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Places to fish in Maryland
Every place has a practical guide: what's biting and when, where on the water to fish, how to fish it and how to get there.
12 places
Southern Maryland
Region guideFishing AreaCalvert Cliffs and Cove PointAt the southern end of the Calvert Cliffs, the Bay's western shore runs past the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant and…RiverLower Potomac River (Route 301 Bridge to Piney Point)Below the Nice Memorial (Route 301) Bridge, the Potomac widens into a big, salty river whose steep channel edges hold st…BayMallows Bay and Nanjemoy CreekMallows Bay, a shallow cove on the Charles County shore of the tidal Potomac, is best known for its "Ghost Fleet": the h…RiverMattawoman Creek and Smallwood State ParkMattawoman Creek, a long, winding tidal tributary of the Potomac in Charles County, is one of Maryland's healthiest wate…LakeMyrtle Grove LakeMyrtle Grove Lake is a quiet 23-acre lake inside Myrtle Grove Wildlife Management Area, a 4,460-acre tract of forest and…RiverPatuxent River (Jug Bay to Benedict)The middle and upper tidal Patuxent, from the Benedict bridge up through the wide marshes of Jug Bay, is a winding tidal…Pier/Access PointPoint Lookout State Park and Cornfield HarborPoint Lookout State Park fills the very tip of the Western Shore, where the Potomac meets the Chesapeake. The park's 710…Fishing AreaSolomons and the Lower Patuxent (Route 4 Bridge to Cedar Point)Solomons sits at the mouth of the Patuxent, and the lower river beside it is one of the most consistent striped bass are…LakeSt. Mary's LakeSt. Mary's Lake, in the middle of St. Mary's County, is a quiet, wooded, electric-motors-only lake inside St. Mary's Riv…RiverSt. Mary's RiverThe St. Mary's River, which winds south past Great Mills and St. Mary's City into the lower Potomac, is really two fishe…RiverTidal Potomac River (Wilson Bridge to Fort Washington)Just downstream of Washington, D.C., the tidal Potomac from the Woodrow Wilson Bridge past National Harbor and Fort Wash…LakeWheatley Lake (Gilbert Run Park)Wheatley Lake is a 75-acre flood-control lake in Charles County's Gilbert Run Park, east of La Plata, and one of the lak…