With over 175,000 acres of public lakes, 27,000 miles of fishable streams and an expansive coastline, Virginia offers a diversity of freshwater and salterwater fishing opportunities. Virginia’s tidal rivers and expansive reservoirs are renowned for their largemouth bass, striped bass and crappie fishing. Virginia is home to numerous small, family fishing lakes that offers novice anglers the opportunity to land bass, channel catfish and a variety of sunfish. Virginia game fish include everything from species of Largemouth Bass and Sunfish to Trout and Pike.

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