The 12th annual Virginia Fly Fishing Festival will be held April 21-22, 2012. The festival is held each spring on the banks of the South River in Waynesboro, Virginia. The event features lectures and tips on where, when, and how … Continued
The State Record Fish Committee of the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) has confirmed that a 143-pound blue catfish is a new state record. The state record blue catfish was caught by Richard Nicholas “Nick” Anderson in … Continued
The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries has declared the weekend of June 3-5, 2011 to be free fishing days in freshwater areas of the state, except in designated stocked trout waters. Virginia’s wide range of fishing habitats include … Continued
The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries announced on 1/12/2011 that it will return Lake Thompson (Fauquier County) to the agency’s list of designated stocked trout waters for 2011. Lake Thompson is a 10-acre pond located on the G. … Continued
Largemouth bass virus (LMBV) is a disease that impacts several fish species but only appears to cause death in some largemouth bass. First discovered in Florida in 1991, LMBV spread throughout the southern United States and was responsible for a … Continued