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Citation Requirements:
Blue Catfish ... 38" or 30 lbs
Channel Catfish ... 30" or 12 lbs
Flathead Catfish ... 40" or 25 lbs
Sunfish ... 11" or 1 lb
Large Mouth Bass ... 22" or 8 lbs
Small Mouth Bass ... 20" or 5 lbs
White Bass ... 18" or 2 lbs 8 oz
Crappie ... 15" or 2 lbs
Walleye ... 25" or 5 lbs
Striper ... 37" or 20 lbs
White Perch ... 13" or 1 ¼ lbs
Yellow Perch ... 12" or 1 ¼ lbs
Chain Pickerel ... 24" or 4 lbs
Carp ... 34" or 20 lbs
Gar ... 40" or 10 lbs
Bowfin ... 30" or 10 lbs


2011 Catch of the Day
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I had fished all weekend off of our dock. Fished in the evening and fished in the early morning. I caught a few small bass. When I was packing up, I figured have my 6 year old son cast a plastic worm on his Incredible Hulk pole. Figures he would catch the best fish of the weekend ! And it was around noon! I might have to use the incredible hulk pole more often.
Will Stephens caught this 3 lb LMB on a 3 inch Mann's roster tail in Aaron's Creek.
My son and a friend came in town to striper fish on Wednesday. We slow trolled jumbo minnows from Bobcats in Grassy Creek. Most fish were suspended at 20' water depth avg 25-45'. Fished up 5 dozen baits and had multiple fish on thru the day. Caught some on red heads when the bite got aggressive. Great day on the water. FB
My son and a friend came in town to striper fish on Wednesday. We slow trolled jumbo minnows from Bobcats in Grassy Creek. Most fish were suspended at 20' water depth avg 25-45'. Fished up 5 dozen baits and had multiple fish on thru the day. Caught some on red heads when the bite got aggressive. Great day on the water. FB
This 21 ½ inch large mouth was caught near Satterwhite Point on 12-15-2011 by Jimmy Dixon using a crank bate in 10 foot of water. Did not have my scales, I guess he was 6 ½ pounds or better.
Pickerel caught on main body of Lake below Hwy 58 bridge- weight 1.3 lbs by Dan Gahr. Fish caught on Oct. 22, 2011.
Large mouth bass caught in Grassy Creek weight 6.5 lbs by Ed Landry. Fish caught on Oct. 22, 2011.
Team Va is hot om um with this newest edition to 70 lb club.....must be that lucky hat.
Will Stephens caught this 15 3/4 inch 2 lb 8 ounce crappie while fishing Aaron's Creek with Rob Stephens on 10/26.
15 inch slab caught in Aaron's creek on 1/32 john deere green jig on 11/26
38lb Blue caught in 15fow, 9/17/11.
Caught 9/25/11 by Dale Lowe.
Caught by Nate while fishing with Dale Lowe on 9/24/11
Little man love to fish but is scared of fish.
My name is Eddie Boothe I caught this blue cat fish on 9/29/11. While fishing with Mark Dalton in Buggs Island. Caught it while using chicken breast as bait. It took the bait around 9:30am. It took about 30 minutes to reel it in. My friend and I had a really hard time getting it in the boat. The blue catfish weighed 99 pounds, and it was 55.5 inches long. I've been fishing there for around 15 years, and it was the biggest blue cat I've ever caught down there. It was realeased to fight another day. (P.S. It was weighed at Buggs Island Bait & Tackle co. (Mark,on left, Me, on right)
Second catch aboard The Filthy W. 10 lb 12 oz caught near Kragnon Point, Kerr Lake 9/4/11.
1st catch on The Filthy W. 9/4/11. Caught at Kragnon Point, Kerr Lake.
20 lb 8 oz cat caught aboard The Filthy W 9/4/11. Kragnon Point, Kerr Lake.
Showing off the night's catch from Kragnon Point, Kerr Lake aboard The Filthy W.
Fun times at Kerr. My first Flathead over 25lb. He was put back to get a little bigger.
