Fish Citations

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Blue Catfish

Date of Catch	Angler	Waterbody	Weight	Length
1/1/2017	Christopher Wells	Potomac River	44 lbs., 12 oz.	43 1/2
1/1/2017	Landon Mangano	James River	57 lbs.
1/1/2017	Samuel Pompell	Potomac River	43 lbs., 14 oz.	44
1/3/2017	Larry Dahn	James River	53 lbs.
1/3/2017	Larry Dahn	James River	60 lbs.
1/4/2017	Larry Dahn	James River	32 lbs.
1/4/2017	Larry Dahn	James River	53 lbs.
1/4/2017	William Moore, Jr.	James River	31 lbs., 2 oz.	38 1/2
1/4/2017	William Moore, Jr.	James River	62 lbs.	51
1/4/2017	Scott Johnson	Piankatank River	42 lbs., 8 oz.	42
1/4/2017	Michael Moore	James River	31 lbs., 12 oz.	39
1/4/2017	Richard Grabowski	James River	31 lbs., 2 oz.
1/5/2017	Richard Grabowski	James River	64 lbs.
1/5/2017	Richard Grabowski	James River	52 lbs.
1/6/2017	Brady Miles	James River	63 lbs.
1/6/2017	Larry Dahn	James River	39 lbs.
1/12/2017	Travis Patsell	James River	81 lbs.	50
1/13/2017	Travis Patsell	James River	51 lbs.	48
1/13/2017	Travis Patsell	James River	40 lbs.	45
1/15/2017	Travis Patsell	James River	56 lbs.	48
1/16/2017	Bryan Miles	James River	78 lbs.
1/21/2017	Lindsay Moore	James River	45 lbs.	45 1/2
1/21/2017	Lindsay Moore	James River	68 lbs.	52
1/21/2017	Lindsay Moore	James River	51 lbs.	48
1/21/2017	Lindsay Moore	James River	34 lbs.	42 1/2
1/21/2017	Hunter Krycinski	Chickahominy River	41 lbs.	41
1/21/2017	William Moore, Jr.	James River	33 lbs.	41 1/2
1/21/2017	William Moore, Jr.	James River	46 lbs.	45 1/2
1/26/2017	Michael Jones	Nottoway River		39 1/2
1/28/2017	Dale Lowe, Jr.	Buggs Island Lake	141 lbs., 12 oz.	61
1/29/2017	Christopher Lamb	Pamunkey River	38 lbs.	42
1/29/2017	Reid Murray	James River	55 lbs.	48
1/29/2017	Paul Kushma	James River	45 lbs.	45
1/29/2017	Paul Kushma	James River	40 lbs.	40
2/1/2017	Howard Blazer	James River	51 lbs.	49
2/3/2017	Craig Audet	Buggs Island Lake	23 lbs.	38
2/6/2017	Eddie Boothe	Buggs Island Lake	24 lbs.	38 1/2
2/6/2017	Colton Ketterman	James River	61 lbs.
2/7/2017	James Wells	James River	82 lbs.	48
2/7/2017	Dylan Blazer	James River	30 lbs.	39
2/10/2017	Jack Rakes, Jr	Rappahannock River	41 lbs.	42 1/2
2/10/2017	Brian Wilson	James River	30 lbs.
2/11/2017	Joseph Gentry	James River	36 lbs.
2/11/2017	Jack Rakes, Jr	Rappahannock River	31 lbs.	41
2/14/2017	Michael Jones	Nottoway River		38
2/18/2017	Camden Lunsford	Chickahominy River	54 lbs.	48
2/18/2017	Shaia Casey	Northwest River	42 lbs., 1 oz.	45 1/4
2/18/2017	Corey Depping	James River	57 lbs.	45
2/18/2017	Jack Rakes Jr.	Rappahannock River		38
2/18/2017	Hunter Woods	James River	37 lbs., 8 oz.
