New River		42
11/28/2016	Todd Cannaday	New River		45
12/5/2016	Robert Choi	James River		41
12/5/2016	Samuel Scott	James River	32 lbs.	48 1/2
12/11/2016	Ron Lorden	New River	17 lbs., 12 oz.	45
12/14/2016	Paul Cheek	New River		42
12/19/2016	Samuel Scott	James River	17 lbs.	40
12/28/2016	David Kincer	James River	21 lbs., 4 oz.	46 1/2
12/28/2016	Gary Harmon	Rural Retreat Lake	18 lbs., 8 oz.	42 1/2
12/31/2016	Ron Lorden	New River	18 lbs., 10 oz.	42
12/31/2016	Josh McGuire	New River		48 1/2

Years Available

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