Fish Citations

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Smallmouth Bass

Date of Catch	Angler	Waterbody	Weight	Length
1/12/2015	Jonathan Wills	New River		21 1/2
2/8/2015	Matt Gillispie	Carvins Cove Lake		21 1/2
2/9/2015	Jonathan Wills	New River	5 lbs., 9 oz.	22 1/2
2/14/2015	Heath Parrish	James River		20 1/2
3/11/2015	Wayne Breedlove	Claytor Lake		20 1/4
3/17/2015	Michael Lee	Rappahannock River		20
3/23/2015	Cory Steele	James River	5 lbs.	21 1/2
3/24/2015	James Elliott, Jr.	New River		21
3/24/2015	James Elliott, Jr.	New River		20
3/26/2015	Clarence Hillyard, Jr.	Holiday Lake		20 1/4
3/27/2015	William Shelhorse	James River		20 1/4
4/1/2015	Micah Snidow	New River		20
4/1/2015	Michael Lee	Rappahannock River		20
4/2/2015	Noah Mayo	Rockfish River	5 lbs., 6 oz.	22 1/2
4/3/2015	Josh Graybeal	New River	5 lbs., 3 oz.	21 1/4
4/4/2015	Keith Rice	James River		20
4/4/2015	Rick Baker	Smith Mountain Lake	4 lbs., 2 oz.	20 1/2
4/5/2015	Jeb Ratcliffe	New River		22
4/5/2015	Dan Urbanske	Rapidan River		21
4/11/2015	Garrett Towler	James River		21
4/12/2015	Robert Albright	South Fork Shenandoah River		24 1/2
4/13/2015	Richard Cox	North Anna River		20
4/13/2015	Matthew Keen	All Other Waters		20 3/4
4/13/2015	Jacob Roberts	James River		20 1/4
4/20/2015	Rick Baker	Smith Mountain Lake	4 lbs., 2 oz.	20 1/4
4/21/2015	Gregory Hedrick	Smith Mountain Lake		20
4/24/2015	Matthew Keen	All Other Waters		22
4/25/2015	Marshall Powers	New River		20
4/26/2015	Dennis Burks	James River		20
4/26/2015	Dennis Burks	James River		20
4/28/2015	Cory Steele	James River	5 lbs.	21 1/4
4/29/2015	Jeffrey Stiltner	South Holston Reservoir		20 1/4
5/1/2015	Tommy Hughes	New River		20
5/1/2015	Jay Bass	New River		20
5/2/2015	Robert Hively	All Other Waters		20 1/2
5/2/2015	Louis Don	Claytor Lake	5 lbs., 5 oz.	21 1/2
5/3/2015	Matthew Mutschler	Shenandoah River	5 lbs.	20 1/2
5/4/2015	Keith Parrill	Holiday Lake		21 3/4
5/4/2015	Anna Harman	New River	5 lbs.	20 1/2
5/4/2015	Anna Harman	New River		20
5/5/2015	Gregory Heath	James River		20
5/5/2015	William Brandon	South Holston Reservoir		20
5/5/2015	William Brandon	South Holston Reservoir		20
5/5/2015	Kellam Brooks	New River		20 1/4
5/5/2015	Kellam Brooks	New River		20
5/6/2015	William Brandon	South Holston Reservoir		20
5/7/2015	David Perkins, III	New River	5 lbs., 9 oz.	22
5/7/2015	John Schutte	New River		21
5/8/2015	Mandell Quinn	Philpott Lake		20 1/2
5/8/2015	Frankie Izzi	New River	5 lbs., 2 oz.	21 1/4
5/8/2015	Chris Rice	James River		20 1/4
5/8/2015	Keith Parrill	Holiday Lake		20
5/9/2015	Garrett Towler	James River		21
5/9/2015	Richard Dietz	Smith Mountain Lake	6 lbs.	21 3/4
5/9/2015	James Civitarese	New River		21
5/13/2015	Louis Walker	James River		20
5/15/2015	Christopher Wolford	New River		21
5/16/2015	John Woods	North Fork Shenandoah River		20 1/2
5/16/2015	Brendan Fitzwater	Shenandoah River		20
5/16/2015	Tommy Castle	Middle Fork Holston		20 1/2
5/16/2015	Tommy Castle	Middle Fork Holston		22 1/4
5/17/2015	Chris Rice	James River		20
5/18/2015	Tracy Monday	New River		20 3/4
5/19/2015	Patricia Kunich	Claytor Lake		21