2/22/2017	Donald Bartholomay	Rappahannock River	42 lbs.	41
2/23/2017	Charles Turner	Nottoway River	56 lbs., 5 oz.	48
2/24/2017	Thomas Coley	James River	34 lbs.	39
2/24/2017	Thomas Coley	James River	53 lbs., 7 oz.	47
2/25/2017	Brooks Noble	Potomac River		48
2/25/2017	Brooks Noble	Potomac River		46
2/26/2017	Blake Wines	Rappahannock River	31 lbs.	38 1/2
2/26/2017	Brooks Noble	All Other Waters		54
2/26/2017	Brooks Noble	Potomac River		40
2/26/2017	Paul Kushma	James River	52 lbs.	47
3/3/2017	Brian Palmer II	James River	32 lbs., 8 oz.	40 1/2
3/3/2017	Jason Ford	James River	63 lbs., 8 oz.	49 1/4
3/5/2017	Phillip Hudson	James River	49 lbs.	45
3/5/2017	Michael Vannick	Potomac River	30 lbs.	38 1/2
3/11/2017	Bryant Franklin	Chickahominy River		44
3/18/2017	Bryant Franklin	Chickahominy River	58 lbs.
3/25/2017	Michael Brooks	Rappahannock River	26 lbs., 4 oz.	38
3/25/2017	Michael Bowling	Buggs Island Lake		38
3/26/2017	Bryant Franklin	Chickahominy River		43 3/4
3/26/2017	Oscar Esposito	James River	50 lbs.	48
3/27/2017	Robert Blanks	James River		43 3/4
3/27/2017	Robert Blanks	James River		44 1/4
3/27/2017	Robert Pugh	James River	34 lbs.	38
3/27/2017	Robert Pugh	James River	51 lbs.	45
3/27/2017	Ginny Pugh	James River	48 lbs.	45
3/27/2017	Ginny Pugh	James River	31 lbs.	42
3/27/2017	Larry Haynes	James River		48 1/2
3/27/2017	Larry Haynes	James River		42 1/4
3/27/2017	Larry Haynes	James River		39
3/28/2017	Christopher Clement	James River	40 lbs.
3/30/2017	John Connors	James River	40 lbs.	40
3/30/2017	Gregory McDorman	James River	73 lbs.	48 1/2
3/30/2017	Keith Brown	James River	51 lbs.	44
3/30/2017	Kenneth McCabe	James River	32 lbs.	40 1/2
3/31/2017	Aaron Holmes	James River	43 lbs.	48
3/31/2017	Bryant Franklin	Chickahominy River		45
4/1/2017	Ted Baltas	James River	53 lbs.
4/1/2017	Gregory McDorman	James River	69 lbs.
4/1/2017	Clifton Baldwin	James River	31 lbs., 5 oz.
4/2/2017	Thomas McCoy	James River	64 lbs.	48
4/2/2017	Jacqueline Duca	Lake Gaston	35 lbs., 8 oz.	42
4/2/2017	Thomas Coley, Jr	James River	38 lbs.	43
4/2/2017	Robert Blackburn	James River	32 lbs.
4/3/2017	Robert Blackburn	James River	63 lbs.
4/3/2017	Bryant Franklin	Chickahominy River		42 1/2
4/3/2017	Amy Schneider	James River	35 lbs.
4/3/2017	Amy Schneider	James River	55 lbs.
4/5/2017	James Day	Northwest River	30 lbs.
4/8/2017	William Kaltsounis	James River	41 lbs.	44
4/8/2017	Tracey Patterson	James River	35 lbs.	39 1/2
4/8/2017	Jerry Spruill	Northwest River	33 lbs.
4/9/2017	Joshua Williams	James River	59 lbs., 6 oz.	46 1/2
4/11/2017	Allison Bunn	Lake Gaston	65 lbs.	57
4/11/2017	Karen Richardson	James River	37 lbs.	39
4/14/2017	William Anderson	James River	40 lbs.	43
4/15/2017	Shelly Thorpe	James River	35 lbs.	38
4/15/2017	Donald Reid	James River	45 lbs.	38
4/16/2017	Reid Murray	James River	45 lbs.	43
4/16/2017	Craig Audet	Buggs Island Lake	26 lbs.	38 1/4
4/19/2017	Willie Crowder	Lake Gaston	32 lbs., 8 oz.	41
4/21/2017	Elizabeth Boyd	James River		38
4/22/2017	Timothy Holden	Potomac River	45 lbs.
4/22/2017	Timothy Holden	Potomac River	32 lbs.
4/26/2017	William Hughes, III	Buggs Island Lake	101 lbs., 8 oz.
4/29/2017	Logan Mann	Buggs Island Lake	77 lbs.
