Fish Citations

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SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE

Date of Catch	Angler	Species	Weight	Length
1/2/2001	William Kemp	Striped Bass		39
1/4/2001	Dale Wilson	Striped Bass	22 lbs., 04 oz.
1/6/2001	Scott Sanders	Striped Bass		37 3/4
2/9/2001	Bernard Burnette	Striped Bass	21 lbs., 04 oz.
2/15/2001	James Cassaday	Striped Bass	20 lbs., 03 oz.	38 1/2
2/15/2001	David Davis	Striped Bass	20 lbs.	37 1/2
2/25/2001	Joseph Skillman, Jr.	Muskellunge	22 lbs.	42
2/27/2001	Ralph Steele, Sr.	Striped Bass	21 lbs., 05 oz.
3/2/2001	John Thomas	Striped Bass	20 lbs., 08 oz.
3/3/2001	Jeffrey Whittaker	Striped Bass	27 lbs., 15 oz.	40
3/3/2001	Kevin Patterson	Blue Catfish	30 lbs., 15 oz.	40
3/4/2001	Philip Primozic	Striped Bass	20 lbs., 06 oz.
3/4/2001	Chris Terry	Crappie	2 lbs., 01 oz.	15 1/2
3/6/2001	Patricia Perdue	Crappie	2 lbs., 08 oz.	16 3/4
3/10/2001	Michael Pendleton	Largemouth Bass		22 1/4
3/10/2001	Thomas Campbell Jr.	Striped Bass	21 lbs., 03 oz.	37
3/10/2001	Thomas Campbell Jr.	Striped Bass	25 lbs., 03 oz.	37 3/4
3/10/2001	Michael Merriman	Striped Bass	20 lbs.	39 1/4
3/10/2001	Shawn Gailey	Crappie	2 lbs., 01 oz.	16
3/12/2001	Rocky Simonetti	Striped Bass		37
3/12/2001	Rocky Simonetti	Striped Bass		38
3/14/2001	E. B. Padgett	Striped Bass	26 lbs., 08 oz.	39
3/16/2001	Raymond Secrist Sr.	Flathead Catfish	32 lbs., 09 oz.	43 1/2
3/17/2001	Randall Martin	Largemouth Bass		23 1/4
3/19/2001	Bennie Hart	Largemouth Bass		22
3/20/2001	William Turpin, II	Crappie	2 lbs.	15 1/2
3/23/2001	Danny Martin	Striped Bass		38
3/23/2001	Jason Fender	Largemouth Bass	9 lbs., 05 oz.	24 1/2
3/23/2001	Roger Lee Haynes	Walleye	7 lbs., 07 oz.	26
3/24/2001	Michael Mabe	Largemouth Bass		22 1/2
3/24/2001	Robert Ferguson	Crappie	2 lbs., 05 oz.	16
3/24/2001	Richard Greene, Jr.	Crappie		15 1/2
3/25/2001	Rocky Mabe	Largemouth Bass		22 3/4
3/26/2001	Garry Kendrick, Sr.	Striped Bass		37 1/2
3/28/2001	Kent Tobin	Striped Bass	20 lbs., 07 oz.	37
3/29/2001	Jimmy Brown	Striped Bass		38 1/4
3/29/2001	Jimmy Brown	Striped Bass		37
3/30/2001	Danny Matney	Smallmouth Bass		21 1/2
3/30/2001	Danny Matney	Largemouth Bass		23 1/2
4/1/2001	Oscar Keen	Smallmouth Bass	5 lbs., 01 oz.	22 1/4
4/1/2001	Clabron Roberts, Jr.	Striped Bass	20 lbs., 04 oz.
