My son is showing interest in fishing and looking for go to spots that are easy to access in the Mount Airy and surrounding areas. I didnt grow up around here so not sure where to go that has access, good bites, open to public etc.
We went kayaking yesterday in the Potomac river at Riley‘s lock and we must have seen at least 15 dead large fish floating in the river. Probably not safe to be fishing and eating your catch. Is this due to the sewage leak? I have not found any information on this online
Thinking of getting out on the bay if I can find a reasonable priced way of doing it, and wondering what tackle folks use?
I've done a lot of catfishing got 3000 - 5000 reels for cats and surf fishing but the rods are pretty long. Then I've got some medium fast 6' rods and reels for ditch pickles (LMB).
When I boat fished as a teen it was in deeper 100-200' water for skate, conger, spurdogs and the odd shark with trolling reels like penn senator style reels with 50lb mono and heavy ass glass rods 40lb rods.
I'm going to assume that's overkill for the bay, so what do you folks use?
What I'd love to get to give you an idea of what i'd target
- Sheep
- Drum
- Cobia
- Bluecats
Ich liebe das Angeln, vor allem auf Raubfische. Ich erinnere mich, wie wir vor etwa 10 Jahren mit meinem Vater Excel-Tabellen führten, in denen wir aufschrieben, wo ungefähr der Biss war und welchen Köder wir verwendet haben. Ich war damals noch klein und ging zur Schule, aber sobald sich die Möglichkeit bot, beschloss ich, eine App für mein Haupthobby zu entwickeln. Ich habe bereits Erfahrung mit einer Angelapp, aber das ist eine völlig andere Geschichte, die sich in eine andere Richtung entwickeln wird.
Die App wurde vor 2 Monaten veröffentlicht, aber gestern Nacht erschien ein sehr wichtiges erstes großes Update — das hat mir die Zuversicht gegeben, endlich öffentlich darüber zu sprechen!
Das Grundkonzept ist die Verfolgung des Angelvorgangs mit schnellem Protokollieren am Wasser, Notizen, Stellen und Fängen. Alles ist an Ihren Standort gebunden, was der Schlüsselfaktor ist. Wenn Sie eine Sitzung starten, läuft die App im Hintergrund weiter, um den Akku zu schonen. Außerdem werden in Echtzeit Wettervorhersagen und eine Karte mit Ihren Ergebnissen angezeigt, die Sie bearbeiten, löschen oder ergänzen können. In Zukunft hoffe ich sehr, dass ich auch Angelrouten aufzeichnen kann — das ist beim Trolling sehr nützlich, ich bin sicher, das wird klappen!
Ich verstehe, dass viele gerne erst nach der Tour protokollieren, daher habe ich eine manuelle Erfassung hinzugefügt, die der Live-Erfassung fast identisch ist — außer dass Sie Datum und Standort auf der Karte manuell wählen müssen. Ansonsten ist es derselbe Prozess, der jederzeit ausgefüllt werden kann.
Das Hauptziel ist es, nicht nur ein Tagebuch zu schaffen, sondern vollständige Saisons, in denen alles rund um die Tour und ihre Statistiken aufgebaut ist — damit Sie alles an einem Ort speichern und bequem einsehen und verbessern können.
Saisonstatistiken und Filterung fehlen noch, werden aber kommen.
Alle Prognosen basieren auf verschiedenen Indikatoren und haben eine Fehlerquote — Ihre Erfahrung und Ihr Angelplatz stehen immer an erster Stelle. Jede Erfahrung ist nicht nur praktisch, sondern auch theoretisch — vergessen Sie das nicht 😊
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Hey guys abd girls,
I live in Fairfax and I'm looking for snakeheads. Also what kind of tackle/rigs do you use? I'm willing for drive for an hour into Maryland...lol.
Thanks in advance.
