VA Citations Reported 1/01/12 - 3/21/2012

[Rob Holtz]

Virginia Citations Reported 1-01-12 to 3-21-12
Species	Citation Size	Kills	Releases	YTD K-R-Total	Leading Entry	Angler
Blueline Tilefish	10 lbs	104	*	104	19 lbs 4 oz	Donald Caldwell
Flounder	7 lbs/26"	1	0	1-0-1	8 lbs 10 oz	Daniel J. Kee
Speckled Trout	5 lbs/24"	39	207	39-207-246	14 lbs 1 oz	Michael W. Whittaker
Striped Bass	40 lbs/44"	471	240	471-240-711	69 lbs 0 oz	Wayne Shaffer
Tautog	9 lbs/23"	10	1	10-1-11	15 lbs 2 oz	Matthew V. Burr
Tuna (Bluefin)	100 lbs/60"	118	27	118-27-145	321 lbs 0 oz	Jay Barefoot
Totals		743	475	743-475-1218
New Species	* Weight only ** Release only				New Leader

[FINS]

Who would have ever thought that bluefins would be this prevalent!! And the season is just starting!! What a great winter fishery this year. Thanks for posting Rob!!

[N4ZNH]

Thanks Rob

[ccx2]

Michael Whittaker has me very impressed. Citations are mostly luck as far as the size of the fish but to catch the biggest in the state four years in a row.......very impressive. Hats off to you Michael Whittaker.

[Fishman]

First one of the year. Thanks Rob

[SeaDooDave]

Thanks for posting Rob. Isn't the new state record striper the species lead for this year?

[Mike McCabe]

I hope our Bluefin lead holds on.....
thanks for the post Rob.

Mike
Red Eye

[Rob Holtz]

Isn't the new state record striper the species lead for this year?

Yes, it will be. They were still working hard this week on getting the last of the 2011 citations mailed out. I don't think all of this years paperwork had a chance to be entered into the computer yet however they wanted to get a press release out to keep everyone updated on what has been caught so far this year. Everything should be entered by next weeks press release.

[bullisland]

I was thinking the same thing ccx2!!

Shayne