4/1/2001	Michael Payne	Crappie	2 lbs.	15
4/2/2001	Kyle Rose	Largemouth Bass		22
4/2/2001	Oscar Keen	Striped Bass		38 1/2
4/2/2001	Carlos Brown, Jr.	Smallmouth Bass	5 lbs., 08 oz.	20
4/4/2001	Rocky Simonetti	Striped Bass	23 lbs., 01 oz.	40
4/4/2001	Rocky Simonetti	Striped Bass	24 lbs., 05 oz.	41
4/4/2001	Timothy Burton	Largemouth Bass		23
4/5/2001	Brian Finlay	Striped Bass		38 1/2
4/5/2001	Timothy Burton	Largemouth Bass	8 lbs.	23
4/5/2001	Terry Watson	Smallmouth Bass	5 lbs., 03 oz.	20 1/2
4/5/2001	Rory Dunn	Largemouth Bass	9 lbs., 11 oz.	29
4/6/2001	Darrien Simpkins	Striped Bass		37
4/6/2001	John Butcher	Smallmouth Bass		20 1/4
4/7/2001	Preston Dellinger, Sr.	Crappie	2 lbs., 04 oz.	15
4/7/2001	Raymond Lavender	Crappie	2 lbs., 04 oz.	16 1/2
4/8/2001	Gregory Overstreet	Smallmouth Bass		20 1/4
4/8/2001	Donald Bashore	Striped Bass	36 lbs., 09 oz.	43
4/8/2001	Robert Hudson	Smallmouth Bass		20 1/4
4/10/2001	Samuel Altice	Striped Bass	21 lbs.	38 1/2
4/10/2001	Rex Clifton	Largemouth Bass		22 1/4
4/10/2001	Albert Fury	Striped Bass	22 lbs., 14 oz.	42 1/2
4/10/2001	James Fury	Striped Bass		39 1/2
4/11/2001	Neal Stockton	Smallmouth Bass		20 3/4
4/12/2001	Jerry Keen	Largemouth Bass		23 1/2
4/12/2001	Larry Bilello	Striped Bass		37 1/4
4/12/2001	Ronald Henry	Walleye	6 lbs., 06 oz.	27 1/4
4/13/2001	Mark Downey	Smallmouth Bass		20 1/2
4/13/2001	Christopher Whitt	Walleye	5 lbs., 04 oz.	25
4/13/2001	Mark Vest	Crappie	2 lbs.	15 1/2
4/13/2001	Monty Cruey, Sr.	Striped Bass	21 lbs., 08 oz.
4/14/2001	James Lynch	Flathead Catfish	26 lbs., 09 oz.
4/14/2001	James Lynch	Crappie	2 lbs.	15
4/14/2001	James Davis	Striped Bass	20 lbs.	38
4/14/2001	Frederick Scott	Yellow Perch		12
4/14/2001	Michael Severt	Smallmouth Bass		20 1/2
4/14/2001	Ronald Weaver	Striped Bass		37
4/14/2001	Sean Griffin	Striped Bass	20 lbs.	39
4/15/2001	Steven Kramer	Striped Bass	22 lbs., 08 oz.	39
4/16/2001	Rachel Hyde	Striped Bass		40 3/4
4/16/2001	Gary Owen, Sr.	Smallmouth Bass	5 lbs.	21
4/17/2001	Martin Cepelnik	Crappie		15 3/4
4/17/2001	Ronnie Slusher Sr.	Yellow Perch		17
4/17/2001	Derek Harrah	Striped Bass	22 lbs., 12 oz.	38
4/19/2001	Oscar Keen	Striped Bass	31 lbs., 04 oz.	44 1/2
4/19/2001	James Grogan	Striped Bass	34 lbs.	46
4/20/2001	Doug Dellinger	Crappie		15 3/4
4/21/2001	James Weakland	Striped Bass	20 lbs., 04 oz.	37 1/4
4/21/2001	Brian Moore	Striped Bass	20 lbs.	38 1/2
4/23/2001	Garry Kendrick, Sr.	Striped Bass		38
4/24/2001	Connie Brown	Striped Bass		37
4/24/2001	Ken Erickson	Yellow Perch		13
4/24/2001	Greg Venning	Striped Bass	28 lbs., 03 oz.	42
4/26/2001	Jerry Keen	Striped Bass		37 1/4
4/26/2001	James Rudisill	Striped Bass	40 lbs., 10 oz.	45 3/4
