Fishing near norfolk, virginia
Geographic context
Norfolk is a source-backed starting point in Virginia, not a catch report. Fish below have state associations, not verified city presence.
Place reference point: 36.9230, -76.2446. This is a geographic internal point, not a launch pin or arrival address.
US Census 2025 Gazetteer geography source · Place GEOID: 5157000
State species evidence
Browse all 79 Virginia species
79 species with Virginia source associations
State source evidence does not establish city-level presence, access or legal targeting.
Browse all 79 state-associated species
- Alligator Gar — Atractosteus spatula · freshwater
- American Eel — Anguilla rostrata · freshwater
- American Shad — Alosa sapidissima · saltwater
- Atlantic Cod — Gadus morhua · saltwater
- Atlantic Croaker — Micropogonias undulatus · saltwater
- Atlantic Menhaden — Brevoortia tyrannus · saltwater
- Atlantic Spadefish — Chaetodipterus faber · saltwater
- Black Bullhead — Ameiurus melas · freshwater
- Black Crappie — Pomoxis nigromaculatus · freshwater
- Black Drum — Pogonias cromis · saltwater
- Black Sea Bass — Centropristis striata · saltwater
- Blue Catfish — Ictalurus furcatus · freshwater
- Bluefish — Pomatomus saltatrix · saltwater
- Bluegill — Lepomis macrochirus · freshwater
- Bowfin — Amia calva · freshwater
- Brook Trout — Salvelinus fontinalis · freshwater
- Brown Bullhead — Ameiurus nebulosus · freshwater
- Brown Trout — Salmo trutta · freshwater
- Chain Pickerel — Esox niger · freshwater
- Channel Catfish — Ictalurus punctatus · freshwater
- Cobia — Rachycentron canadum · saltwater
- Common Carp — Cyprinus carpio · freshwater
- Crevalle Jack — Caranx hippos · saltwater
- Dolphinfish — Coryphaena hippurus · saltwater
- Flathead Catfish — Pylodictis olivaris · freshwater
- Flier — Centrarchus macropterus · freshwater
- Florida Pompano — Trachinotus carolinus · saltwater
- Freshwater Drum — Aplodinotus grunniens · freshwater
- Gag — Mycteroperca microlepis · saltwater
- Gizzard Shad — Dorosoma cepedianum · freshwater
- Golden Shiner — Notemigonus crysoleucas · freshwater
- Great Barracuda — Sphyraena barracuda · saltwater
- Green Sunfish — Lepomis cyanellus · freshwater
- Hickory Shad — Alosa mediocris · anadromous
- Hybrid Striped Bass — Morone saxatilis x Morone chrysops · freshwater
- King Mackerel — Scomberomorus cavalla · saltwater
- Ladyfish — Elops saurus · saltwater
- Lake Trout — Salvelinus namaycush · freshwater
- Largemouth Bass — Micropterus salmoides · freshwater
- Longear Sunfish — Lepomis megalotis · freshwater
- Longnose Gar — Lepisosteus osseus · freshwater
- Muskellunge — Esox masquinongy · freshwater
- Northern Pike — Esox lucius · freshwater
- Pinfish — Lagodon rhomboides · saltwater
- Pumpkinseed — Lepomis gibbosus · freshwater
- Rainbow Trout — Oncorhynchus mykiss · freshwater
- Red Drum — Sciaenops ocellatus · saltwater
- Red Snapper — Lutjanus campechanus · saltwater
- Redbreast Sunfish — Lepomis auritus · freshwater
- Redear Sunfish — Lepomis microlophus · freshwater
- Redfin Pickerel — Esox americanus · freshwater
- Redspotted Sunfish — Lepomis miniatus · freshwater
- Rock Bass — Ambloplites rupestris · freshwater
- Sauger — Sander canadensis · freshwater
- Scup — Stenotomus chrysops · saltwater
- Shadow Bass — Ambloplites ariommus · freshwater
- Sheepshead — Archosargus probatocephalus · saltwater
- Shortnose Gar — Lepisosteus platostomus · freshwater
- Smallmouth Bass — Micropterus dolomieu · freshwater
- Southern Flounder — Paralichthys lethostigma · saltwater
- Spanish Mackerel — Scomberomorus maculatus · saltwater
- Spot — Leiostomus xanthurus · saltwater
- Spotted Bass — Micropterus punctulatus · freshwater
- Spotted Gar — Lepisosteus oculatus · freshwater
- Spotted Seatrout — Cynoscion nebulosus · saltwater
- Striped Bass — Morone saxatilis · freshwater
- Summer Flounder — Paralichthys dentatus · saltwater
- Tarpon — Megalops atlanticus · saltwater
- Tautog — Tautoga onitis · saltwater
- Walleye — Sander vitreus · freshwater
- Warmouth — Lepomis gulosus · freshwater
- Weakfish — Cynoscion regalis · saltwater
- White Bass — Morone chrysops · freshwater
- White Crappie — Pomoxis annularis · freshwater
- White Sucker — Catostomus commersonii · freshwater
- Winter Flounder — Pseudopleuronectes americanus · saltwater
- Yellow Bass — Morone mississippiensis · freshwater
- Yellow Bullhead — Ameiurus natalis · freshwater
- Yellow Perch — Perca flavescens · freshwater
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