4/29/2017	Reid Murray	James River	65 lbs.	47
4/30/2017	Josephine Martin	James River	60 lbs., 8 oz.	48 1/2
4/30/2017	Andrew Bagwell	James River	26 lbs., 8 oz.	37
5/1/2017	Zach Cannon	James River	58 lbs.	47
5/6/2017	Jamison McDonnell	James River	30 lbs.	38
5/6/2017	Fletcher Williams	James River	30 lbs.	38
5/6/2017	Willie Crowder	Lake Gaston	50 lbs., 8 oz.	46 3/4
5/10/2017	Ronnie Clay Sr.	Buggs Island Lake	59 lbs.
5/10/2017	Paul Kushma	James River	95 lbs.	50
5/12/2017	Christopher Shifflett	James River	38 lbs.	40
5/17/2017	Christopher Shifflett	James River	52 lbs., 9 oz.	43
5/17/2017	Christopher Shifflett	James River	29 lbs., 12 oz.	39 1/2
5/17/2017	Christopher Shifflett	James River	40 lbs., 4 oz.	42 1/2
5/17/2017	Philip Shifflett	James River	50 lbs., 9 oz.	44 1/2
5/18/2017	Robert Dunn III	Lake Gaston	30 lbs.	38
5/20/2017	David Major Jr.	Rappahannock River	32 lbs., 9 oz.
5/24/2017	Christopher Shifflett	James River	32 lbs., 5 oz.	40
6/4/2017	Allen Shifflett	James River	34 lbs.	37
6/12/2017	Christopher Shifflett	James River	62 lbs.	47
6/14/2017	Allen Shifflett	James River	34 lbs.	37 1/4
6/16/2017	Ryan Willard	James River	33 lbs.
6/17/2017	Rodney Bateman	Buggs Island Lake	108 lbs., 5 oz.
6/17/2017	Jon Austin	James River	65 lbs.	47
6/17/2017	Jon Austin	James River	47 lbs.	41
6/18/2017	Christopher Shifflett	James River	43 lbs.	43
6/18/2017	Christopher Shifflett	James River	48 lbs.	42
6/21/2017	Christopher Lantz	James River	44 lbs.	42 1/2
6/21/2017	Christopher Lantz	James River	70 lbs.	48
6/21/2017	Logan Lantz	James River	41 lbs.	39 1/2
6/21/2017	Logan Lantz	James River	30 lbs.	38
6/27/2017	Sammy Henman	All Other Waters	41 lbs.	41
7/2/2017	Jessie Carter	Pamunkey River	28 lbs.	39 1/2
7/7/2017	Richie Palmer	James River	50 lbs.	45
7/8/2017	Jeff Schall	Philpott Lake	40 lbs.	44
7/8/2017	Scott Buffington	Chickahominy River	42 lbs., 5 oz.	43 1/4
7/9/2017	Jonathan Smethers	James River	33 lbs.	39 1/2
7/9/2017	Scott Dawson Jr.	James River	33 lbs.	38
7/9/2017	Jeremy Utterback	Lake Curtis		41
7/14/2017	Penny McBride	James River	48 lbs.	43 3/4
7/14/2017	Penny McBride	James River	36 lbs.	38 1/2
7/15/2017	Tanya Smethers	James River	54 lbs.	44
7/16/2017	Dylan Carter	Pamunkey River	27 lbs., 9 oz.	40
7/16/2017	William Burgess	James River	33 lbs.	48 1/2
7/16/2017	Shelby Kellam	Pamunkey River	39 lbs., 2 oz.	42
7/16/2017	Shelby Kellam	Pamunkey River	33 lbs.	39
7/16/2017	Matthew Major	Rappahannock River	32 lbs., 10 oz.
7/18/2017	Chaisson Maheu	Potomac River	31 lbs., 6 oz.	43
7/19/2017	Cameron Campbell	James River	60 lbs.	46
7/20/2017	James Wells	James River	94 lbs.	56
7/21/2017	William Burgess	James River	40 lbs.	45
7/22/2017	William Burgess	James River	39 lbs.	45 1/4
7/22/2017	Jason Austin	James River	54 lbs.	39
7/22/2017	Daniel Mink	Lake Gaston	32 lbs.	40 1/2
7/23/2017	James Boothe	Buggs Island Lake	37 lbs., 3 oz.	43 1/2
7/27/2017	Aaron Huskey	James River		46
7/29/2017	Gage Mayer	James River	30 lbs.	38
7/29/2017	Jonathan Smethers	James River	85 lbs.	50
7/30/2017	Tanya Smethers	James River	45 lbs.	40
7/30/2017	Jeffrey Fudala,II	Pamunkey River	39 lbs., 2 oz.