4/28/2001	Barry Francisco	Largemouth Bass		22 1/2
4/30/2001	Howard Aldinger, Sr.	Crappie		15 1/4
5/1/2001	Ron Egnor	Striped Bass	20 lbs., 12 oz.	37
5/3/2001	Timothy Frink Jr.	Yellow Perch		14 1/4
5/4/2001	William Haines	Largemouth Bass		22 1/2
5/5/2001	Bryan Dunbar	Carp		35
5/5/2001	Charlie Hollaway	Striped Bass	22 lbs.	35
5/5/2001	Michael Steele	Crappie	2 lbs.	15
5/5/2001	Kenneth Davis	Yellow Perch		12 3/4
5/5/2001	Brian Baker	Striped Bass	27 lbs.	40
5/7/2001	Deal Lipes	Striped Bass	20 lbs.	38
5/7/2001	Jason Fender	Largemouth Bass		24 1/2
5/10/2001	John Alabaster, Sr.	Striped Bass	21 lbs.	37
5/11/2001	Gypsy Nichols	Largemouth Bass		22 1/4
5/11/2001	Brian Baker	Striped Bass	21 lbs.	37 1/2
5/11/2001	Kenneth Short	Striped Bass	34 lbs., 14 oz.	42 3/4
5/12/2001	Kenny Howell	Walleye	6 lbs., 06 oz.
5/12/2001	Alfred Wheeling	Largemouth Bass		22
5/12/2001	Alan Hottinger	Striped Bass	21 lbs.	37
5/12/2001	Homer Layne Jr.	Striped Bass		37 1/2
5/12/2001	Deborah Hansford	Striped Bass		37 1/2
5/13/2001	John Figgs	Striped Bass	30 lbs., 08 oz.	44
5/13/2001	Donald Meador	Largemouth Bass		23
5/14/2001	Timothy Frink Jr.	Carp		34 3/4
5/15/2001	Roger Otworth, Sr.	Rock Bass	1 lbs., 10 oz.	13 1/2
5/16/2001	James Rudisill	Striped Bass		39
5/17/2001	Homer Reed	Striped Bass	31 lbs.	45
5/18/2001	Charles Markley	Largemouth Bass		24 1/2
5/18/2001	Sybil Wray	Striped Bass	20 lbs., 04 oz.	38 1/2
5/18/2001	Gene Arthur Jr.	Striped Bass	24 lbs.	43
5/19/2001	Jennifer Rucker	Striped Bass		37
5/19/2001	Oscar Keen	Striped Bass	20 lbs., 04 oz.	39 1/4
5/19/2001	Regan Hall	Largemouth Bass		23 1/2
5/20/2001	Kenneth Short	Striped Bass	21 lbs.	38 3/4
5/20/2001	John Thomas	Striped Bass	30 lbs., 08 oz.	43 1/2
5/21/2001	Richard Farlow	Striped Bass	20 lbs.	38 1/2
5/21/2001	James Rudisill	Striped Bass	20 lbs., 04 oz.	39
5/22/2001	Marvin Woods, Sr.	Striped Bass	22 lbs., 08 oz.	38 1/2
5/22/2001	Burley Warf	Walleye	6 lbs., 02 oz.	26 3/4
5/23/2001	Joe Pendleton	Striped Bass		38 1/4
5/23/2001	Wyatt Hamlett Jr.	Striped Bass		40
5/26/2001	Gary Worrell	Largemouth Bass		23
5/26/2001	Donald Getman, Jr.	Crappie	2 lbs., 01 oz.	16
5/26/2001	Samuel Altice	Striped Bass		37
5/27/2001	Clabron Roberts, Jr.	Striped Bass	21 lbs.	35 1/4
5/27/2001	Marvin Woods, Sr.	Striped Bass	24 lbs., 09 oz.	40 1/2
5/27/2001	William Reichard	Largemouth Bass		25
5/27/2001	Elizabeth Law	Yellow Perch		13
5/27/2001	Adam Nelson	Striped Bass	28 lbs., 01 oz.	38 1/2
5/28/2001	Carol May	Striped Bass	20 lbs.	38 1/4
5/30/2001	Frank Hubbard	Smallmouth Bass		20 1/2
5/30/2001	Michael Setliff, Jr.	Walleye	5 lbs., 01 oz.	23
6/2/2001	Ben Davis	Striped Bass		37
6/3/2001	Ronald Henry	Largemouth Bass		23 1/2
6/3/2001	Scott Smith	Walleye	6 lbs.
