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Type of fish
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Subtype or location
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Creel and length limits
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Geographic exceptions
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Creel or length limits for exceptions
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largemouth bass, smallmouth bass
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5 per day in the aggregate (combined)
No statewide length limits
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Lakes
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Briery Creek Lake
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No largemouth or smallmouth bass 16 to 24 inches; only 1 largemouth or smallmouth bass per day in the aggregate longer than 24 inches
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Buggs Island (Kerr)
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Only 2 of 5 largemouth or smallmouth bass in the aggregate less than 14 inches
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Claytor Lake
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No smallmouth bass less than 14 inches
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Flannagan Reservoir
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No smallmouth bass less than 15 inches
No largemouth bass less than 12 inches
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Lake Gaston
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Only 2 of 5 largemouth or smallmouth bass in the aggregate less than 14 inches
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Leesville Reservoir
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Only 2 of 5 largemouth or smallmouth bass in the aggregate less than 14 inches
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Lake Moomaw
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No largemouth or smallmouth bass less than 12 inches
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Smith Mountain Lake and its tributaries below Niagara Dam
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Only 2 of 5 largemouth or smallmouth bass in the aggregate less than 14 inches
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South Holston Reservoir
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No smallmouth less than 15 inches
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Rivers
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Clinch River – within the boundaries of Scott, Wise, Russell, or Tazewell Counties
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No largemouth or smallmouth bass less than 20 inches; only 1 largemouth or smallmouth bass in the aggregate per day longer than 20 inches
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Levisa Fork River – within the boundaries Buchanan County
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No largemouth or smallmouth bass less than 20 inches; only 1 largemouth or smallmouth bass in the aggregate per day longer than 20 inches
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Dan River and tributaries downstream from the Union Street Dam, Danville
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Only 2 of 5 largemouth or smallmouth bass less than 14 inches
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James River – Confluence of the Jackson and Cowpasture rivers (Botetourt County) downstream to the 14th Street Bridge in Richmond
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No largemouth or smallmouth bass 14 to 22 inches; only 1 largemouth or smallmouth bass in the aggregate per day longer than 22 inches
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New River – Fields Dam (Grayson County) downstream to the VA - WV state line and its tributaries Little River downstream from Little River Dam in Montgomery County, Big Walker Creek from the Norfolk Southern Railroad Bridge downstream to the New River, and Wolf Creek from the Narrows Dam downstream to the New River in Giles County (This does not include Claytor Lake, which is delineated as: The upper end of the island at Allisonia downstream to the dam)
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No largemouth or smallmouth bass 14 to 22 inches; only 1 largemouth or smallmouth bass in the aggregate per day longer than 22 inches
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North Fork Holston River - Rt. 91 bridge upstream of Saltville, VA downstream to the VA - TN state line
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No largemouth or smallmouth bass less than 20 inches; only 1 largemouth or smallmouth bass in the aggregate per day longer than 20 inches
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Potomac River - Virginia tidal tributaries above Rt. 301 bridge
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No largemouth or smallmouth bass less than 15 inches from March 1 through June 15
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Roanoke (Staunton) River - and its tributaries below Difficult Creek, Charlotte County
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Only 2 of 5 largemouth or smallmouth bass in the aggregate less than 14 inches
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Shenandoah River, South Fork Shenandoah River, North Fork Shenandoah River
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No largemouth or smallmouth bass 11 to 14 inches
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Staunton River -
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Leesville Dam (Campbell County) downstream to the mouth of Difficult Creek, Charlotte County
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No largemouth or smallmouth bass less than 20 inches; only 1 largemouth or smallmouth bass in the aggregate per day longer than 20 inches
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Rows Alabama bass through striped bass of 4VAC15-320-25 are not amended; therefore, the text of those rows is not set out.
