Thread: NWR Jan 5th / Lake Smith 7th

me too, I need to find where and when it will open ,I live 5 min. away

Originally Posted by ifish4redd

me too, I need to find where and when it will open ,I live 5 min. away

Try an email to Mr Rosenthal, he's good source of info


Utilities - Water Resources - City of Norfolk, Virginia

That would be very good to know, that lake use to be crawling with small white perch...

Mr. Neel – City Council placed money in the budget to develop a boat ramp but I have no information on where it may be located ( reply from city)

Why is it that they have the other two existing ramps closed on whitehurst? I live VERY close and would love to get out and see whats biting!

I have fished Whitehurst for years. Still do, on occasion. They closed the Shore Dr ramp because the airport/city decided not to renew. Word is, the airport will expand one of the runways closer to the old ramp site. Airport is the owner and Norfolk rented that land for years. Also, word is the new ramp will be in or near Botanical Gardens.
It is a tough lake to fish. The walleye in there are on fire for a few weeks each May. I have caught them up to 6 pounds. Have caught some nice crappie in there, but never in numbers. The white perch are everywhere, but stunted badly. The guy who owns C Tackle (Richard) in Norfolk used to run the ramp/concession for years. He gave out hundreds of white perch citations years back only to later find out, they were not freshwater perch, but saltwater perch spilled over from Little Creek. Not sure if that is why he left Whitehurst though. Did see a 40 pound catfish pulled out of there as well in the late 90's. I have two close friends that live on the lake and allow me to launch from their yard or use their boat and I always have the lake to myself. That is kind of nice.

Originally Posted by Sunbelt161

I have fished Whitehurst for years. Still do, on occasion. They closed the Shore Dr ramp because the airport/city decided not to renew. Word is, the airport will expand one of the runways closer to the old ramp site. Airport is the owner and Norfolk rented that land for years. Also, word is the new ramp will be in or near Botanical Gardens.
It is a tough lake to fish. The walleye in there are on fire for a few weeks each May. I have caught them up to 6 pounds. Have caught some nice crappie in there, but never in numbers. The white perch are everywhere, but stunted badly. The guy who owns C Tackle (Richard) in Norfolk used to run the ramp/concession for years. He gave out hundreds of white perch citations years back only to later find out, they were not freshwater perch, but saltwater perch spilled over from Little Creek. Not sure if that is why he left Whitehurst though. Did see a 40 pound catfish pulled out of there as well in the late 90's. I have two close friends that live on the lake and allow me to launch from their yard or use their boat and I always have the lake to myself. That is kind of nice.

I wasn't aware that the lake was deep enough or had enough structure to hold walleye?

Originally Posted by Boltz90

I wasn't aware that the lake was deep enough or had enough structure to hold walleye?

They stocked 40,000 yearling walleye for 12 or 13 years to combat the white perch that were stunted so bad. There are 50-60' holes near the airport.