Fish Citations

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Striped Bass

Date of Catch	Angler	Waterbody	Weight	Length
1/2/2001	William Kemp	Smith Mountain Lake		39
1/4/2001	Dale Wilson	Smith Mountain Lake	22 lbs., 04 oz.
1/6/2001	Scott Sanders	Smith Mountain Lake		37 3/4
1/10/2001	James Clark, Jr.	Lake Anna	23 lbs., 12 oz.	37 1/2
1/27/2001	Timothy Jarrell	Lake Anna	20 lbs., 04 oz.	36
2/9/2001	Bernard Burnette	Smith Mountain Lake	21 lbs., 04 oz.
2/15/2001	James Cassaday	Smith Mountain Lake	20 lbs., 03 oz.	38 1/2
2/15/2001	David Davis	Smith Mountain Lake	20 lbs.	37 1/2
2/27/2001	Ralph Steele, Sr.	Smith Mountain Lake	21 lbs., 05 oz.
3/2/2001	John Thomas	Smith Mountain Lake	20 lbs., 08 oz.
3/3/2001	Jeffrey Whittaker	Smith Mountain Lake	27 lbs., 15 oz.	40
3/4/2001	Philip Primozic	Smith Mountain Lake	20 lbs., 06 oz.
3/10/2001	Thomas Campbell Jr.	Smith Mountain Lake	21 lbs., 03 oz.	37
3/10/2001	Thomas Campbell Jr.	Smith Mountain Lake	25 lbs., 03 oz.	37 3/4
3/10/2001	Michael Merriman	Smith Mountain Lake	20 lbs.	39 1/4
3/12/2001	Rocky Simonetti	Smith Mountain Lake		37
3/12/2001	Rocky Simonetti	Smith Mountain Lake		38
3/13/2001	Michael King	Claytor Lake	24 lbs., 08 oz.	38
3/14/2001	E. B. Padgett	Smith Mountain Lake	26 lbs., 08 oz.	39
3/15/2001	Rick Evans	Roanoke River		37 1/4
3/19/2001	Gregory Quesinberry	Claytor Lake	22 lbs.	36
3/21/2001	Dickey Graves	Claytor Lake	30 lbs.	38
3/23/2001	Danny Martin	Smith Mountain Lake		38
3/26/2001	Garry Kendrick, Sr.	Smith Mountain Lake		37 1/2
3/28/2001	Kent Tobin	Smith Mountain Lake	20 lbs., 07 oz.	37
3/29/2001	Jimmy Brown	Smith Mountain Lake		38 1/4
3/29/2001	Jimmy Brown	Smith Mountain Lake		37
4/1/2001	Clabron Roberts, Jr.	Smith Mountain Lake	20 lbs., 04 oz.
4/2/2001	Oscar Keen	Smith Mountain Lake		38 1/2
4/4/2001	Rocky Simonetti	Smith Mountain Lake	23 lbs., 01 oz.	40
4/4/2001	Rocky Simonetti	Smith Mountain Lake	24 lbs., 05 oz.	41
4/4/2001	Randy Helms	Claytor Lake	30 lbs.	40
4/5/2001	Brian Finlay	Smith Mountain Lake		38 1/2
4/6/2001	Darrien Simpkins	Smith Mountain Lake		37
4/7/2001	David Estis	James River		42
4/7/2001	Ryan Hurst	Claytor Lake	22 lbs., 04 oz.	40
4/7/2001	Charity Lambert	James River	40 lbs.	47 1/2
4/8/2001	Donald Bashore	Smith Mountain Lake	36 lbs., 09 oz.	43
4/10/2001	Samuel Altice	Smith Mountain Lake	21 lbs.	38 1/2
4/10/2001	Albert Fury	Smith Mountain Lake	22 lbs., 14 oz.	42 1/2
4/10/2001	James Fury	Smith Mountain Lake		39 1/2
4/11/2001	Mickey Hurst	Claytor Lake	21 lbs., 08 oz.	36
4/12/2001	Larry Bilello	Smith Mountain Lake		37 1/4
4/13/2001	Monty Cruey, Sr.	Smith Mountain Lake	21 lbs., 08 oz.
