2 public waters in the Southwest Virginia region — 1 lakes/reservoirs and 1 rivers. Every one is public water fishable on a Virginia licence.
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In Bristol and Washington Counties, Virginia, Clear Creek Lake is a 83-acre lake, managed by Forest Service. A Southwest Virginia or Highlands mountain lake (South Holston, Flannagan, Hungry Mother, Bark Camp, Laurel Bed) — cool, clear water with smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Muskellunge, Crappie and Bluegill, plus stocked rainbow and Brown Trout in the higher and colder lakes.
Beaver Creek (2 km) flows through Bristol and Washington Counties, Virginia, managed by Commonwealth of Virginia (public / navigable water). A Virginia smallmouth river (the upper James, the Shenandoah and its forks, the Maury, Cowpasture, Jackson and Rappahannock) — Smallmouth Bass on the ledges and grass beds, Redbreast Sunfish ('redeyes'), Rock Bass, and a strong Muskellunge fishery on the James and Shenandoah. Classic wade-and-float bronzeback water.
Across its mapped waters, Bristol County holds 15 species on PiscaMaps, including Smallmouth Bass, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Walleye, Black Crappie and Redear Sunfish.
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Open the Virginia map Join PiscaMapsOne Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources freshwater fishing licence covers every public water in the state — resident annual about $24, non-resident annual about $47, with 1-day and 5-day short-term options. A separate trout licence (~$24 resident) is required from 1 October to 15 June to fish designated stocked trout waters, plus a ~$5 National Forest permit on national-forest stocked water. Below the fall line, tidal water needs a saltwater licence instead. Virginia residents 65+ can buy a discounted or free licence. Buy at GoOutdoorsVirginia.com.