UTERJanuary
Tidal blues and pickerel
Cut bait.
Deep Creek to the tidal Potomac
Maryland freshwater fishing
What's biting in Maryland freshwater in October: white perch, largemouth bass and smallmouth bass at their peak, with bluegill, yellow perch and walleye around too. Fish Scouter's season calendar follows 20 fish here month by month, from Tidal Potomac to Choptank River.
Fall feed
The tidal Potomac's grass bass and invasive snakeheads and blue cats, tidal creek perch runs, the Susquehanna Flats, Deep Creek Lake in the mountains, and Gunpowder trout.
Tidal PotomacSusquehanna FlatsDeep Creek LakePatuxent RiverGunpowder RiverChoptank River
Updated
Now · October
Fall feed
Bass and blue cats.
Largemouth bassNorthern snakeheadBlue catfishWhite perchSmallmouth bassBlack crappie (speck)
This month here
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White perch
Largemouth bass
Smallmouth bass
Black crappie (speck)
Channel catfish
Blue catfish
Hybrid striped bass (sunshine)
Rainbow trout
Brown trout
Brook trout
Northern snakehead
Bluegill
Yellow perch
Walleye
Chain pickerel
White catfish
Brown bullhead
Common carp
Longnose gar
The water
Structure that matters
LakeReservoirRiverCreek / streamPond / pitDock / pilingsBridgeBoat ramp
Month by month
What's happening, and what to throwFebruary
Yellow perch run
Tidal creeks.
March
White perch and shad
Choptank and Patuxent.
April
Potomac pre-spawn; shad at Fletcher's
Creek mouths at low tide.
May
Bass on the beds; snakeheads shallow
Frogs in the grass.
June
Snakeheads guarding fry
Topwater frogs.
July
Summer grass bass
Low tide.
August
Snakeheads and blues
Never release a snakehead.
September
Fall grass bass
Northern snakeheadWhite perchSmallmouth bassBlack crappie (speck)Hybrid striped bass (sunshine)Common carp
Spinnerbaits.
October · now
Fall feed
Bass and blue cats.
November
Late fall
Deep Creek walleye.
December
Winter blues
Cut menhaden.
Fish guides for Maryland freshwater
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