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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.
16 places
Western Maryland
Region guideRiverBeaver Creek (Washington County)Beaver Creek, southwest of Hagerstown in Washington County, is Maryland's largest limestone spring creek: it rises cold…RiverBig Hunting CreekBig Hunting Creek tumbles down the Catoctin Mountains along Route 77 west of Thurmont in Frederick County, through Cunni…LakeBlairs Valley LakeBlairs Valley Lake is a small, fertile lake in Indian Springs Wildlife Management Area, north of Clear Spring in Washing…LakeBroadford LakeBroadford Lake is the Town of Oakland's 140-acre water-supply lake and park in southern Garrett County, a family-friendl…RiverCasselman RiverThe Casselman is a gentle, meandering river that flows north through the farm valley at Grantsville, in northern Garrett…ReservoirDeep Creek LakeDeep Creek Lake is Maryland's largest lake: a 3,900-acre, 13-mile-long mountain reservoir in Garrett County that the sta…LakeHunting Creek Lake (Cunningham Falls State Park)Hunting Creek Lake is the 42-acre lake at Cunningham Falls State Park, west of Thurmont in the Catoctin Mountains. It's…LakeLake Habeeb (Rocky Gap State Park)Lake Habeeb is the 243-acre mountain lake at Rocky Gap State Park, just off I-68 east of Cumberland. It's clear, deep an…RiverMonocacy RiverThe Monocacy River winds 58 miles through Frederick County from the Pennsylvania line to the Potomac, a shallow, wooded…RiverNorth Branch Potomac RiverThe North Branch of the Potomac forms Maryland's border with West Virginia in Garrett and Allegany counties, and after d…RiverOwens CreekOwens Creek runs off the Catoctin Mountains north of Thurmont in Frederick County, from Catoctin Mountain Park down past…ReservoirPiney ReservoirPiney Reservoir is Frostburg's 120-acre water-supply lake in Garrett County, a shore-and-ice-only fishery where boats ar…RiverSavage RiverThe Savage River in Garrett County is two trout fisheries split by the Savage River Reservoir. Below the dam, the lower…RiverTown Creek (Green Ridge State Forest)Town Creek flows south out of Pennsylvania through Green Ridge State Forest, Maryland's largest block of public land, to…RiverUpper Potomac River (Cumberland to Great Falls)The nontidal Potomac above Great Falls is Maryland's big smallmouth river, and it also holds walleye, channel and flathe…RiverYoughiogheny RiverThe Youghiogheny ("the Yock" to locals) is a big, rocky mountain river in western Garrett County that flows north out of…