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.

Striped Bass

Date of Catch	Angler	Waterbody	Weight	Length
1/1/2006	Steve Opilla	Smith Mountain Lake	21 lbs., 08 oz.	38 1/2
1/4/2006	Ronald Wood	Claytor Lake	22 lbs., 05 oz.	37
1/4/2006	Earl Lowe	Claytor Lake	21 lbs., 05 oz.
1/7/2006	Dewayne Lamb	Smith Mountain Lake		38 1/4
1/20/2006	Danny Holder	Claytor Lake	21 lbs., 06 oz.
1/20/2006	Danny Holder	Claytor Lake		37
1/30/2006	Daniel Gillispie	All Other Waters	39 lbs.	46 1/4
3/5/2006	Jeffrey Winall	James River	28 lbs.	40
3/13/2006	Rodney Trail, Sr.	Carvins Cove Lake		38 1/4
3/13/2006	Daniel Snyder	Lake Anna	21 lbs., 08 oz.
3/16/2006	Douglas Brown	James River	41 lbs.	45
3/17/2006	Chris Williams	Pamunkey River	25 lbs.	39
3/17/2006	Chris Williams	Pamunkey River	29 lbs.	42
3/17/2006	Kerry Chandler	Claytor Lake	30 lbs.	39 1/2
3/18/2006	Dennis Collins	Claytor Lake	20 lbs., 09 oz.	37
3/19/2006	Billy Ratcliff	Claytor Lake	23 lbs., 09 oz.	37
3/23/2006	George Clark	Lake Gaston	20 lbs., 08 oz.	35 1/4
3/23/2006	Ronnie Lindsey	Claytor Lake	20 lbs., 02 oz.	35
3/25/2006	Virgil Dalton, Jr.	Claytor Lake	25 lbs., 10 oz.	37 1/2
3/27/2006	Rodger Ashley, Sr	James River	33 lbs.
3/27/2006	Robert Fox Jr.	James River	35 lbs.
3/28/2006	Joseph Mitchell	James River	30 lbs., 08 oz.	40
3/28/2006	Joseph Mitchell	James River	40 lbs., 12 oz.	44
3/31/2006	James Judy, III	Buggs Island Lake	21 lbs., 08 oz.
4/1/2006	Chris Williams	Pamunkey River	35 lbs., 05 oz.	45 1/4
4/1/2006	Chris Williams	Pamunkey River	28 lbs.	42
4/2/2006	Steven Nelson	Lake Anna	21 lbs., 08 oz.
4/2/2006	Chris Williams	Pamunkey River	20 lbs., 08 oz.	37 1/2
4/4/2006	James Wiseman	James River	26 lbs.	39
4/5/2006	Timothy Blankenship	New River	20 lbs., 02 oz.	37 1/2
4/6/2006	Chip Batten	James River	32 lbs.	38
4/7/2006	Gary Dunn, Jr.	Lake Anna	20 lbs., 04 oz.	38
4/11/2006	James Wright, M.D.	James River	21 lbs.	36
4/11/2006	Steve Harding	James River	33 lbs.	40
4/13/2006	Knox Coleman	Lake Chesdin	22 lbs., 02 oz.
4/13/2006	William Byrd	Blackwater River		37 1/4
4/15/2006	Jeffery Duke	Smith Mountain Lake	21 lbs., 05 oz.
4/15/2006	Jason Crisp	Rappahannock River		37 3/4
4/15/2006	Jason Crisp	Rappahannock River		39
4/17/2006	Brooks Noble	Potomac River		39
4/17/2006	Brooks Noble	Potomac River		37
4/17/2006	Kenneth Parker	Lake Gaston	20 lbs., 07 oz.	37
4/19/2006	Michael Bendzus	Smith Mountain Lake	22 lbs.	37 1/2
4/21/2006	Fonda Seward, Jr.	Smith Mountain Lake		37 1/2
4/22/2006	Frederick Price Jr.	Smith Mountain Lake	26 lbs., 11 oz.	41 1/2
4/28/2006	Michael Bendzus	Smith Mountain Lake	21 lbs., 14 oz.	37
4/29/2006	Robert Armstrong	Smith Mountain Lake	38 lbs., 07 oz.	42 1/2