Looking for opinions on "the best" place to get live bait in OCMD.
i have been struggling so bad trying to catch some bass over the past few weeks. i live in the baltimore area and have gone to so many places so far. Centennial park, Lake elkhorn and just recently liberty reservoir also. although i only have been up to liberty once i just haven’t caught anything. using chatterbaits, swim baits, and some top water occasionally on a bait caster.
My Dad and I have been trying to get back into fishing as of late but haven’t had the best luck. We’ve gone both bank, and boat fishing at Loch Raven, frequently catching Panfish with the occasional small White Perch but nothing larger. We’re going to try Liberty Reservoir later this week as I’ve seen people have a lot of luck bank fishing there. My inexperience with fishing in the summer combined with the pressured waters of our reservoirs is really kicking my butt, any tips/advice?
Caught this couple years ago and didn’t have a scale but I’m sure he was over 7 pounds.
Weighing the options of where to fish tomorrow. We canceled camping because of the heat, so my bf is taking me fishing to appease me.
Should I fish my families pond, with decent crappie and bass, or head to loch raven and rent a boat?
I’ve only fished Loch Raven once, had no luck. idk what the best lure/rig is and what y’all have caught.
Thoughts?
From Friday, once the sun came up the Spots started biting, and 1 Croaker too lol
New to the kayak scene and I’m loving it.got a cheap scale but it died on me after getting all wet in the yak. Pretty sure this my pb. What y’all guesstimate? Felt like a 5 to me
My wife and I finally got around to fishing the savage river recently and had a great time! It was a lot more difficult wading than I had anticipated, though. We're looking forward to visiting the area again soon. What are some other "must visit" rivers in Western Maryland?
Video on YouTube of our adventure if interested:
River fishing how should I rig fishbites for perch? What weight etc
First year consistently fishing Loch Raven from the bank. I primarily kayak fish for smallmouth. Still do, but got tired of driving to PA to fish so I started bank fishing Loch Raven around May. Finally starting to learn it a bit more.
1st is my PB for sure but didn’t have a scale. Was 18.25”. Second was 2lbs on the dot and 3rd was 2.87lbs at 17.5”.
Hi! I live in Baltimore city and I am Willing to drive 1-2 hrs to find a great epic spot to fish for our anniversary and he is a very good fisherman any thoughts?? We don’t have a boat but willing to get a kayak and or use our fish pants whatever it’s called. Pls help !
Im based in the kent county/queen annes county area. Is swimbait ideal for fish out here? if so which ones would work best? And also what kind of fish should i be expecting to catch out here? I’m kind of new to fishing in this area. 😅
🐟 PSA for anyone who cares about the Chesapeake Bay: there's a silent threat lurking below the surface.
The Blue Catfish was introduced to Virginia rivers in the 1970s as a sport fish. Nobody told it to stay put. It's now found in nearly every tidal river in Maryland, it can live 20+ years, grow to over 100 lbs, and eat basically everything in sight — blue crab, menhaden, American eel, you name it. Watermen are noticing. Scientists are alarmed. And the Bay's ecosystem is under real pressure.
On June 25 in Easton, MD, Lectures on the Shore is hosting an evening with two people who are doing something about it:
🔬 Dr. Noah Bressman — marine biologist at Salisbury University, researches invasive species in the Bay, works with MD DNR and USGS
🦞 Nick Hargrove — waterman from Tilghman Island who built a seafood processing plant specifically to catch, process, and sell blue catfish commercially. He literally got a Congressional Record Citation for it in 2024.
The idea: if you can create a market for the fish, watermen have an incentive to pull them out of the Bay. It's not a perfect solution, but it's a real one — and it's working.
Reception with speakers at 5:30 p.m. ($60) | Program 6:30–8:00 p.m. ($40) | Livestream also available if you're not local
📍 Temple B'Nai Israel, 7199 Tristan Drive, Easton, MD
🎟️ https://chesapeakeforum.org/course/lectures-on-the-shore-the-blue-catfish-dilemma-threat-or-opportunity/
Questions? Reach out to info@chesapeakeforum.org. This one's worth the drive (or the stream)!