I cannot think of another place on Planet Earth where an angler can catch a spawning, ocean fish in the shade of a 1000-year-old bald cypress tree, while watching a bald eagle soar overhead and listening to the sounds of a wild turkey gobble. Each has very different characteristics and provides seasonal fishing that can make for a phenomenal adventure. The Meherrin, Nottoway and the Blackwater rivers are teaming with life. The three rivers that make up our local watershed are as different as they are diverse.
Franklin and its famous Blackwater River are only a few miles west of the Chesapeake Bay water shed. Many Virginians do not realize that the water shed for our area actually flows toward the Outer Banks and not into the Chesapeake Bay. The geographic area encompassing Franklin and Southampton consists of three river systems which together create the Chowan River that drains into the Albemarle Sound of North Carolina. This is the first installment of what is hopefully a multi-part series, concerning the abundant recreational freshwater fishing located in and around the Franklin Southampton area.
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