“The current state record is over 15 pounds (Caught by Tony Duncan in December of 2000) and came from the New, the historic record of 22 and a half pounds (Caught by Roy Barrett in August of 1973) came from the New River. “This particular strain of walleye produces a lot of big fish,” Copeland told WFXR News. The two biggest walleye ever caught in Virginia were caught in the New River. It was cutting its way west through the Appalachian Mountains, when the Appalachians were the size of the Rockies.Īnd, speaking of size, when it comes to the New River strain of Walleye, that’s one of the things that sets them apart from other walleye anywhere else in the world.
According to geologists, it’s the second oldest river in the world. The New River is already a pretty unique place.
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