BEDFORD COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) — The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) will conduct a catch-and-release mortality study of striped bass this summer at Smith Mountain Lake. Understanding ...

MONETA, Va. (WFXR) — Smith Mountain Lake is one of the top freshwater fishing destinations on the East Coast, and it is especially popular for anglers from Virginia. While some people may be waiting ...

Old timers can remember the glory days of striped bass fishing at Smith Mountain Lake, when large schools of fish fed on the surface, tossing water as high as July corn. At night, the stripers would ...

Chad Green and Johnny Martin had high hopes as they headed out on a recent chilly Saturday morning for a mid-March bass tournament on Smith Mountain Lake, their home waters just southeast of Roanoke, ...

The striped bass fishery at Smith Mountain Lake is on a rebound, but it isn’t likely to fully shake a parasite problem, according to Dan Wilson, a biologist of the Department of Game and Inland ...