John Carlin’s Outdoors | Smallmouth bass fishing on the New River If you know how and where, you can catch a large number of big fish GILES COUNTY, Va.

The views from above the New River get plenty of attention, but there's plenty of fun to reel in along the river itself.

Sixteen-year old Jed Singleton was fishing the New River earlier this month in the company of his dad, Ray, when he hooked and landed a huge smallmouth bass on a ...

Such is a typical day on the New River chasing prespawn smallmouth bass with the folks from New River Fly Fishing.

The rod bowed and after several jumps the fish was in the net. Such is a typical day on the New River chasing prespawn smallmouth bass with the folks from New River Fly Fishing.

If fishing pressure is the reason for the affected New River population, then the remote and rough-access Holston River system should be thriving. The Holston smallmouth enjoyed a 79 percent ...