This time of the year presents excellent trophy fishing opportunities. Smallmouth Bass are consistently located near humps, ...

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, ...

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 ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — Major League Fishing (MLF), one of the top professional bass fishing circuits in the world, will bring its 2025 General Tire Heavy Hitters All-Stars event to Smith Mountain Lake.

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) — Until this week when Major League Fishing held its B&W Heavy Hitters All-Star Tournament at Smith Mountain Lake, it had been more than a decade since SML hosted a major ...

MONETA, Va. (WFXR) — A year after juvenile striped bass stocking was cut at Smith Mountain Lake (SML), an increase is slated this year. Last year, stockings were reduced to roughly 230,000 fish. This ...

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 ...

Paul Bisbee of Bedford has a complaint about the striped bass fishing at Smith Mountain Lake. No, it isn't a gripe about how sorry the fishing is. Just the opposite. Many of the fish that he and his ...