TALLBLONDE FISHING REPORT: 2 nice afternoon Stripers in the boat on 11 August 2011.
Rob Beckert of Draper, NC a nice Flathead caught at Buggs on 8-13-11
Crappiecrossing with a citation 5.63 lb walleye caught in 25-27' of water just below the RR bridge on Lake Gaston using a nightcrawler.
TALLBLONDE FISHING REPORT: 3 Stripers in the boat, 17 August 2011.
Jimmy Burch with fish he caught fishing with his dad Jaybee and his grandfather on August 18th. Fish were from 22 to 25 inches long. All caught on bucktails trolled on leadcore or downriggers near Goat Island.
19 lb blue caught on 7-30 at Goat Island, cut Shad by Hawgslayer
Crappiecrossing with 2 Lake Gaston walleye, one a citation caught on 7-18-11 below RR bridge in 18-20' water, nightcrawlers.
Fishing from the other day!
40 lb Blue Cat 42 inches long cought by Barry (Pig Liver) Rowles with PF4 Bait and Squirrelcat. CPR
TALLBLONDE FISHING REPORT: 1 Striper and 1 Blue Catfish, 8 August 2011.
Caught Saturday, July 23, 2011.
TALLBLONDE FISHING REPORT: 15 Stripers; brought home the limit of 8, didn't even count the White Bass, 29 July 2011
TALLBLONDE FISHING REPORT: 9 Stripers and 2 White Bass. Guest fisherwoman, Linda, was onboard, 30 July 2011.
TALLBLONDE FISHING REPORT: Hit'em hard again, 8 Stripers, 1 White Bass and 1 Blue Catfish, 31 July 2011.
27.3 lb blue caught at Goat Island 7-25 on cut bait by Hawgslayer
TALLBLONDE fishing report: 3 Stripers, 4 White Bass, and 1 Blue catfish, 22 July 2011.
TALLBLONDE FISHING REPORT: 2 Stripers, 5 White Bass, 1 Largemouth Bass, and 1 Blue Catfish on 23 July 2011.
Ms. “Carter” holding our 62lb. Blue caught on 7-20-11. Fish was photographed and released again to fight another day!!
TALLBLONDE FISHING REPORT: Found some more Stripers, 27 July 2011.
TALLBLONDE FISHING REPORT: 7 Stripers and 8 White Bass. Best day ever!
Barry Rowels cought 26 lb Bluecat 36" long with PJ4 Bait & Squirrelcat
39 lb blue caught at the dam on 7/15 by Scooter
Klink with a 29 pound blue caught 7/17.
27.3 lb blue 38" caught at goat island 7-21 cut bait
TALLBONDE fishing report: 4 Stripers and 14 White Bass in the boat after 1.5 hours this morning, 21 JULY 2011.
Austin caught this guy and roughly 18 of his friends in a little over an hour off his dock fishing with his Dad Jerry!
Austin caught this blue cat off his dock on the main channel across from Bluestone Creek fishing with his Dad Jerry on 6/30.
Barry Rowles with nice flathead fishing with PJ 4 bait and Squirrelcat.
Danny Houchins of Kerr Lake Bassmasters caught this beauty on the Zara Spook he is holding during the club's July tournament. www.kerrlakebassmasters.org
This is a 9lb 4oz 29 inch striper caught out of Ivy Hill on live bait by Benji White.
Caught @ the Dam on cut bream. 5/24
Bart Thomasson w/ an 80 lber caught on a jig while striper fishing in front of Kimball Point. The fish was caught on a bass rod w/ 14lb. test.
15 June 2011, FB TALLBLONDE had summer stripers on board. Caught on the main lake below the Clarksville bridge on "Bill Norman" crank baite. The picture shows Carolyn holding up a nice one.
15lb Striper I caught at Ivy Hills 3 weeks ago.
2 pigs caught by Barry Raynor on 6/18/11 jigging while fishing with Mike Breedlove and Lynn Hughes.
