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Outdoors and Sports Burton Lake

  • Address
    Burton Lake Rd
    Chatham, VA 24531
  • Phone
    434-525-7522 (VA Game & Inland Fish)
  • City
    Chatham
    Locality
    Pittsylvania
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Lake Burton is a 76-acre impoundment located in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. This reservoir is owned by the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and is managed primarily for fisheries related activities. The reservoir was impounded in 1950 and was stocked with various species of sportfish such as largemouth bass, bluegill, and channel catfish. Lake Burton is an impoundment of Tomahawk Creek and is relatively shallow and contains a number of fish species that were not originally stocked. These species either were in Tomahawk Creek prior to impoundment or were stocked by anglers. Lake Burton also contains a number of undesirable species such as common carp, suckers, bullhead catfish and gizzard shad. 

 Lake Burton does have a very good largemouth bass fishery with a few bass in the 6-8 pound range. The large number of bluegill can provide fast action for sunfish anglers but these fish are small and an increase in size is not likely in the near future due to competition with gizzard shad. The crappie population fluctuates and is generally poor due to small sizes but this lake does generally contain high numbers including an occasional large crappie.

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Region

Southern Virginia

Last Updated: 10/18/2017

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