The Virginia department of wildlife resources (DWR) is hosting multiple events during free fishing days weekend.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The hybrid “Saugeye” fish is still new to Virginia, but has made a big splash — quite literally. The Department of Wildlife Resources awarded their first ever record for the ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — Here is a round-up of the latest outdoors news from across Virginia and the region. Rockbridge County angler Jerry Hall now holds the world and Virginia records for fallfish, but ...

CHURCH ROAD, Va. (WFXR) — There is an invader in an impoundment on the Appomattox River; an invader that could threaten the genetic integrity of the Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay striped bass. That ...

A Virginia man caught a fish that’s so rare, it was recognized by state wildlife officials. Retired veteran John Byrd, of Bowling Green, Virginia, reeled in an 11.5-inch blue-mouth chain pickerel from ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The candy darter is a small, brightly colored fish found in streams across Virginia and West Virginia. But since 1932, nearly half of the 35 known types of candy darter have ...

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) – Budding anglers can fish for free in Virginia June 2-4. According to the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR), anyone may fish without a license in the ...

MARION, Va. – Officials had to euthanize 40,000 trout in Virginia to prevent the spread of whirling disease, the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources announced Thursday. Whirling disease is ...