45 pound flathead caught by Dale Lowe on 5-28-11
32 lb 44 inch Blue caught near Panhandle on 29 May 11, drifting jumbo minnows!
This is Evelyn's 2nd year fishing Kerr lake and looks like its getting better and better for nice size crappie. Caught in Grassy on 2 inch power grub.
8.39 27 3/4 inches long striper caught Saturday morning on live bait. Fish was caught out of Island Creek area by Benji White. Billy Sizemore and I ended up with 8 for the morning.
CPR by Hypnoconejo off my dock.
Tim was Bass fishing with a Spitn Image top water plug and caught this Crappie in Grassy. 16 inches long and 6 inches wide.
Caught by pj4bait and squirellcat on 5/20/11.
Caught about 50 keep 22 to eat by pj4bait and squirrelcat
Randy Hamn of the Charlottesville area had a great day on the Fishbud boat on 5/23/2011. We fished brush in 20' water using jigs and minnows and had 40 plus keepers that averaged 12". Mr Hamn landed his personal best, this 16.5 inch white crappie. Congrats Randy on a fine catch and also releasing the big girl. Very good day at Buggs!
41.4lb. flathead caught by Tyler Jones
Squirrelcat with 14inch crappie on 4/30
Squirrelcat with a 20lb blue on 4/30
2 pounds 4 ounces, 15 1/4 inches long, caught in Bluestone Creek, Kerrlake, by Michelle Arrington Newcomb
Caught by Jeffrey Sparks from Ashland Ky on 4/2/2011 fish was 5 pound 4 ounce and caught on a robo worm in grassy.
Caught by Parham Hobgood and Todd Meadows from Oxford, NC on 4/29/11. Another great day with the Fish Doc Keith Wray!!!! Thanks again Keith!!!
Here is teacher with an above average striper, caught on live bait.
23 inch Striper caught in the"Dan"April 26 Great 4 hours of fishin!!Had our limit of White Bass Quick over 40 fish caught, kissed and set free!! no worry mates one more hook-up
Nice 4 pounder from the wonderful flooded bushes near Henderson Point on 4/23.
My nine year old Jacob with his 27 inch striper.
Tim with a nice crappie in Grassy right before the big storm a couple of weeks ago.
Chris Bourne caught this 38lb blue with Perckjerkn4bait and Squirrelcat on 4/24
"Carter" Caught this 36lb Flat in the main lake on 3-22-11. Fish was caught on goldfish in 10ft of water. Was put back to fight again another day.
squirrelcats 12 lb flat head cought 4/24/11 cpr
Pj 4bait 17 lb flathead cought on 4/24/11 cpr, also chris bourne 38 lb blue cpr
Here is Adam Beaty with a nice 12 lb striper, caught on live bait while fishing with the teacher.
Been Hooked-up on a Nice mess of White Bass in our waters. 11in to 14in being the norm.. No Worry Mates
Tim snagged these few in 1 hour 10 min in back of Grassy. Pink jig in stained water.
Buddy Fowler and Steve Krakoviak enjoyed some great Crappie fishing with the Fish Doc on Sunday, April 10th. Twenty-five slabs over 1 pound!
Tim likes the high water when it comes to crappie. These were caught in stained water again in back of Grassy.
Box with 2 15 inch slabs from Grassy on pink and white jig.
Tim with a few more caught last week of March near Grassy.
Caught this babydoll from the bank on "the dan" wed. April 6. No worry mates...
Caught 22 of these stripers in diapers trollin" The Dan"!!! Fishin with baby brother on April 4th...
Chris Milliner AKA Bearcat with a 40 plus pounder caught below the split biggest 2 date.
Great dad and son day with Fishdoc under tough conditions. These are just the big ones!
Here is Teacher with a miniture rockfish on Kerr lake. Maybe we should have a tournament to see who could catch the smallest striper, I just might win it.
Tim from Bullock has the same shirt and shorts on from 2010 but,just a year older. 2 nice crappie from Grassy on pink jig.
