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Top Fishing Season
Produces 4 Records
Judging by the number of entries in the Game Commission’s Freshwater Trophy Fish Citation program the 1971 spring fishing season was one of the best ever. The total of 475 receiving citations in the first half of 1971 was considerably more than the 394 issued in the comparable period of 1970. The size of the fish didn’t seem to suffer any either since four new state records were set and a number barely missed record status. Most impressive of the new records was the 29 pound muskellunge taken in April from Smith Mountain Lake by William R. Pugh of Vinton, Va. A total of 39 were submitted as opposed to 34 muskies in the first half of last year and most were between 10 and 20 pounds Also from the waters of Smith Mountain Lake was the new record white bass which weighed 3 pounds 6 ounces. Joan Fisher of Oxon Hill, Maryland landed the record white bass and many other anglers caught large ones following the record introduction of the species by t he Game Commission. . :A Upotiwi 13j«hcelargemoWth taken from Western Branch -bj Paul Creggar, Jr., of Hopewell, Va. squeezed into top spot. Entries in the largemouth category were up considerably and another 12
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