4 public waters in the Piedmont region — 2 lakes/reservoirs and 2 rivers. Every one is public water fishable on a Virginia licence.
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Emporia Reservoir, a 205-acre lake in Greensville and Emporia Counties, Virginia, managed by Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (public lake / boating access): A VDWR-managed small lake or a Department-leased city/county lake — Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Redear Sunfish, Channel Catfish and Crappie, with Rainbow Trout stocked into a number of them through the cool months (the Community Fishing / urban programme). Managed for easy bank and pier access.
Greensville and Emporia Counties, Virginia — Meherrin River Reservoir is a 89-acre lake, managed by Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (public lake / boating access): A VDWR-managed small lake or a Department-leased city/county lake — Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Redear Sunfish, Channel Catfish and Crappie, with Rainbow Trout stocked into a number of them through the cool months (the Community Fishing / urban programme). Managed for easy bank and pier access.
In Brunswick, Greensville, Southampton and 3 more counties in Virginia, Meherrin River is a 176 km river or creek, managed by Commonwealth of Virginia (public / navigable water). A Southside Virginia river (the Roanoke/Staunton, Dan, Banister, Meherrin, Nottoway and Appomattox) — Largemouth Bass, smallmouth in the upper reaches, big Redbreast Sunfish and Bluegill, channel, flathead and Blue Catfish, Muskellunge, and a spring striped-bass run on the Staunton below Kerr Dam.
Greensville and Emporia Counties, Virginia — Falling Run is a 10 km stream, 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, Emporia County holds 14 species on PiscaMaps, including Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Redear Sunfish, Black Crappie, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass and Redbreast Sunfish.
Ramps, put-ins and species for every water — plus the carp layer no other US app has.
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.