8/2/2017	Eddie Boothe	Buggs Island Lake	70 lbs.	50
8/3/2017	Raymond Davis	James River	46 lbs., 7 oz.	42 1/2
8/5/2017	Eddie Boothe	Buggs Island Lake	44 lbs.	45
8/6/2017	Dennis Boswell	Pamunkey River	58 lbs., 6 oz.	44
8/10/2017	Joseph Morzenti	All Other Waters		40
8/11/2017	James Wells	James River	35 lbs.	34
8/11/2017	James Wells	James River	66 lbs.	42
8/12/2017	Kenneth Brooke	James River	32 lbs.	40
8/12/2017	Taylor Jackson	Chickahominy River		49 1/2
8/14/2017	Randall Shipe	James River	27 lbs.	40
8/17/2017	JB Lawrence Sheets	James River	37 lbs.	42
8/17/2017	Tony Phipps	Lake Gaston	31 lbs.	38 1/2
8/19/2017	Michael Mingee	Chickahominy Lake	55 lbs., 2 oz.	46 1/4
8/20/2017	William Burgess	James River	35 lbs.	40
8/23/2017	Aaron Huskey	James River		47
8/24/2017	Hunter Villanueva	Mattaponi River	50 lbs., 5 oz.	46
8/26/2017	Gary Clark II	James River	38 lbs.	46
8/27/2017	Aaron Ball	James River		38 1/2
8/28/2017	James Elliott	James River	34 lbs.	38 1/2
8/28/2017	Paul Badame	James River	55 lbs.	44
8/30/2017	Nathan Kidwell	Potomac River	45 lbs.
8/30/2017	Nathan Kidwell	Potomac River	40 lbs.
8/30/2017	Barry Kidwell	Potomac River	50 lbs.
8/31/2017	James Wells	James River	55 lbs.	44
9/1/2017	Corey Prentiss	James River	30 lbs.	39
9/3/2017	Jacob Gieghorn	James River	33 lbs.	41
9/3/2017	Levi Sicre	James River	53 lbs.	51
9/4/2017	Jack Armantrout	Private Pond	40 lbs.	40
9/9/2017	Brooks Noble	Potomac River		42
9/10/2017	David Garrington	Chickahominy Lake	42 lbs.	42 1/2
9/12/2017	Darlene Wimmer	Buggs Island Lake		40 1/2
9/12/2017	Donte Lewis	Chickahominy River	53 lbs., 1 oz.	48
9/13/2017	Weston Dahn	James River	63 lbs.
9/13/2017	Eddie Boothe	Buggs Island Lake	25 lbs.	39 1/2
9/15/2017	Doris Lerner	Chickahominy River	55 lbs.	48 1/2
9/20/2017	James Wells	James River	80 lbs.	47 1/4
9/20/2017	James Wells	James River	38 lbs.	39
9/20/2017	Robert Armstrong, Jr.	James River	60 lbs.	46
9/24/2017	Angela Broach	James River	54 lbs.
9/24/2017	Aaron Huskey	James River		48
9/25/2017	Brooks Noble	Potomac River		42
9/26/2017	Barry Hodges Sr.	Chickahominy River	30 lbs.	40
9/26/2017	Larry Dahn	James River	30 lbs., 8 oz.
9/27/2017	Larry Dahn	James River	52 lbs.
9/27/2017	Larry Dahn	James River	41 lbs., 8 oz.
9/27/2017	Larry Dahn	James River	40 lbs.
9/28/2017	Larry Dahn	James River	36 lbs.
9/28/2017	Larry Dahn	James River	41 lbs.
9/29/2017	Daniel Watts	James River	45 lbs.	43
9/29/2017	Matthew Davis	Rappahannock River		42
9/30/2017	Courtney Prochaska	James River	28 lbs.	38
10/5/2017	Mason Cox	James River		41
10/6/2017	Zachery Davis	James River	26 lbs.	40 1/2
10/6/2017	Anthony Davis	James River	51 lbs., 7 oz.	47
10/7/2017	Jamie Perkinson	James River	32 lbs.
10/7/2017	Robert Toms, Jr.	James River	40 lbs.	41
10/8/2017	Matthew Downs	James River	38 lbs.	40 1/4
10/13/2017	Joseph Duval	James River	62 lbs.	47
10/14/2017	Jerry Dillow	James River	42 lbs.	42
10/14/2017	Robin Howe Jr.	James River	73 lbs.	46
10/14/2017	Robin Howe Jr.	James River	60 lbs.	42
10/17/2017	Jason Bowen	Buggs Island Lake	33 lbs.
