| Fish Species |
Minimum Size |
Creel Limit
Daily Possession Limit |
Other regulations |
| Bass, Largemouth
and Smallmouth |
12 inches or as provided
for by special regulations |
5 - daily
10 - possession, in aggregate |
Closed March 1 -
June 15
Note: Catch and release is permitted during closed seasons |
| Bivalves/Shellfish
(Mussels/Clams) |
No Harvest |
No Harvest |
No open
season |
|
Carp |
None |
15 - Daily
30 - Possession |
Open
Year Round |
|
Channel Catfish |
None |
5 - Daily
10 - Possession |
Open
Year Round |
| Madtoms |
None |
Bait
Restriction of 35 per Day |
Open
Year Round |
Chain Pickerel (Pike) |
14 inches |
5 Daily and Possession |
Open
Year Round |
|
Crappie
(White and Black)
|
None |
15 -
daily
30 - possession, in aggregate |
Open
Year Round |
| Eels |
6 inches |
25 Daily and Possession |
Open
Year Round |
| Herring
(Blueback and Alewife) |
None |
None |
Open
Season: January 1 through June 5 |
Muskellunge
and
Tiger Muskie (Hybrid) |
36 inches |
1 Daily and Possession |
Open
Year Round |
| Northern
Pike |
30 inches |
2 Daily and Possession |
Open
Year Round |
Shad, American
(white)
and Hickory |
CLOSED
SEASON
|
Striped bass
(Rockfish) and
Hybrid Striped Bass |
Special
regulations |
Note: Special
Regulations 1
(See below) |
|
Suckers |
None |
30 - Daily
60 - Possession |
Open
Year Round |
Sunfish,
including bluegills, rock bass (commonly known as Red Eye or Goggle-Eye)
|
None |
Greater Than 15 -
daily
30 - possession, in aggregate |
Open Year Round |
Trout
- Statewide
(all species)
|
None- except where
otherwise noted
|
2 - daily and possession
in aggregate (except as provided for by special regulation.) |
None(except
where noted) |
-Put-and-Take
areas
(all species) |
None |
5 - daily and possession
in aggregate |
Check closures
and stocking schedule when available. |
| Walleye |
15 inches, except
a 20 inch maximum in the Potomac River mainstem approximately 0.5 miles
upriver from Chain Bridge upstream to the spillway in Cumberland
from Jan. 1 - April 15 |
5 daily and possession |
Open year round all
state waters except on Deep Creek Lake and the Youghiogheny Reservoir
downstream of the Rt. 42 bridge where a closure of March 1 through April
15 is in effect |
| Yellow
Perch |
9 inch Statewide Minimum
|
10 each,
(No limit if caught in nontidal lakes or ponds or upstream of said lake or pond)
|
Open year round
|
