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) — Smith Mountain Lake is one of the top freshwater fishing destinations on the east coast, and it is especially popular for anglers from Virginia. While some people may be waiting ...

WESTLAKE CORNER, Va. (WFXR) — A winner has been crowned at the Major League Fishing B&W Heavy Hitters All-Star Tournament at Smith Mountain Lake. Angler Nick Hatfield, of Greeneville, Tennessee, took ...

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 ...

WESTLAKE CORNER, Va. (WFXR) — Some of the top professional bass anglers in the world visited Smith Mountain Lake to fish in the nationally-televised Major League Fishing B&W Heavy Hitters All-Star ...

Happy Halloween! WFXR’s George Noleff loves the outdoors so much, that when he was a kid, he preferred getting fishing lures ...

Cory Ramsey was working 6- to 8-inch gizzard-shad baits along a rocky bank in the upper Roanoke River arm of Smith Mountain Lake when he hooked something that had all the makings of “a monster striper ...

Most of us never had fished a really big lake, so we didn’t know what to expect, 50 years ago this week, when 20,000-acres of water flooded red-dirt farms and pine patches along the Roanoke and ...

Lake Tahoe is world-renowned for its stunning views, four distinct seasons of incredible outdoor activities, and crystal-clear sapphire waters. Despite being 2,500 miles away, central Virginia boasts ...

The name of the victim of an accidental drowning at Smith Mountain Lake on Tuesday has been released. James Lavender, 54, of Roanoke, was pulled from the water Tuesday afternoon, according to the ...