10/18/2017	Beverly Harrell	James River	53 lbs.	47
10/19/2017	Samuel Phelps	Buggs Island Lake	40 lbs., 2 oz.	42
10/20/2017	James Wells	James River	70 lbs.	45 1/4
10/21/2017	Riley Nebolsine	Potomac River	45 lbs.
10/21/2017	J. William Midkiff, Jr.	James River	65 lbs.	47
10/21/2017	Joshua Dale	Mattaponi River	72 lbs., 4 oz.	50
10/21/2017	Joshua Dale	Mattaponi River	34 lbs., 8 oz.	42
10/22/2017	Jeremy Utterback	James River		44 1/2
10/22/2017	Robyn Peffley	James River		41
10/22/2017	George Warriner, Sr.	James River	62 lbs.
10/23/2017	Joe Holland	Mattaponi River	50 lbs., 2 oz.
10/23/2017	Steven Tomshack	Chickahominy River		46 1/4
10/23/2017	Ryan Ladd	James River	80 lbs.	53
10/25/2017	Thomas Adams	James River	31 lbs.	38 1/2
10/26/2017	Bruce Weaver, Sr.	James River		43 1/4
10/27/2017	Joshua Dale	Mattaponi River	32 lbs., 4 oz.	41
11/2/2017	Steven Tomshack	Chickahominy River		48 1/2
11/3/2017	David Howard	Potomac River	34 lbs.	41
11/4/2017	Christopher Wells	Potomac River	50 lbs., 2 oz.	46 1/2
11/4/2017	Eddie Boothe	Buggs Island Lake	49 lbs., 12 oz.	45 1/4
11/6/2017	David Elvington	Buggs Island Lake	29 lbs.	39
11/6/2017	Steven Tomshack	Chickahominy River		43 3/4
11/11/2017	Jamison McDonnell	James River	55 lbs.
11/16/2017	Nancy Fannin	James River	80 lbs.	52
11/17/2017	Edwin Sherman	Potomac River		43
11/22/2017	James Hart	James River	48 lbs.
11/22/2017	Edwin Sherman	Potomac River		40 1/4
11/22/2017	Edwin Sherman	Potomac River		42
11/22/2017	Edwin Sherman	Potomac River		41 1/2
11/22/2017	Edwin Sherman	Potomac River		43 3/4
12/2/2017	Allen Lee Coalson	Buggs Island Lake		39 1/2
12/2/2017	Neil Lucas	James River	34 lbs.
12/2/2017	Neil Lucas	James River	60 lbs.
12/2/2017	Chris Olinger	James River	50 lbs.	43
12/2/2017	Chad Lucas	James River	82 lbs.	50
12/2/2017	Daisy Smith	James River	45 lbs.
12/2/2017	Tania Gregory	James River	40 lbs.	41 1/2
12/2/2017	James Hostetter	James River	45 lbs.
12/2/2017	Kevin Howard	James River	53 lbs.	43
12/3/2017	Jamie Aguilar	Pamunkey River	38 lbs., 7 oz.	42 1/2
12/6/2017	James Pearman Jr.	James River	57 lbs.	46 1/4
12/6/2017	James Pearman Jr.	James River	57 lbs.	46
12/6/2017	James Pearman Jr.	James River		41
12/6/2017	James Pearman Jr.	James River		38 1/2
12/6/2017	James Pearman Jr.	James River		39
12/6/2017	Kenneth Ashley	James River	48 lbs.	45
12/6/2017	Kenneth Ashley	James River	49 lbs.	45
12/6/2017	Kenneth Ashley	James River	73 lbs.	49
12/6/2017	Kenneth Ashley	James River	41 lbs.	40
12/8/2017	Edwin Sherman	Potomac River		42
12/8/2017	Edwin Sherman	Potomac River		38
12/11/2017	Ted Deane	James River	52 lbs.	46
12/17/2017	Jessie Carter	Pamunkey River	36 lbs., 5 oz.	42
12/21/2017	Edwin Sherman	Potomac River		39 1/4
12/22/2017	James Boothe	Lake Gaston	30 lbs., 11 oz.	40
12/28/2017	Christopher Deane	James River	32 lbs.	39
12/29/2017	Eddie Boothe	Buggs Island Lake	66 lbs.	48

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