5/21/2015	Richard Flippen Jr.	Smith Mountain Lake		20 1/2
5/21/2015	Robert Belcher	Smith Mountain Lake		23
5/22/2015	Ralph Barton	Smith Mountain Lake		21
5/22/2015	Gavin Frost	New River		20
5/23/2015	Emilee Holmes	All Other Waters		23
5/23/2015	Jordan Jenson	New River		20 1/4
5/24/2015	David Sable	New River		21 1/4
5/24/2015	Danny Dugan	Rapidan River		20
5/25/2015	Danny Dugan	Rapidan River		20 1/2
5/28/2015	Bobby Whitlow, II	Staunton River		21 1/2
5/30/2015	Michael Allgood	James River		21
5/31/2015	Jeffrey Bowers	South Fork Shenandoah River		20 1/4
5/31/2015	Michael Caler	Lake Moomaw		20 3/4
6/1/2015	Charles Kosey	Smith Mountain Lake		20 1/4
6/4/2015	Jerry Meadows	Smith Mountain Lake		20 1/4
6/5/2015	Keith Parrill	Holiday Lake		20 1/4
6/6/2015	Stacy Hedrick	Smith Mountain Lake		20
6/6/2015	William Trimmer	Smith Mountain Lake	5 lbs., 5 oz.	19 3/4
6/6/2015	David Kincer	Smith Mountain Lake	5 lbs., 12 oz.	21 1/2
6/7/2015	Jacob Nun	James River		20
6/7/2015	Craig Nun	James River		20 1/4
6/7/2015	Justin Grubb	Private Pond		20
6/8/2015	Hunter Kibler	Private Pond	7 lbs., 7 oz.	23 3/4
6/9/2015	Scott Deffenbaugh	James River		20
6/9/2015	Ronald Dudding, Sr.	Maury River		21
6/10/2015	William Lamb	Rivanna River	5 lbs.	22 1/4
6/11/2015	Dale Newman	James River		20 1/4
6/13/2015	Harmon Arnold, Jr.	North Fork Shenandoah River		20 1/4
6/13/2015	Gary Strobel	Potomac River		22 1/4
6/13/2015	Franklin Graham Jr.	New River		20
6/15/2015	John Woods	North Fork Shenandoah River	5 lbs.	20
6/15/2015	John Woods	North Fork Shenandoah River		21
6/17/2015	Davis Jamison	Smith Mountain Lake	5 lbs.	21
6/18/2015	Adam Gheen	New River	4 lbs., 4 oz.	20 1/2
6/20/2015	Darrell Branch, Jr.	James River		20
6/20/2015	Philip Lehman	New River		21
6/20/2015	Christopher Fallen	New River		21
6/20/2015	Christopher Robertson	James River		20 1/2
6/20/2015	Wes Conley	New River		20
6/23/2015	Harmon Arnold, Jr.	North Fork Shenandoah River		21 1/2
6/24/2015	Kimberly Carr	New River		21 3/4
6/28/2015	Randy Trail, Jr.	Gatewood Reservoir		20
7/2/2015	Jacob Sullivan	All Other Waters		20 1/2
7/4/2015	Harold Bischoff, II	North Fork Shenandoah River		21
7/7/2015	Johnathan Smith	Philpott Lake		21
7/7/2015	Alex Blevins	New River		20
7/10/2015	Gregory O'Connor	New River	5 lbs.	20 1/4
7/11/2015	Christopher Rhoades	New River		21 1/2
7/14/2015	Caleb Hilliard	Private Pond	5 lbs., 6 oz.	21 1/4
7/18/2015	Dale Byer	New River		21 1/4
7/22/2015	James Martin	Smith Mountain Lake		23
7/27/2015	Jody Cussins	North Fork Holston River		20 1/2
7/30/2015	Rick Evans	New River		20 1/4
8/2/2015	Casey Reed	James River		20
8/8/2015	Eric Hatten	New River		20 1/4
8/9/2015	Jonathan Ing, II	James River		20
8/10/2015	Lonnie Hackworth, Jr.	Staunton River		20 1/2
8/12/2015	David Parrish	South Fork Shenandoah River		22 1/4
8/13/2015	Claude Henson, Jr.	Maury River		22
8/14/2015	Caleb Goldsmith	New River		20 1/4
8/14/2015	Tony Biller	Rappahannock River		20 1/4
8/15/2015	Michael Holder	New River		21 1/2
8/16/2015	Wesley Gibson	Lake Moomaw		20 3/4
8/16/2015	Wesley Gibson	Lake Moomaw		20
8/16/2015	Christopher Maslow	James River		20
8/19/2015	David Brown	Claytor Lake		21
