Techniques & Seasons

Assateague Island surf fishing bait choices like bloodworms, cut bunker, and clams help anglers catch red drum, bluefish, and flounder.

Surf casting techniques at Assateague Island explain how to read beach topography, sandbars, and ocean currents to catch fish.

Maryland Department of Natural Resources stocking programs release fish into over one hundred different waterbodies annually.

Maryland trout stocking releases over 300,000 catchable fish annually through the Albert M. Powell and Bear Creek hatcheries.

Maryland put-and-take trout fishing relies on scented dough baits and hatchery-conditioned feeding habits for quick catch success.

Maryland fishing regulations on the Middle Patuxent River require anglers to immediately release all caught fish unharmed.

Barbless hook requirements apply to trout fishing on the Gunpowder Falls section from Prettyboy Dam down to Corbett Road.

Maryland Department of Natural Resources regulations require single barbless hooks and artificial lures in designated trout zones.

Maryland trout regulations on November first allow anglers to harvest five fish daily with no minimum size limit on streams.

Maryland delayed harvest trout streams transition to harvest rules on June first, allowing anglers to keep fish through September.