Region guide · MD
Upper Chesapeake Bay Maryland
The Susquehanna Flats and Conowingo Dam, the Northeast, Sassafras, Gunpowder, Bush and Middle rivers, Baltimore Harbor, Pooles Island and Swan Point, down to Sandy Point, Love Point and the Chester River.
13 places in this region
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BayBaltimore Harbor and the Patapsco River MouthBaltimore's harbor and the mouth of the Patapsco River are some of the best urban striped bass fishing on the East Coast…RiverConowingo Dam and the Lower Susquehanna RiverConowingo Dam, where US 1 crosses the Susquehanna between Harford and Cecil counties, stops every fish swimming up Maryl…RiverChester RiverThe Chester River winds from the farm country around Crumpton and Chestertown down past Kent Island to the Bay at Love P…RiverGunpowder, Bush and Middle RiversThe tidal Gunpowder, Bush and Middle rivers are the marshy, grass-lined rivers of eastern Baltimore and Harford counties…Fishing AreaLove Point RocksThe Love Point rocks, off the northern tip of Kent Island where the Chester River meets the Bay, are one of the upper Ch…RiverMagothy RiverThe Magothy is a short, heavily developed Anne Arundel County river that meets the Bay just north of Sandy Point and the…RiverNorth East RiverThe North East River is a short, freshwater tidal river at the head of the Bay in Cecil County, flowing past the town of…Fishing AreaPooles IslandPooles Island, a small, off-limits island in the upper Chesapeake off the Gunpowder Neck, is surrounded by some of the m…BaySusquehanna Flats and Havre de GraceThe Susquehanna Flats spread across the head of the Chesapeake at Havre de Grace, where Maryland's biggest river enters…Pier/Access PointSandy Point State ParkSandy Point State Park sits at the western foot of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge near Annapolis, and it's the upper Bay's be…LakeUnicorn LakeUnicorn Lake is a 43-acre millpond-style lake at Millington, in northern Queen Anne's County near the head of the Cheste…RiverSassafras RiverThe Sassafras is a small, scenic tidal river on the Kent–Cecil county line, flowing west past Georgetown, Fredericktown…Fishing AreaSwan Point and Tolchester (Rock Hall)Swan Point and the Tolchester area, off Rock Hall on the Kent County shore, are the upper Bay's main striped bass ground…
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Field guide
Species in this region
Plate 01Freshwater
American Shad
Plate 02Saltwater
Atlantic Croaker
Plate 03Freshwater
Black Crappie
Plate 04Freshwater
Chain Pickerel
Plate 05Freshwater
Channel Catfish
Plate 06Freshwater
Flathead Catfish
Plate 07Freshwater
Smallmouth Bass
Plate 08Saltwater
Spot
Plate 09Freshwater
Walleye
Plate 10Freshwater
White Catfish
Plate 11Saltwater
White Perch
Plate 12Freshwater
Yellow Perch
Plate 13Saltwater
Striped Bass
Plate 14Saltwater
Bluefish
Plate 15Saltwater
Fluke (Summer Flounder)
Plate 16Freshwater
Largemouth Bass
Plate 17Freshwater