6/5/2001	Kenneth Short	Striped Bass		38 1/2
6/5/2001	Merlin Winckler	Smallmouth Bass		22 1/2
6/6/2001	William O'Neal	Striped Bass		37 1/2
6/6/2001	Merlin Winckler	Smallmouth Bass		21 1/2
6/7/2001	Billy Waller	Striped Bass		37
6/8/2001	James Gray Jr.	Largemouth Bass		23
6/8/2001	Allen Peck	Striped Bass	20 lbs., 14 oz.	41 1/4
6/11/2001	Brian McCallum	Largemouth Bass		22
6/13/2001	James Rudisill	Striped Bass	22 lbs., 06 oz.	42
6/13/2001	Ted Hedrick	Striped Bass		37 1/4
6/15/2001	John Joyce, Sr.	Striped Bass	20 lbs., 12 oz.	38 1/2
6/17/2001	Michael Fulton	Smallmouth Bass		20
6/17/2001	Fredrick Payne	Striped Bass		38 1/4
6/17/2001	Fredrick Payne	Channel Catfish	14 lbs., 03 oz.	30 3/4
6/18/2001	Joe Shelton, Sr.	Striped Bass		37
6/18/2001	L. Gene Petitto	Striped Bass	21 lbs., 12 oz.
6/19/2001	James Rudisill	Striped Bass	21 lbs., 10 oz.	40 1/2
6/19/2001	James Rudisill	Striped Bass	20 lbs., 02 oz.	39
6/20/2001	Sidney McCune	Largemouth Bass		22 1/2
6/20/2001	John Joyce, Sr.	Striped Bass		37 3/4
6/22/2001	Macky May	Striped Bass		37 1/2
6/22/2001	Justin Simmons	Striped Bass		38
6/22/2001	John Joyce	Striped Bass	20 lbs., 12 oz.	41 1/2
6/23/2001	Travis Grindstaff	Striped Bass		38
6/23/2001	Herbert Pritchett Jr.	Striped Bass		37
6/23/2001	Walt Robbins	White Bass	2 lbs., 08 oz.	18 1/2
6/23/2001	Lynda Padgett	Striped Bass		37 1/2
6/24/2001	Henry Bergman	Striped Bass	22 lbs., 10 oz.	40
6/24/2001	Henry Bergman	Striped Bass	21 lbs., 10 oz.	40
6/24/2001	Michael Bergman	Striped Bass	25 lbs., 02 oz.	40
6/24/2001	Wayne Beavers	Striped Bass		38 1/4
6/24/2001	Kevin Brown	Striped Bass		38 1/4
6/25/2001	Charles May	Flathead Catfish	26 lbs., 11 oz.	39
6/26/2001	James McLaughlin	Striped Bass	32 lbs.	43
6/28/2001	Julie Daniel	Striped Bass	21 lbs., 10 oz.	40
6/28/2001	Patricia Burdette	Striped Bass	23 lbs.	41
6/29/2001	Fredrick Payne	Yellow Perch	1 lbs., 06 oz.	12 1/4
6/30/2001	George Roller	Striped Bass	20 lbs., 02 oz.
