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2010 Smallmouth Forecast

The February issue of Virginia Game&Fish had a limited assessment of the smallmouth fishing prospects for key rivers in the State. Hopefully, the VDGIF will publish a full report on their website soon. Here is my interpretation of our fishing future based on reading the article. I included the ratings I made based on the VDGIF forecast in 2009 for comparison.

River	Switchfisher Interpretation of VDGIF Forecast as reported in Virginia Game and Fish
	2010		2009
	Size	Numbers	Size	Numbers
Lower New River (Below Claytor Lake)	Green	Green	Green	Green
Upper New River (Above Claytor Lake	Green	Yellow	Green	Yellow
Claytor Lake	Green	Yellow	Not Rated
South Fork and Main stem Shenandoah	Green	Green	Yellow	Green
North Fork Shenandoah	Red	Yellow	Red	Red
Upper James River	Green	Green	Yellow	Green
Middle James River	Red	Red	Red	Yellow
Rappahannock River	Green	Green	Green	Yellow
Maury River	Not Rated		Red	Yellow
Jackson River	Not Rated		Red	Green
Nottoway River	Not Rated		Red	Red
South Holston Reservior	Green	Green	Not Rated
Powell River	Not Rated		Yellow	Green
Clinch River	Yellow	Green	Green	Green
North Fork Holston River	Green	Green	Green	Green
Staunton River	Not Rated		Green	Green

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