4/14/2001	James Davis	Smith Mountain Lake	20 lbs.	38
4/14/2001	Matthew Michael	Lake Anna	20 lbs., 02 oz.
4/14/2001	Ronald Weaver	Smith Mountain Lake		37
4/14/2001	Sean Griffin	Smith Mountain Lake	20 lbs.	39
4/14/2001	William Haines	Claytor Lake	20 lbs., 01 oz.	39
4/15/2001	Steven Kramer	Smith Mountain Lake	22 lbs., 08 oz.	39
4/16/2001	Dale Duncan	Claytor Lake	29 lbs., 08 oz.	39
4/16/2001	Rachel Hyde	Smith Mountain Lake		40 3/4
4/17/2001	Derek Harrah	Smith Mountain Lake	22 lbs., 12 oz.	38
4/19/2001	Oscar Keen	Smith Mountain Lake	31 lbs., 04 oz.	44 1/2
4/19/2001	James Grogan	Smith Mountain Lake	34 lbs.	46
4/21/2001	James Weakland	Smith Mountain Lake	20 lbs., 04 oz.	37 1/4
4/21/2001	Brian Moore	Smith Mountain Lake	20 lbs.	38 1/2
4/23/2001	Garry Kendrick, Sr.	Smith Mountain Lake		38
4/23/2001	James Richardson	Claytor Lake	27 lbs., 04 oz.	38
4/24/2001	Connie Brown	Smith Mountain Lake		37
4/24/2001	Greg Venning	Smith Mountain Lake	28 lbs., 03 oz.	42
4/26/2001	Jerry Keen	Smith Mountain Lake		37 1/4
4/26/2001	James Rudisill	Smith Mountain Lake	40 lbs., 10 oz.	45 3/4
5/1/2001	Ron Egnor	Smith Mountain Lake	20 lbs., 12 oz.	37
5/4/2001	Mason Sullivan	Rappahannock River	21 lbs.	39
5/5/2001	Charlie Hollaway	Smith Mountain Lake	22 lbs.	35
5/5/2001	Brian Baker	Smith Mountain Lake	27 lbs.	40
5/7/2001	Deal Lipes	Smith Mountain Lake	20 lbs.	38
5/7/2001	Kenneth Parker	Lake Gaston	20 lbs., 05 oz.	35 1/4
5/10/2001	John Alabaster, Sr.	Smith Mountain Lake	21 lbs.	37
5/11/2001	Brian Baker	Smith Mountain Lake	21 lbs.	37 1/2
5/11/2001	Kenneth Short	Smith Mountain Lake	34 lbs., 14 oz.	42 3/4
5/12/2001	Alan Hottinger	Smith Mountain Lake	21 lbs.	37
5/12/2001	Homer Layne Jr.	Smith Mountain Lake		37 1/2
5/12/2001	Deborah Hansford	Smith Mountain Lake		37 1/2
5/13/2001	John Figgs	Smith Mountain Lake	30 lbs., 08 oz.	44
5/14/2001	Keith King, Jr.	Lake Gaston	22 lbs., 08 oz.
5/16/2001	James Rudisill	Smith Mountain Lake		39
5/17/2001	Homer Reed	Smith Mountain Lake	31 lbs.	45
5/18/2001	Sybil Wray	Smith Mountain Lake	20 lbs., 04 oz.	38 1/2
5/18/2001	Gene Arthur Jr.	Smith Mountain Lake	24 lbs.	43
5/19/2001	Jennifer Rucker	Smith Mountain Lake		37
5/19/2001	Oscar Keen	Smith Mountain Lake	20 lbs., 04 oz.	39 1/4
5/20/2001	Kenneth Short	Smith Mountain Lake	21 lbs.	38 3/4
5/20/2001	John Thomas	Smith Mountain Lake	30 lbs., 08 oz.	43 1/2
5/21/2001	Joseph Church Jr.	Lake Gaston	20 lbs., 07 oz.
