Largemouth bass also showed well at Buggs Island Lake and stripers showed signs of life at Smith Mountain Lake.
Crappie fishing is generally good as yellow perch reach their peak and white perch commence to stir.
At the Riverside Camp. Green of Lanexa had a pair of blue cats that weighed 31.43 and 23.8 pounds. Fishing from the pier at Rivers Rest, Terry Ward of Rocky Mount, VA caught a pair of blue cats that weighed 21.44 and 28.32 pounds. He also released a 20-inch striper. Steve's mother, Patricia, of Williamsburg had a 26-pound blue cat.