6/30/2001	Bobby Crouse	Flathead Catfish	26 lbs.	40
6/30/2001	John Joyce, Sr.	Striped Bass		37 1/2
7/1/2001	Gary Bryant	Striped Bass	20 lbs.	38
7/2/2001	Charles Day III	Striped Bass	22 lbs.	37 1/2
7/2/2001	Ronnie Slusher Sr.	Crappie	2 lbs., 02 oz.	15
7/2/2001	Ray Pavey, Jr.	Striped Bass		37
7/2/2001	Kenneth Short	Striped Bass	22 lbs., 14 oz.	38 1/4
7/3/2001	Kenneth Short	Striped Bass	21 lbs., 12 oz.	38 1/4
7/3/2001	Thomas Crotts Jr.	Striped Bass		38
7/4/2001	Robert Wells	Striped Bass		37 1/4
7/4/2001	David McCallister	Striped Bass		39
7/4/2001	John Joyce, Sr.	Striped Bass		38 3/4
7/5/2001	Kenneth Zigmond II	Striped Bass	31 lbs., 08 oz.	42
7/6/2001	Dwight Fast, Jr.	Striped Bass	21 lbs., 02 oz.	38
7/6/2001	Kenneth Short	Striped Bass	28 lbs., 09 oz.	44
7/6/2001	Mark Borcherding	Smallmouth Bass	5 lbs., 02 oz.	20 1/2
7/8/2001	Steve Fisher	Striped Bass		37
7/10/2001	Samuel Branch Jr.	Striped Bass	28 lbs., 05 oz.	56
7/10/2001	Alfred Beggs	Largemouth Bass		22 1/4
7/11/2001	Dean Ferguson	Striped Bass		37 1/4
7/12/2001	Mickey Petitto	Striped Bass	21 lbs., 04 oz.
7/13/2001	Kenneth Brewer	Largemouth Bass		24
7/14/2001	Robert Amick	Walleye		26
7/14/2001	John Joyce, Sr.	Striped Bass		39
7/15/2001	Dennie Thompson	Largemouth Bass		22
7/17/2001	Karen Grimmett	Striped Bass	22 lbs., 08 oz.	39 3/4
7/20/2001	John Joyce	Striped Bass		37
7/22/2001	John Simonetti	Striped Bass		37 1/4
7/22/2001	Mark Young	Smallmouth Bass		21
7/22/2001	Rocky Simonetti	Striped Bass		38
7/23/2001	Phillip Finch	Largemouth Bass		22 1/4
7/26/2001	Brack Thomas Griffin Jr.	Striped Bass	22 lbs., 10 oz.	41
7/28/2001	Robert Sowder	Striped Bass	28 lbs., 04 oz.	43 1/2
7/29/2001	Jonathan Owen	Largemouth Bass		22
8/2/2001	Marvin Clark	Striped Bass		37 1/2
8/3/2001	Sherman Moore	Flathead Catfish	32 lbs., 10 oz.	46
8/3/2001	John Joyce	Striped Bass		39
8/5/2001	Alton Deisher	Smallmouth Bass		20 1/4
8/7/2001	Charles Dunbar	Crappie		15
8/8/2001	Richard Flippen Jr.	Striped Bass		38 1/2
8/8/2001	Richard Flippen Jr.	Striped Bass		38
8/8/2001	John Joyce, Sr.	Striped Bass	20 lbs., 11 oz.	38 1/2
8/19/2001	Eddie Baker, Jr.	Largemouth Bass		22
8/19/2001	Gerald Holland II	Flathead Catfish	26 lbs.	42
8/19/2001	John Thomas	Striped Bass	23 lbs., 10 oz.	44 1/4
8/21/2001	Preston Dellinger, Sr.	Striped Bass		38 1/2
8/21/2001	Jerry Bissette	Striped Bass		37 1/2
8/22/2001	Harvey Altice, Jr.	Striped Bass		38
8/25/2001	Paul Germain, III	Smallmouth Bass		20 1/4
8/28/2001	C. David McBride	Striped Bass		38
8/30/2001	Shawn Copeland	Striped Bass		42
9/2/2001	Kenneth Short	Striped Bass	22 lbs., 09 oz.	41 1/4
9/2/2001	Philip Jones	Largemouth Bass		22 1/4
9/8/2001	Parker Brogan	Yellow Perch		12
9/16/2001	Matthew Haskins	Smallmouth Bass		20 1/4
