Fish Citations

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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

Fish Citations

Striped Bass

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