In Maryland’s portion of the bay, underwater grass coverage expanded from 36,799 acres in 2024 to 41,419 acres in 2025, an increase of nearly 13% in a single year.
Chesapeake Bay underwater grasses up 7% last year Read More »
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has officially recognized Cooper Clark, of Ocean City, as the new state record holder for false albacore.
Clark’s 28.2-pound catch surpasses the previous record of 26.0 pounds that was set in July 2025, just eight days after the record fell for the first time in 30 years.
Angler sets new Maryland record for false albacore caught near Ocean City Read More »
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is offering Maryland charter boat captains and guides up to $1,500 per trip to take winners of the Reel in the Blues Bonanza on chartered trips this summer and fall.
The purpose of this giveaway is to remove blue catfish from the Chesapeake Bay, empower people to harvest this invasive fish species, and support the charter boat and guided fishing trip industry.
Maryland DNR targets invasive blue catfish from Chesapeake Bay Read More »
Thousands of horseshoe crabs have started landing on Maryland’s shores this spring for what is believed to be the world’s oldest wildlife migration.
Dating back an estimated 350 million years, the annual spawning occurs from May through July, peaking with high tides on or around the full and new moons in June.
Horseshoe crab spawning migration arriving in Maryland Read More »
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is preparing to implement a shift in the season for recreational striped bass, or rockfish. The seasonal shift opens April to catch-and-release fishing and closes all of August to targeting striped bass.
Maryland set to adopt Chesapeake striper season changes Read More »
Last month, Maryland angler Garrett Davis made an incredible catch on the non-tidal Potomac River.
Davis, of Clear Spring, Md., landed a 16-year-old tagged muskie that has been studied by Maryland Department of Natural Resources biologists for more than a decade. This particular fish has been recaptured in surveys several times, but had never been caught and reported to DNR by an angler.
In response to six years of low recruitment, Maryland recreational anglers who fish this year for yellow perch in tidal waters and freshwater streams and rivers will be allowed to keep five yellow perch per person per day. The minimum size for recreational anglers remains 9 inches.
Maryland lowers limit to protect yellow perch after low recruitment Read More »
After returning to shore, Frazetti stopped at Anglers Sport Center in Annapolis to get a certified weight. The fish species was later confirmed as a pompano dolphinfish by DNR fisheries biologist Keith Lockwood. The fish weighed more than twice as much as the previous state record, exceeding it by 5 pounds.
Maryland angler sets record, becomes a Master Angler Read More »
Jesse Black is the 24th recipient of Maryland’s Master Angler milestone and the first to earn the award exclusively through shorefishing.
Black hooked all 10 of his award fish from shore in Garrett County using spinning reels. He enjoys the solitude and skills necessary to read the water in the native trout streams and rivers from the county where he was born.
24th Maryland Master Angler fishes from shore exclusively Read More »
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