9/18/2001	Merlin Winckler	Smallmouth Bass		21
9/19/2001	True Burns	Largemouth Bass		22 1/4
9/20/2001	Merlin Winckler	Smallmouth Bass		20 1/2
9/22/2001	Garry Kendrick, Sr.	Striped Bass		37
9/23/2001	Patrick O'Toole	Striped Bass	28 lbs.	40
9/30/2001	Mike Fowler	Striped Bass	22 lbs., 06 oz.	40
9/30/2001	Jeremy Amos	Crappie	2 lbs.	15 1/2
10/3/2001	James Gray Jr.	Striped Bass		37
10/10/2001	Richard Jannace	Smallmouth Bass		20 1/2
10/14/2001	Stephen McCallum	Largemouth Bass		22 1/4
10/24/2001	Benjamin Mullins	Crappie		16
10/26/2001	Derek Smith	Striped Bass		37 1/2
11/6/2001	Allen Woodie, II	Striped Bass		37 1/2
11/6/2001	Dean Lunsford	Striped Bass		38
11/7/2001	Garland Slaughter	Striped Bass		37 1/4
11/8/2001	David Morris	Striped Bass		42
11/8/2001	John Barnes	Largemouth Bass		24
11/8/2001	Robert Wood	Flathead Catfish	25 lbs., 08 oz.	38 1/2
11/9/2001	Jonathan Beavers	Striped Bass		37 1/4
11/9/2001	Jonathan Beavers	Striped Bass	27 lbs.	40
11/11/2001	John Atwell, Jr.	Striped Bass		38
11/13/2001	Danny Mangus, Sr.	Largemouth Bass		24 1/2
11/13/2001	Bobby Dale Fowler	Striped Bass		38
11/16/2001	Robert Beckman	Yellow Perch		13
11/16/2001	Danny Riddle	Striped Bass	40 lbs., 08 oz.	46
11/17/2001	James Gray Jr.	Yellow Perch		12
11/17/2001	Howard Aldinger, Sr.	Yellow Perch		13
11/17/2001	Allen Vandergrift	Yellow Perch		13
11/18/2001	Joseph Wells	Smallmouth Bass		21 1/2
11/19/2001	Maynard Thompson	Yellow Perch	1 lbs., 05 oz.	12
11/21/2001	Troy Doss	Smallmouth Bass		20 1/4
11/21/2001	Linda Fitzgerald	Striped Bass		38 1/2
11/22/2001	James Gray Jr.	Striped Bass		38
11/23/2001	Robert Beckman	Yellow Perch		12
11/26/2001	Howard Aldinger, Sr.	Yellow Perch		13 1/4
11/26/2001	Earl Reynolds	Flathead Catfish	25 lbs., 13 oz.	39 1/2
11/27/2001	Howard Aldinger, Sr.	Yellow Perch		12 1/4
11/28/2001	Benjamin Mullins	Crappie		15
12/1/2001	Stanley Richmond	Smallmouth Bass		20
12/4/2001	Lois Perdue	Yellow Perch		12 3/4
12/6/2001	Gene Arthur Jr.	Striped Bass	23 lbs., 12 oz.	38
12/6/2001	Tommy Dooley	Yellow Perch		12 1/2
12/10/2001	Earlie Worrell	Yellow Perch		12 1/4
12/10/2001	Owen Boone	Striped Bass		39 1/2
12/14/2001	Paul Germain, III	Striped Bass	20 lbs.	38 1/2
12/15/2001	Judith Boone	Smallmouth Bass		20
12/17/2001	Charles Markley	Channel Catfish	12 lbs., 08 oz.	31
12/18/2001	Emanual May, Sr.	Striped Bass		38 1/2
12/18/2001	Emanual May, Jr.	Largemouth Bass		24
12/19/2001	Arnold Lilly	Largemouth Bass		22 1/4
12/22/2001	Earl Barger	Crappie		15
12/22/2001	Robert Scruggs	Striped Bass	21 lbs., 12 oz.	42
12/26/2001	Warren Chace	Striped Bass	20 lbs.	38 1/4
12/26/2001	Gregory Mattox	Walleye	6 lbs., 15 oz.	28 1/2
12/26/2001	Clifford Worrell	Striped Bass		38 1/2

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