03-30-2004, 05:08 AM
Virginia
State record: 16 pounds 4 ounces, Richard Tate, 4/16/85, Connor Lake
Best water: Briery Creek Lake, Farmville. “It’s producing trophies pretty consistently. We built it in the mid-1980s, and it’s been designed and managed specifically for bass fishing.”
Contact: Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, 434-392-9645; www.dgif.state.va.us/fishing
Sleeper: Western Branch Reservoir, Suffolk. “This is one of a number of water-supply reservoirs, and it can provide great largemouths.”
Contact: Norfolk Department of Utilities, 757-441-5678
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State record: 16 pounds 4 ounces, Richard Tate, 4/16/85, Connor Lake
Best water: Briery Creek Lake, Farmville. “It’s producing trophies pretty consistently. We built it in the mid-1980s, and it’s been designed and managed specifically for bass fishing.”
Contact: Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, 434-392-9645; www.dgif.state.va.us/fishing
Sleeper: Western Branch Reservoir, Suffolk. “This is one of a number of water-supply reservoirs, and it can provide great largemouths.”
Contact: Norfolk Department of Utilities, 757-441-5678
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