Region guide · MD

Lower Eastern Shore Maryland

Blackwater's snakeheads and tidal bass, Hoopers Island, Tangier Sound and Crisfield, Smith Island, the Nanticoke, Wicomico and Pocomoke rivers, and Salisbury's millponds.

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Fishing AreaBlackwater National Wildlife RefugeBlackwater National Wildlife Refuge, south of Cambridge in Dorchester County, is a huge tidal marsh on the Blackwater an…Fishing AreaHoopers Island, Honga River and the Target ShipHoopers Island is a chain of low marsh islands strung down the Dorchester County shore between the Honga River and the o…LakeJohnsons PondJohnsons Pond, a 104-acre pond in Salisbury owned by the city, is the largest impoundment on the Eastern Shore. DNR's 20…LakeLeonards Mill PondLeonards Mill Pond is a small, stump-filled millpond just north of Salisbury, with a county park, ramp and visitor cente…RiverNanticoke River and Marshyhope CreekThe Nanticoke River winds from the Delaware line past Sharptown and Vienna to Tangier Sound. Its upper reaches and the M…RiverPocomoke River and Pocomoke SoundThe Pocomoke River runs dark and slow through Maryland's northernmost bald cypress swamp, past Snow Hill and Pocomoke Ci…BayTangier Sound, Crisfield and Janes IslandTangier Sound, the broad, salty water between Crisfield and Smith Island, is Maryland's best-known spot for speckled tro…RiverWicomico River (Salisbury)The Wicomico River flows through downtown Salisbury and down through marsh and farmland to Tangier Sound. The upper rive…

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Species in this region

Atlantic Croaker

Black Crappie

Black Drum

Chain Pickerel

Channel Catfish

Common Carp

Northern Kingfish

Sheepshead

Spot

White Catfish

White Perch

Yellow Perch

Striped Bass

Bluefish

Fluke (Summer Flounder)

Largemouth Bass