Virginia fishing guide: species & cities
79 species with Virginia source associations
State evidence does not establish city-level presence or current legal rules.
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- Alligator Gar
- American Eel
- American Shad
- Atlantic Cod
- Atlantic Croaker
- Atlantic Menhaden
- Atlantic Spadefish
- Black Bullhead
- Black Crappie
- Black Drum
- Black Sea Bass
- Blue Catfish
- Bluefish
- Bluegill
- Bowfin
- Brook Trout
- Brown Bullhead
- Brown Trout
- Chain Pickerel
- Channel Catfish
- Cobia
- Common Carp
- Crevalle Jack
- Dolphinfish
- Flathead Catfish
- Flier
- Florida Pompano
- Freshwater Drum
- Gag
- Gizzard Shad
- Golden Shiner
- Great Barracuda
- Green Sunfish
- Hickory Shad
- Hybrid Striped Bass
- King Mackerel
- Ladyfish
- Lake Trout
- Largemouth Bass
- Longear Sunfish
- Longnose Gar
- Muskellunge
- Northern Pike
- Pinfish
- Pumpkinseed
- Rainbow Trout
- Red Drum
- Red Snapper
- Redbreast Sunfish
- Redear Sunfish
- Redfin Pickerel
- Redspotted Sunfish
- Rock Bass
- Sauger
- Scup
- Shadow Bass
- Sheepshead
- Shortnose Gar
- Smallmouth Bass
- Southern Flounder
- Spanish Mackerel
- Spot
- Spotted Bass
- Spotted Gar
- Spotted Seatrout
- Striped Bass
- Summer Flounder
- Tarpon
- Tautog
- Walleye
- Warmouth
- Weakfish
- White Bass
- White Crappie
- White Sucker
- Winter Flounder
- Yellow Bass
- Yellow Bullhead
- Yellow Perch
City starting points
- Chesapeake, VA — geographic discovery
- Danville, VA — geographic discovery
- Hampton, VA — geographic discovery
- Lynchburg, VA — geographic discovery
- Newport News, VA — geographic discovery
- Norfolk, VA — geographic discovery
- Petersburg, VA — geographic discovery
- Portsmouth, VA — geographic discovery
- Richmond, VA — geographic discovery
- Roanoke, VA — geographic discovery
- Suffolk, VA — geographic discovery
- Virginia Beach, VA — geographic discovery
Local directory coverage
City-specific local directories are not yet published for this state; the fish source set is available nationally.
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