8/21/2015	Amber Eye	Lake Moomaw		20
8/22/2015	Cathy Naff	New River		20 1/2
8/22/2015	Ricky Samuels	Laurel Bed Lake		21
8/22/2015	Caleb Goldsmith	New River		20 1/4
8/22/2015	William Haines	New River	6 lbs., 1 oz.	23 3/4
8/29/2015	William Wood	James River		21
9/4/2015	Isaac Hegg	Shenandoah River		21
9/4/2015	Otto Schoenfelder	James River		20
9/5/2015	Warren Kesterson	James River	6 lbs., 7 oz.	24 1/2
9/6/2015	David Cutts	James River		20 1/4
9/6/2015	William Wood	James River		20
9/7/2015	Danny Dugan	Rapidan River		21 1/2
9/7/2015	James Slate	Staunton River		20 1/2
9/7/2015	Quintin Sullivan	Rappahannock River		20 1/2
9/7/2015	William Thorpe, III	North Anna River	4 lbs., 8 oz.	21
9/10/2015	Jackson Norton	New River		20 1/2
9/10/2015	Jackson Norton	New River		21 1/2
9/12/2015	William Lamb	James River	5 lbs., 2 oz.	21 3/4
9/14/2015	Wyatt Smith	South Fork Shenandoah River		20
9/16/2015	George Joly, Jr	Lake Moomaw		20 1/4
9/17/2015	Carroll Coleman	New River		20 3/4
9/18/2015	Keith Thompson	Maury River		21
9/19/2015	Cameron Hunley	James River		20 1/4
9/19/2015	Danny Dugan	Rapidan River		20
9/19/2015	Danny Dugan	Rapidan River		20 1/2
9/20/2015	Charles Davis	James River		20
9/21/2015	Dan Davis	Staunton River		21
9/24/2015	Jason Etzel	New River	5 lbs., 1 oz.	22
9/26/2015	Ricky Sears	Shenandoah River		20 1/2
9/26/2015	Matthew Keen	All Other Waters		20 1/2
9/28/2015	Brendan Carwile	Leesville Lake		20 1/4
10/5/2015	William Lamb	James River		21
10/9/2015	Kellam Brooks	Rappahannock River		20
10/10/2015	Benton Boyd	New River		20
10/10/2015	Paul Seitz	New River		20
10/11/2015	William Lamb	James River		20
10/11/2015	James Mabry	Carvins Cove Lake		20 1/4
10/11/2015	Kellam Brooks	Rappahannock River		20 3/4
10/12/2015	Taylor Gordon	Rappahannock River	5 lbs., 11 oz.	22
10/16/2015	Dennis Butcher	New River		20
10/18/2015	Preston Quesenberry	New River	5 lbs., 6 oz.	22
10/20/2015	Kellam Brooks	Rappahannock River		20 1/2
10/22/2015	Glenn Edmonds	Claytor Lake		20
10/22/2015	James Civitarese	Rappahannock River		21
10/29/2015	Richard Powell, Sr.	Leesville Lake		20 1/2
11/7/2015	James Civitarese	James River		21
11/10/2015	V. Craig Turner, Jr.	James River		20
11/11/2015	Aaron Patterson	James River		20 1/4
11/11/2015	Aaron Patterson	James River		20 3/4
11/11/2015	Jeremiah Patterson	James River		20 1/4
11/14/2015	Kellam Brooks	Rappahannock River		21 1/4
11/16/2015	Tony Biller	South Fork Shenandoah River		20 1/4
12/8/2015	Michael Belderes	Leesville Lake	4 lbs., 15 oz.	22
12/11/2015	Kenneth Ashley	Claytor Lake		20 1/4
12/13/2015	Matthew Chapman	South Fork Shenandoah River	5 lbs.	20 3/4
12/13/2015	Robert Tucker	James River	5 lbs., 3 oz.	21 1/2
12/15/2015	David Foster	Staunton River		20 1/4
12/16/2015	Charles Corbitt, Jr.	Nottoway River		20 1/4
12/19/2015	Aaron Patterson	James River		20
12/20/2015	Wes Grant	Smith Mountain Lake		20 1/4
12/22/2015	Gary Harmon	Claytor Lake		20 1/2
12/23/2015	Aaron Patterson	James River	5 lbs., 9 oz.	21 3/4
12/23/2015	Timothy Dixon	New River		20
12/23/2015	Timothy Dixon	New River		21 1/4

Years Available

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