5/21/2001	Richard Farlow	Smith Mountain Lake	20 lbs.	38 1/2
5/21/2001	James Rudisill	Smith Mountain Lake	20 lbs., 04 oz.	39
5/22/2001	Marvin Woods, Sr.	Smith Mountain Lake	22 lbs., 08 oz.	38 1/2
5/23/2001	Joe Pendleton	Smith Mountain Lake		38 1/4
5/23/2001	Wyatt Hamlett Jr.	Smith Mountain Lake		40
5/26/2001	Samuel Altice	Smith Mountain Lake		37
5/27/2001	Clabron Roberts, Jr.	Smith Mountain Lake	21 lbs.	35 1/4
5/27/2001	Marvin Woods, Sr.	Smith Mountain Lake	24 lbs., 09 oz.	40 1/2
5/27/2001	Adam Nelson	Smith Mountain Lake	28 lbs., 01 oz.	38 1/2
5/28/2001	Carol May	Smith Mountain Lake	20 lbs.	38 1/4
6/2/2001	Ben Davis	Smith Mountain Lake		37
6/5/2001	Kenneth Short	Smith Mountain Lake		38 1/2
6/6/2001	William O'Neal	Smith Mountain Lake		37 1/2
6/7/2001	Billy Waller	Smith Mountain Lake		37
6/8/2001	Michael Wade	James River	21 lbs., 03 oz.	37 3/4
6/8/2001	Allen Peck	Smith Mountain Lake	20 lbs., 14 oz.	41 1/4
6/13/2001	James Rudisill	Smith Mountain Lake	22 lbs., 06 oz.	42
6/13/2001	Ted Hedrick	Smith Mountain Lake		37 1/4
6/15/2001	John Joyce, Sr.	Smith Mountain Lake	20 lbs., 12 oz.	38 1/2
6/16/2001	Bobby Dale Fowler	Little Creek Reservoir		37 3/4
6/17/2001	Fredrick Payne	Smith Mountain Lake		38 1/4
6/18/2001	Joe Shelton, Sr.	Smith Mountain Lake		37
6/18/2001	L. Gene Petitto	Smith Mountain Lake	21 lbs., 12 oz.
6/19/2001	James Rudisill	Smith Mountain Lake	21 lbs., 10 oz.	40 1/2
6/19/2001	James Rudisill	Smith Mountain Lake	20 lbs., 02 oz.	39
6/20/2001	John Joyce, Sr.	Smith Mountain Lake		37 3/4
6/22/2001	Macky May	Smith Mountain Lake		37 1/2
6/22/2001	Justin Simmons	Smith Mountain Lake		38
6/22/2001	John Joyce	Smith Mountain Lake	20 lbs., 12 oz.	41 1/2
6/23/2001	Travis Grindstaff	Smith Mountain Lake		38
6/23/2001	Herbert Pritchett Jr.	Smith Mountain Lake		37
6/23/2001	Lynda Padgett	Smith Mountain Lake		37 1/2
6/24/2001	Henry Bergman	Smith Mountain Lake	22 lbs., 10 oz.	40
6/24/2001	Henry Bergman	Smith Mountain Lake	21 lbs., 10 oz.	40
6/24/2001	Michael Bergman	Smith Mountain Lake	25 lbs., 02 oz.	40
6/24/2001	Wayne Beavers	Smith Mountain Lake		38 1/4
6/24/2001	Kevin Brown	Smith Mountain Lake		38 1/4
6/26/2001	James McLaughlin	Smith Mountain Lake	32 lbs.	43
6/28/2001	Julie Daniel	Smith Mountain Lake	21 lbs., 10 oz.	40
6/28/2001	Patricia Burdette	Smith Mountain Lake	23 lbs.	41
6/30/2001	George Roller	Smith Mountain Lake	20 lbs., 02 oz.
