Recreational Fisheries News
St. Mary's Lake Habitat Enhancement Projects | (3/19/2013)
St. Mary’s Lake in Southern Maryland is a popular fishing destination for anglers searching for Largemouth Bass, Sunfish, Crappie and even Chain Pickerel. The lake, however, is fed by streams naturally low in alkalinity and hardness providing little to buffer...

NRP Blotter | (3/13/2013)
The Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) charged numerous people with violations in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Dorchester, Queen Anne's, Somerset, Talbot and Wicomico counties in February. Anne Arundel County - On February 6, Joshua Alther, 38, of Edgewate...

Three Piers Replaced in St. Mary’s County | (3/13/2013)
The Potomac River is now more accessible following three pier replacement projects in St. Mary's County. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Boating Services and St. Mary's County Department of Recreation and Parks worked together to renovate th...

Youth Anglers Help Build Largemouth Habitat | (3/4/2013)
Nine young anglers from the Maryland Bass Nation helped the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) build 12 temporary spawning habitat structures for largemouth bass. DNR will put the heavy-duty, corrugate plastic structures in two Potomac River sanctu...

DNR Announces Snakehead Contest Winners | (2/28/2013)
Three anglers won nearly $300 in prizes for catching and killing snakehead fish in the Maryland Department of Natural Resources' (DNR) 2012 Snakehead Contest. Through the contest, 256 anglers removed nearly 600 fish from the Potomac River system. To enter, p...

2013 Summer Flounder Recreational Fishery Options | (2/19/2013)
The Department intends to propose regulations in 2013 that expand the recreational summer flounder fishery. The Maryland harvest estimates in 2012 were significantly lower than the target that is set for Maryland in 2013, and we can therefore expand the fish...