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 ...

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 ...

MONETA, Va. (WFXR) — This is the time of year to target striped bass in shallow water at Smith Mountain Lake. That is because the fish move in close after dark to feast on the thousands of gizzard ...

WESTLAKE CORNER, Va. (WFXR) — Smith Mountain Lake is getting some big-time national fishing exposure this week. Major League Fishing (MLF), one of the top professional bass fishing circuits in the ...

PARSONS, W.Va. — A Tucker County angler is still trying to process an amazing weekend of fishing at neighboring Virginia’s Smith Mountain Lake. Scott Lycliter and his son participated in the Big Bass ...