Buffalo Creek
The rule for this water, with the receipt.
Special regulations for Buffalo Creek, as the state words them
Rockbridge County · River · VA
The rules for this water, verbatimOfficial text
Straight from VA's official regulations. Rules in force today lead; out-of-season rows are dimmed. Nothing is paraphrased. Not legal advice: verify the posted rules at the water.
- All fishThat portion from the confluence of Collier’s Creek upstream 2.9 miles to the confluence of North and South Buffalo creeks. Flows through private land and a free written landowner permit is required to fish these waters.
Statewide base layerParsed
These defaults apply where the rules above do not modify them.
- Season
- There is a continuous, year-round season for all freshwater fishStatewide
- Gear
- Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
- Bait
- Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
- Poles
- Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
Where the verbatim rules above name a species, season, or limit, they replace the rows below. Each row is tagged with the layer it comes from.
| Species | Daily limit | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|
trout Varies by water: minimum length 7 inches (Fee Fishing Areas); no fish less than 7 inches, limit 6 trout per day (Statewide trout); no fish less than 7 inches, limit 4 per day (Urban Program Waters); limit 3 trout (Youth-Only Stocked Trout Program waters) | 6 per day | min. 7 inch minimum size | Statewide |
Largemouth, Smallmouth Bass | 5 per day in the aggregate (combined) | min. No statewide length limits | Statewide |
Alabama, Spotted Bass | No statewide daily limit | min. No statewide length limit | Statewide |
Walleye, Saugeye | 5 per day in the aggregate | min. No walleye or saugeye less than 18 inches | Statewide |
Sauger | 2 per day | min. No statewide length limits | Statewide |
White Bass | 5 per day | min. No statewide length limits | Statewide |
Chain Pickerel and Northern Pike | 5 per day | min. No statewide length limits | Statewide |
Muskellunge | 1 per day | min. No muskellunge less than 40 inches | Statewide |
Crappie (black or white) | 25 per day in the aggregate (combined) | min. No statewide length limits | Statewide |
Rock Bass (redeye) | 25 per day in the aggregate with Roanoke bass | min. No statewide length limits | Statewide |
Roanoke Bass | 25 per day in the aggregate with rock bass | min. No statewide length limits | Statewide |
Perch (yellow and white) | No statewide daily limit | min. No statewide length limit | Statewide |
Channel, White, and Flathead | 20 per day | min. No length limits | Statewide |
Blue | 20 per day | min. No statewide length limits | Statewide |
American Shad | No possession (catch and release only) | - | Statewide |
Grass Carp | No statewide daily limit | min. No statewide length limit | Statewide |
Longnose Gar Varies by water: limit 1 per day (Longnose Gar - statewide) | 5 per day | min. No statewide length limits | Statewide |
Bowfin Varies by water: limit 1 per day (Bowfin - statewide) | 5 per day | min. No statewide length limits | Statewide |
Northern Snakehead | No statewide daily limit | min. No statewide length limit | Statewide |
American Eel | 25 per day | min. no eel less than 9 inches | Statewide |
Nongame Fish and Aquatic Invertebrates | 20 | - | Statewide |
crayfish | 20 in aggregate (possession limit) | - | Statewide |
Bullfrogs | 15 per day | - | Statewide |
Snapping turtles | 5 per day | min. minimum curved-line carapace length of 13 inches | Statewide |
suckers | 20 per day | - | Statewide |
rainbow trout | See size | min. 7 inch statewide minimum | Statewide |
How this answer was assembled
- StatewideStatewide river rules are the base layer: default season, gear, bait, and limits.
- This waterSpecial rules written for this exact water replace the statewide defaults where they speak.
- Emergency orderEmergency orders in effect today override everything else. They sync quietly when the phone has coverage and never lock you out of the app.
Where this section begins and ends
This water is not yet drawn on the map. Its rules are captured and receipted; the geometry ledger records exactly why it is not drawn (an ambiguous name match or a gap in the source data), and it will never ship as a guess. Each rule above describes in the state's own words where it applies, and those written descriptions are the authoritative boundaries.
What are you fishing for here?Advice
Pick from the species named in Buffalo Creek's rules. Setups are checked against the gear rules in force today, and your picks are remembered on this device only. These are rule-aware suggestions, not a claim about what is biting; advice, not law, and the rules above govern.
You also need (Virginia)
- Must carry and show the license. You have to carry your license while fishing and show it immediately when a game and inland fish law officer asks, or when the owner or lessee of the land or water you are on asks. An electronic copy, printed paper, or annual hard card all satisfy the carry requirement.
Checked against Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR), Fishing License Information & Fees on Aug. 4, 2026.
Receipts
Local services near Buffalo Creek
Tackle shops, guides, and boat launches that serve this water will appear here - a separate lane below the rules, so a local business can reach you without ever getting between you and the regulation.
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