i got a ticket by the VA game and inland fisheries for an undersized sand shark and wondered if this was a probation violation

Call your Attorney immediately and ask him that question. Just this morning, I had to appear in Court for a very good guy with a family who violated his probation. He got a traffic ticket in another State and instead of calling me, he reported to his PO.

The PO even told him that they would have never known about it because they do not check outside of Tennessee. Ask your lawyer first and don't share this information with anyone until you talk to that person. Good Luck