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.

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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.

Cory White, Recreational Angler
Randallstown, MD
Total Reports: 1
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Posted on May 13, 2013 | Permalink

47 Inch Rockfish

Type: Chesapeake
Region:
Location: Shipping Channel

I caught this 47 inch 39.5 pound rockfish, Saturday May 4, 2013 out in Solomons Island in the Shipping Channel. Fishing that day was very quick, early in the morning catching fish in the range of 37 inches and 41 inches. Slowed down in the afternoon and then hooked up on to this fish around 1 PM.

Tags: Striped Bass

Shane Crelly, Recreational Angler
Total Reports: 1
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Posted on May 13, 2013 | Permalink

Potomac Snakehead

Type: Tidal
Region: Southern
Location: Potomac River

This is the snakehead fish I caught in mid April. I caught it in the Potomac using a purple worm. Tried bowfishing that night but water was to murky. Will try again soon.

Tags: Northern Snakehead

Lee DuQuin, Recreational Angler
Total Reports: 1
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Posted on May 9, 2013 | Permalink

Beautiful Tiger Trout

Type: Freshwater
Region: Western
Location: Devil's Backbone Dam

This is my trophy Tiger Trout that I caught on the morning of 4-26-13 at Devil's Backbone Dam in Hagerstown, MD. I was told this particular kind of fish is not common in MD, so i'm not sure how it got here considering rainbow & brown are the commonly stocked trout in MD. I sure am proud of my birthday catch! Thank You for this opportunity.

DNR Response: Your Tiger Trout is a hatchery trout, not a natural cross. A few years ago we handled a stocking permit for Tiger Trout further upstream in Beaver Creek (Beaver Creek flows into Antietam Creek at Devils Backbone). Recently fishermen have also reported catching large hatchery Brook Trout in the lower portion of Beaver Creek. It is possible that additional Tiger Trout and Brook Trout were stocked in the area of Beaver Creek and made their way down to Antietam Creek. Your Tiger Trout is a novel prize.

Tags: Tiger Trout

Martino Wilson, Recreational Angler
Total Reports: 3
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Posted on May 9, 2013 | Permalink

Trout for Dinner

Type: Freshwater
Region: Central
Location: Martin L. King Jr. Pond

My son, a buddy of mine and I went to MLK this past weekend to do some trout fishing and between the three of us, we caught a good dinners worth... we were only there for an hour and a half… thanks again DNRfor the lasting memories.

Tags: Trout