6/30/2001	John Joyce, Sr.	Smith Mountain Lake		37 1/2
7/1/2001	Gary Bryant	Smith Mountain Lake	20 lbs.	38
7/2/2001	Charles Day III	Smith Mountain Lake	22 lbs.	37 1/2
7/2/2001	Ray Pavey, Jr.	Smith Mountain Lake		37
7/2/2001	Kenneth Short	Smith Mountain Lake	22 lbs., 14 oz.	38 1/4
7/3/2001	Kenneth Short	Smith Mountain Lake	21 lbs., 12 oz.	38 1/4
7/3/2001	Thomas Crotts Jr.	Smith Mountain Lake		38
7/4/2001	Robert Wells	Smith Mountain Lake		37 1/4
7/4/2001	David McCallister	Smith Mountain Lake		39
7/4/2001	John Joyce, Sr.	Smith Mountain Lake		38 3/4
7/5/2001	James Baker	Claytor Lake	25 lbs., 08 oz.	41 1/2
7/5/2001	Kenneth Zigmond II	Smith Mountain Lake	31 lbs., 08 oz.	42
7/6/2001	Dwight Fast, Jr.	Smith Mountain Lake	21 lbs., 02 oz.	38
7/6/2001	Kenneth Short	Smith Mountain Lake	28 lbs., 09 oz.	44
7/7/2001	Dana Yost	Claytor Lake		37
7/8/2001	Steve Fisher	Smith Mountain Lake		37
7/10/2001	Samuel Branch Jr.	Smith Mountain Lake	28 lbs., 05 oz.	56
7/11/2001	Dean Ferguson	Smith Mountain Lake		37 1/4
7/12/2001	Mickey Petitto	Smith Mountain Lake	21 lbs., 04 oz.
7/14/2001	John Joyce, Sr.	Smith Mountain Lake		39
7/17/2001	Karen Grimmett	Smith Mountain Lake	22 lbs., 08 oz.	39 3/4
7/20/2001	John Joyce	Smith Mountain Lake		37
7/22/2001	John Simonetti	Smith Mountain Lake		37 1/4
7/22/2001	Rocky Simonetti	Smith Mountain Lake		38
7/26/2001	Brack Thomas Griffin Jr.	Smith Mountain Lake	22 lbs., 10 oz.	41
7/28/2001	Robert Sowder	Smith Mountain Lake	28 lbs., 04 oz.	43 1/2
8/2/2001	Marvin Clark	Smith Mountain Lake		37 1/2
8/3/2001	John Joyce	Smith Mountain Lake		39
8/8/2001	Richard Flippen Jr.	Smith Mountain Lake		38 1/2
8/8/2001	Richard Flippen Jr.	Smith Mountain Lake		38
8/8/2001	John Joyce, Sr.	Smith Mountain Lake	20 lbs., 11 oz.	38 1/2
8/13/2001	Bruce Fugate	Claytor Lake	26 lbs., 14 oz.
