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Maryland Angler's Log - Share Your Catch!To post a report please email your name, hometown, photos, location information, and the content for your report to fishingreports@dnr.state.md.us. All information is optional, but encouraged. Important Note: If anyone in your picture is under 18 years of age, we must have a photo release signed by a parent/guardian before we can post your picture. By sending any photos or art to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources you are giving DNR permission to use the image(s) online and in print. You are also giving DNR permission to distribute the photo for non-commercial purposes to other media, print, digital and television for their use. You are not giving up your copyright, but are allowing the photo(s) to be used for educational and news purposes. All Photos will be made available on Fisheries Service Flickr Page. The Snakehead Contest is being incorporated into an Inland Freshwater Survey on the Volunteer Angler Creel Survey webpage. For 2013 the end-of-year random drawing will include anglers reporting snakeheads to the Anglers Log as well as anglers participating in the Volunteer Angler Creel Surveys. We encourage anglers to continue to report snakehead catches. The information is helping our biologists better understand how this invasive species increases its range. |
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Collin Smith, Recreational Angler - Arlington, VA
- Total Reports: 1
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Posted on May 22, 2013 | Permalink
My First White Perch of the Season
Type: Chesapeake
Region: Upper Bay
Location: Near Rock Hall
This was my first White Perch of the season, caught right outside of Rock Hall. I was fishing using a shad dart that resulted in a successful day of White Perch and Striped Bass.
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Gareth Morgan, Recreational Angler - Baltimore, MD
- Total Reports: 1
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Posted on May 22, 2013 | Permalink
Striper Caught Under Sail
Type: Chesapeake
Region: Upper Bay
Location: Love Point
Sunday, May 19, 4pm - 30" striper caught on 6 oz. white tandem rig, trolling under sail! We trim the sails to go about 2.1-3.2 knots, no motor! That day we were trolling east and west along the channel edge at a 35'-45' drop off at Love Point. Fish caught in about 15-18' at depth of 42', going about 2.7 knots. We are a racing boat that also has a love for fishing, while attempting to use the least gas of any fishing boat in the Bay! We caught five fish that day, released three and kept two.
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Richard Gunion, Recreational Angler - Washington, D.C.
- Total Reports: 30
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Posted on May 22, 2013 | Permalink
Slow Bite at Friends and Owens
Type: Freshwater
Region: North Central
Location: Friend's Creek and Owen's Creek
I decided to head up to Friend's Creek and Owen's Creek to see if there were any fish left after the last stocking of spring. I first tried Owen's Creek turning several Brown Trout using a streamer fly but no luck. I headed up to Friend's Creek and hooked a nice brown on BWO nymph at a popular pool by the road. Tried the same nymph in several pools but the fish would not bite. A week makes a lot of difference - the trout are as tough to catch as those in the catch and release sections of the Gunpowder or Beaver Creek. Finally I fished one of the lower pools and hooked a nice rainbow. I returned to the hole where I hooked the brown but no luck. There are some fish left but getting them to bite is not easy. The spring scenery is pretty in spite of the slow bite. Power bait anglers might have better luck. I finished the day at lower Owen's Creek with another smaller Brown Trout. I caught 3 trout in all-enough for dinner. People were telling me how hot the weather is - around 86F and it is not even June yet. The photo is of the Brown Trout I caught-about 12". Tight lines all.
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Thomas Wazlavek, Recreational Angler - Total Reports: 4
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Posted on May 22, 2013 | Permalink
Small Cast Netted Drum
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I caught these little fellas in a flat bottom area with my cast net. My question is, what kind of drum are they? They have slightly yellow pectoral fins and have the classic unmistakable drum mouth shape.They are about 1.5 inches long and I caught 7 of them.
DNR Response: Thomas, you caught some spot, Norfolk Spot are indeed in the drum family.
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Richard Long, Recreational Angler - Total Reports: 1
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David Wagener, Recreational Angler - Total Reports: 9
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Posted on May 22, 2013 | Permalink
Hybrid Striped Bass
Type: Tidal
Region: North Central
Location: Below the Conowingo Dam
Hybrid Striped Bass below the Conowingo Dam? I believe this is a Hybrid Striped Bass because of the football shape and broken lines, but this is my first time catching one of these hybrids so im not 100% sure. I measured 18 inches and was released.
DNR Response: You are correct, you caught a Hybrid Striped Bass. This is a stocked fish from Pennsylvania, check out other hybrid striped bass entries on the Angler’s Log.
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Dutch Baldwin, Recreational Angler - Indian Head
- Total Reports: 12
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Posted on May 22, 2013 | Permalink
Lots and Lots of Snakeheads
Type: Tidal
Region: Southern
Location: Potomac River and Powell Creek
More Southern Maryland/ Virginia Snakeheads. Me and the buddies have been running up and down and across the river lately chasing these critters. 5 on Thursday night, 2 on Friday night and 3 yesterday evening. The big one that my Buddy Eric is holding was 36" and 14.14 lbs.
Dutch here again , Well we slipped out this even at 7pm and bowfished till 10 pm. Powell Creek on Virginias side. We boated 17 snakeheads totaling 112 lbs and the biggest was 15.14 lbs.
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Wayne Young, Recreational Angler - Annadale, VA
- Total Reports: 4
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Posted on May 22, 2013 | Permalink
Striped Bass South of Fishing Creek
Type: Chesapeake
Region: Middle Bay
Location: South of Fishing Creek
We launched Saturday from Fishing Creek. We went well south before the forecast. 2-3' w/occasional 4-5', putting lot's of action on the lures. Pulled 6 lines - decided it was too sloppy to put out the planers with adequate margin of safety (one person was being evacuated from a small boat by the rescue squad when we drove up!) Marked fish 100 deg true from the jetty in 45' on the west side. Trolled there all day marking fish all day. Fish bit during last 2 hours of flood. 22" schoolie hit green bucktail with yellow trailer 150' back on lead core at about 20' depth. 18" hit white bucktail with white trailer 70' back. 24" hit the green bucktail at 150' back. Just north of the area we caught a 22" on Thursday. Several folks who went south between Breezy Pt and Cove Pt had 1-2 fish in the 26-30" range.
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Sammy Ibrahim, Recreational Angler - Total Reports: 2
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John Mullican, Fisheries Biologist - Total Reports: 40
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Posted on May 21, 2013 | Permalink
Walleye Stocked in the Upper Potomac River
Type: Freshwater
Region: Western
Location: Upper Potomac River
Fisheries staff recently gave a helping hand to Walleye in the upper Potomac River. The Walleye is a popular sport fish with anglers, especially those that need to scratch the fishing itch even during the cold of winter and early spring while other species are less active. Although Walleye do reproduce naturally in the Potomac, surveys have indicated poor recruitment in recent years, likely due to harsh spring floods that reduce the survival of fry. To supplement the natural reproduction, mature adult Walleye were collected by electrofishing during February and March and transported to the Manning Hatchery in southern Maryland. The Manning Hatchery staff did an excellent job of successfully spawning the adults (they were then returned to the river) and rearing the fry/fingerlings to a stockable size. The fry/fingerlings produced were then stocked in suitable waters throughout the State, including the upper Potomac. A total of 33,000 fingerlings were recently stocked into the Potomac between Dam 5 (Clear Spring) and Dam 3 (Harpers Ferry). Those that survive will reach the legal minimum size of 15 inches in just two to three years. Future surveys will hopefully be able to determine to what extent the stocked fish have contributed to the fishery.