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white bass
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5 per day
No statewide length limits
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Buggs Island (Kerr) Reservoir, including the Staunton (Roanoke) River and its tributaries to Leesville Dam and the Dan River and its tributaries to Union Street Dam (Danville)
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10 per day; no white bass less than 14 inches
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Lake Gaston
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10 per day; no white bass less than 14 inches
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No possession
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South Holston Reservoir
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walleye, saugeye
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5 per day in the aggregate
No walleye or saugeye less than 18 inches
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Claytor Lake and the New River upstream of Claytor Lake Dam to Fries Dam in Grayson County
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2 walleye per day; no walleye 19 to 28 inches
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sauger
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2 per day
No statewide length limits
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yellow perch
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No statewide daily limit
No statewide length limits
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Lake Moomaw
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10 per day
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Below the fall line in all coastal rivers of the Chesapeake Bay
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No yellow perch less than 9 inches; no daily limit
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chain pickerel and northern pike
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5 per day
No statewide length limits
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Gaston and Buggs Island (Kerr) Reservoirs
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No daily limit
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muskellunge
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1 per day
No muskellunge less than 40 inches
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New River - Claytor Dam downstream to the VA - WV state line
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1 per day
June 1 - last day of February: No muskellunge 40 to 48 inches
March 1 - May 31: No muskellunge less than 48 inches
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bluegill (bream) and other sunfish excluding crappie, rock bass (redeye) and Roanoke bass
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50 per day in the aggregate
No statewide length limits
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Gaston and Buggs Island (Kerr) Reservoirs, including the Staunton (Roanoke) River and its tributaries to Difficult Creek, Charlotte County and the Dan River and its tributaries to the Banister River, Halifax County and that portion of the New River from the VA - NC state line downstream to the confluence of the New and Little Rivers in Grayson County
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No daily limit
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crappie (black or white)
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25 per day in the aggregate
No statewide length limits
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Lake Gaston and that portion of the New River from the VA - NC state line downstream to the confluence of the New and Little Rivers in Grayson County
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No daily limit
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Buggs Island (Kerr) Reservoir, including the Staunton (Roanoke) River and its tributaries to Difficult Creek, Charlotte County and the Dan River and its tributaries to the Banister River, Halifax County
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No crappie less than 9 inches
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Briery Creek and Sandy River Reservoirs
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No crappie less than 9 inches
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Flannagan and South Holston Reservoirs Reservoir
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No crappie less than 10 inches
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South Holston Reservoir
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No crappie less than 10 inches, 15 per day
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rock bass (redeye)
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25 per day; in the aggregate with Roanoke bass
No statewide length limits
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Gaston and Buggs Island (Kerr) Reservoirs and that portion of the New River from the VA - NC state line downstream to the confluence of the New and Little Rivers in Grayson County
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No daily limit
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Nottoway, Meherrin, Blackwater (Franklin County), Blackwater (Chowan Drainage), Falling, and Smith Rivers and their tributaries
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5 per day in the aggregate with Roanoke bass;
no rock bass less than 8 inches
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South Holston Reservoir
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20 per day
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Roanoke bass
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25 per day in the aggregate with rock bass
No statewide length limits
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Nottoway, Meherrin, Blackwater (Franklin County), Blackwater (Chowan Drainage), Falling, and Smith Rivers and their tributaries
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5 per day in the aggregate with rock bass;
no Roanoke bass less than 8 inches
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trout
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See 4VAC15-330. Fish: Trout Fishing.
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South Holston Reservoir
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No minimum length limit; 7 per day, only 2 of which may be lake trout
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catfish
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channel, white, and flathead catfish
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20 per day;
No length limits
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All rivers below the fall line
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No daily limit
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South Holston Reservoir
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20 per day, only 1 over 34 inches
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blue catfish
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20 per day;
No statewide length limits
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Lake Gaston
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No daily limit, except only 1 blue catfish per day longer than 32 inches
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Kerr Reservoir, including the Staunton (Roanoke) River and its tributaries to Difficult Creek, Charlotte County and the Dan River and its tributaries to the Banister River, Halifax County
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20 per day, except only 1 blue catfish per day longer than 32 inches
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James River and its tributaries below the fall line downstream to a line connecting Hog Point on Hog Island (Surry County) and the downstream point of the mouth of College Creek (James City County)
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No daily limit, except only 1 blue catfish per day longer than 32 inches
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All rivers below the fall line other than the James River and its tributaries, Rappahannock River and its tributaries, and the York River and its tributaries
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No daily limit
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Rows hickory shad through nonnative (exotic) fish of 4VAC15-320-25 are not amended; therefore, the text of those rows is not set out.
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