4/30/2006	Henry Ruffin, III	Lake Anna	21 lbs., 06 oz.	37
4/30/2006	Garvin Barnes, Jr.	Smith Mountain Lake	21 lbs., 04 oz.
5/4/2006	George Clark	Lake Gaston	29 lbs.	38
5/5/2006	George Clark	Lake Gaston	22 lbs., 02 oz.
5/6/2006	Brandon Gray	Smith Mountain Lake	24 lbs., 10 oz.	38 1/2
5/6/2006	Robert Bignall	Carvins Cove Lake	26 lbs., 13 oz.	42
5/11/2006	Raymond Hayden	Occoquan Creek		45
5/11/2006	Kevin Fitzgerald	Occoquan Creek		47 3/4
5/11/2006	Kevin Fitzgerald	Occoquan Creek		37 1/2
5/28/2006	Samuel Williams	Smith Mountain Lake	28 lbs., 10 oz.	45
5/29/2006	Gina Moore	Claytor Lake		37 3/4
6/2/2006	Charles Green	Smith Mountain Lake	23 lbs.	38
6/2/2006	Michael Chaney	Smith Mountain Lake		38 1/4
6/4/2006	Terry Waltrip	Lake Anna	20 lbs.	38
6/7/2006	Jeffrey Meeks	Smith Mountain Lake		38
6/10/2006	David Kuhn, Jr.	Smith Mountain Lake		37
6/12/2006	Joseph Skillman, Jr.	Smith Mountain Lake	23 lbs., 01 oz.	38 3/4
6/14/2006	William Thurston	New River	20 lbs.	37 3/4
6/14/2006	William Thurston	New River		37 1/2
6/17/2006	Peter Wilson	Smith Mountain Lake		38
6/23/2006	Buster Conner	Claytor Lake	21 lbs.	37 1/4
6/24/2006	Judy Howard	Smith Mountain Lake	22 lbs., 04 oz.	37 1/2
7/5/2006	William Treadway, III	Smith Mountain Lake	20 lbs., 06 oz.	39
7/7/2006	Trenton Hott	Smith Mountain Lake		38
7/8/2006	Bubba Powers	Little Creek Reservoir	20 lbs.	40
7/9/2006	Mike Fowler	Little Creek Reservoir	27 lbs., 08 oz.	41 3/4
7/9/2006	Bubba Powers	Little Creek Reservoir	23 lbs., 04 oz.	41 1/2
7/16/2006	Mike Fowler	Little Creek Reservoir	22 lbs., 04 oz.	39 1/2
7/18/2006	Jeffrey Collins	Lake Anna		38 1/2
7/20/2006	Keith Long	Little Creek Reservoir	24 lbs., 08 oz.	41 1/2
7/22/2006	William Weber	Little Creek Reservoir	22 lbs.	40
7/30/2006	Keith Williams	Little Creek Reservoir	23 lbs., 01 oz.	39
8/5/2006	William Copley, Jr.	Claytor Lake	24 lbs., 05 oz.	38 3/4
8/12/2006	Jeffery Loving	Claytor Lake		37 1/2
10/3/2006	Craig Eckenrode	Little Creek Reservoir		39 1/4
10/4/2006	Travis Patsell	Smith Mountain Lake	22 lbs.	40
11/3/2006	Darrell Butler	Appomattox River		37
11/29/2006	Robert McRae, Jr.	Lake Anna	20 lbs., 08 oz.	37
12/1/2006	William Crabtree	Lake Gaston	34 lbs., 08 oz.
12/11/2006	Nat Burchette	Smith Mountain Lake	26 lbs., 12 oz.	42
12/15/2006	Brian Prowse	Smith Mountain Lake	27 lbs., 06 oz.	39 1/2
12/16/2006	Thomas Wine	Potomac River	47 lbs.	47
12/17/2006	Timothy Maiden, Sr.	Smith Mountain Lake	25 lbs.	39
12/29/2006	Craig Eckenrode	Waller Mill Reservoir	24 lbs.	41 1/2
12/29/2006	Thomas Handy	All Other Waters	41 lbs., 05 oz.
12/30/2006	Jay Shoffner	Smith Mountain Lake		37

Years Available

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