George Nimmo and Jay Townsend from Charlottesville having fun on the Fishbud boat March 25& 26. Seven of us long time fishing friends caught some good crappie along with a mix bag of striper, catfish and lmb while slow trolling jigs in the back of mid-lake creeks. GREAT FUN!
Blue caught on a 16 ft pole with 6lb line. Caught by Netman. Fish was landed by another boat that had a big net. What a fight. I measured and released the fish to fight again. It was 40.25 inches long and 26 inches in girth.
Submitted by: Dale Lowe
Another 22 lb caught with pig liver off of presbyterian point with pig liver.
This is squirrelcat 2 of 23 caught on 3/18/2011.
Two nice bass caught by shemstreet 3-19 while trolling crankbaits for striper. Also had a 19" throwback striper.
Here is Will Bailey with a big smile and an even bigger Kerr Lake Crappie. Way to go Will !!
Here I Adam Beaty with a Kerr lake striper, caught it on shad while catching some rays on a beautiful day on Kerr lake.
24lb blue cat caught 3/11/2011 on pig liver near Henderson Point.
45 pounds
Not a keeper, but shemstreet's first striper of 2011. Caught while trolling a Storm Thunderstick, bouncing bottom in 15' of water off Satterwhite. Rough day, plenty of wind and waves stirring things up.
59 pounds caught at Goat Island on 3-13-11
New VA State Record ... Buggs Island ... Caught by Tony Milam fishing with Chubbs Reaves on 3-17-11 109 lbs.
Caught by Reelwild Feb 6, in 20 feet of water at about 10-12 feet, hand tied pink head hair jig tipped with minnow.
Roy Taylor with a nice 29-1/2" Striper caught on a 16' crappie pole with 6# test line on 2/17/2011. Fish was in 5 FOW.
Roy Taylor with a 15-1/4" White Perch that weighted 1lb 9ozs. Caught on 2-17-2011 in 4 FOW.
Here is one of many stripers caught on 2-26-2011, this seems to be the average size. Fish hit live bait in eastland creek.
Here is Teacher, a big guy with a little fish. This is typical size for Kerr these days, but it beats getting skunked and they are fun to catch.
Angler Kevin Hyler Aka. Son-N-Law was the rod man reeling in the winning catch of 54.06 lbs for "Team Beerman" for the Annual 2011 " Ice Bowl"
60 lb Blue
I caught this spawned out 72 pound blue cat near the new Clarksville bridge in October 2010. I'm 6'2" tall you do the math!!!!
This is my dog Jetson with a 28 pound blue cat you can see in the water behind him. Jet's big fish so far is 32 pounds. When we go noodle fishing he watches & starts to whine when he sees a noodle start to dance. He will swim by any noodles laying flat & go to the one dancing because he knows that's the one with the fish. I put a ladder on the back of my boat & Jet will climb up & hand you the noodle. Jet is one Cool Catfishing Dog.
Caught while trolling for striper 2-5-11. Typical Kerr bass, 15". Caught on the point off the island at the mouth of Nutbush at 4:00 pm. Returned to the lake since I figured it was too late to catch anything else. Other than this bass, skunked all day. Shemstreet
Caught this one at the pump house. 50lbs caught on crappie pole.
Paul Reich from Sanford with nice wintertime largemouth.
My name is Hunter Dalton from Gretna, Va (01mudslinger on the kerr board) and my girlfriend Brandi Harris and these are our first Buggs Island Catfish. Mine was 25lbs and Hers was12lbs caught in the goat island area on cutbait Jan 2nd, 2011
My name is Hunter Dalton from Gretna, Va (01mudslinger on the kerr board) and my girlfriend Brandi Harris and these are our first Buggs Island Catfish. Mine was 25lbs and Hers was12lbs caught in the goat island area on cutbait Jan 2nd, 2011
Will Stephens hooked this 7lb 8oz striper on the upper lake near Staunton river state park in may of 2008. The fish measured 28 inches and was caught on live Blueback herring.