8/18/2001	Christopher Trice	Private Pond		37 1/4
8/19/2001	John Thomas	Smith Mountain Lake	23 lbs., 10 oz.	44 1/4
8/21/2001	Preston Dellinger, Sr.	Smith Mountain Lake		38 1/2
8/21/2001	Jerry Bissette	Smith Mountain Lake		37 1/2
8/22/2001	Harvey Altice, Jr.	Smith Mountain Lake		38
8/28/2001	C. David McBride	Smith Mountain Lake		38
8/30/2001	Shawn Copeland	Smith Mountain Lake		42
9/1/2001	Gary Johnson	Leesville Lake	25 lbs.	37 3/4
9/2/2001	Kenneth Short	Smith Mountain Lake	22 lbs., 09 oz.	41 1/4
9/13/2001	John Horton, Sr.	Leesville Lake	25 lbs.	40 3/4
9/13/2001	John Horton, Sr.	Leesville Lake		37 1/4
9/22/2001	Garry Kendrick, Sr.	Smith Mountain Lake		37
9/23/2001	Patrick O'Toole	Smith Mountain Lake	28 lbs.	40
9/30/2001	Mike Fowler	Smith Mountain Lake	22 lbs., 06 oz.	40
9/30/2001	Stephane McGahagin	Lake Chesdin	20 lbs., 01 oz.	35 1/2
10/3/2001	James Gray Jr.	Smith Mountain Lake		37
10/4/2001	John Horton, Sr.	Leesville Lake	26 lbs., 05 oz.	42 1/4
10/4/2001	John Horton, Sr.	Leesville Lake		37
10/26/2001	Derek Smith	Smith Mountain Lake		37 1/2
11/6/2001	Allen Woodie, II	Smith Mountain Lake		37 1/2
11/6/2001	Dean Lunsford	Smith Mountain Lake		38
11/7/2001	Garland Slaughter	Smith Mountain Lake		37 1/4
11/8/2001	David Morris	Smith Mountain Lake		42
11/9/2001	Jonathan Beavers	Smith Mountain Lake		37 1/4
11/9/2001	Jonathan Beavers	Smith Mountain Lake	27 lbs.	40
11/11/2001	John Atwell, Jr.	Smith Mountain Lake		38
11/13/2001	Bobby Dale Fowler	Smith Mountain Lake		38
11/16/2001	Danny Riddle	Smith Mountain Lake	40 lbs., 08 oz.	46
11/21/2001	Linda Fitzgerald	Smith Mountain Lake		38 1/2
11/22/2001	James Gray Jr.	Smith Mountain Lake		38
11/24/2001	Charles Cook, Sr.	Claytor Lake	31 lbs.	41
11/24/2001	Joseph Duckett	Leesville Lake	36 lbs., 08 oz.	44
11/28/2001	James Yancey	Potomac River	33 lbs., 04 oz.	42 1/2
11/28/2001	John Rollins, Jr.	Potomac River	21 lbs., 08 oz.	39 1/2
11/28/2001	Richard Polly, Jr.	Potomac River	29 lbs., 08 oz.	43
11/28/2001	Billy Owens	Leesville Lake	23 lbs., 08 oz.	38 1/2
11/28/2001	John Rollins, Sr.	Potomac River	31 lbs., 11 oz.	43
11/29/2001	Rex Maxfield	Claytor Lake	20 lbs., 04 oz.	40 1/2
12/1/2001	Timothy Cuffe, Jr.	Rappahannock River	34 lbs.	44
12/2/2001	Michael Pileggi	Leesville Lake	24 lbs.	39 3/4
12/2/2001	Michael Pileggi	Leesville Lake	29 lbs.	42
12/4/2001	Faron Gardner	Claytor Lake	23 lbs.	38
12/6/2001	Gene Arthur Jr.	Smith Mountain Lake	23 lbs., 12 oz.	38
12/7/2001	John Lukomski III	James River		42
12/10/2001	Owen Boone	Smith Mountain Lake		39 1/2
12/14/2001	Paul Germain, III	Smith Mountain Lake	20 lbs.	38 1/2
12/16/2001	Robert Thomas, Jr.	Potomac River	20 lbs., 02 oz.	37
12/16/2001	Steve Fetrow	Potomac River	20 lbs., 08 oz.	39
12/18/2001	Emanual May, Sr.	Smith Mountain Lake		38 1/2
12/22/2001	Robert Scruggs	Smith Mountain Lake	21 lbs., 12 oz.	42
12/26/2001	Warren Chace	Smith Mountain Lake	20 lbs.	38 1/4
12/26/2001	Clifford Worrell	Smith Mountain Lake		38 1/2
12/30/2001	Ronald Phillips	Western Branch Reservoir	25 lbs.

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