Trout/Bass – Upper Wills Creek (MD)
Newly added to the stocking list in 2010, this spot receives over 7,000 stocked trout. Good bass fishing makes it a year-round destination!
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Trout – Little Fishing Creek (MD)
A small diversion from Fishing Creek next door.
Trout – Crabtree Creek Overview
Zero Creel Limit, cold brook trout water – an alternative to the Savage River
Trout – Muddy Creek (MD)
Muddy? No way!
Trout – Laurel Run (MD – Garrett County)
This section is reserved for youth, seniors and the blind.
Antietam Creek Overview (MD – Trout)
One of the most heavily stocked streams in Maryland
Beaver Creek Overview (MD – Trout)
Head to Beaver Creek for a summer trout fix
Trout – Melwood Pond (MD)
Small and boring. Get there before it becomes overgrown.
Bass/Trout – Piney Reservoir (MD – aka Frostburg Reservoir)
Trout now, bass in the summer
Trout – Deer Creek (MD)
Theoretically, this is 15 miles of stocked water. The truth is different.
Trout – Little Tonoloway Creek (MD)
Good enough for a quick visit… not much else.
Trout – Little Antietam Creek (MD)
A nice spot for kids.
Trout – Urbana Lake (MD)
A nice lake on the western edge of I-270
Trout – Little Catoctin Creek (MD)
Small, pathetic – not worth the drive
Trout – Whiskey Springs Pond (MD)
A small pond with a surprising history
Trout – Rainbow Lake (MD)
Crystal clear, mountain water.
Trout – Licking Creek (MD)
Licking Creek has challenges on public vs private
Trout – Taneytown Pond (MD)
This spring-fed pond lies on the east side of Taneytown
Trout – Brunswick Pond (MD)
A small pond tailored for the local population.
Trout – Fishing Creek (MD)
Fishing Creek combines stocked trout fishing with accessible mountain scenery
Trout – Myrtle Grove WMA (MD)
Fishing in the heart of a preserve.
Trout – Farm Museum Pond (MD)
Education and fishing combined in one location
Trout – Israel Creek (MD)
A tight, tough stream.
Trout – Beaver Run (MD)
Beaver Run is only 20 minutes from the Baltimore beltway
Trout – Hamburg Pond (MD)
Tough pond to fish
Trout – Middle Creek (MD)
Scenic, wandering stream in central Maryland
Trout – Calvert Cliffs (MD)
A small pond guards the path to a fantastic fossil hunting location
Trout – Wheatley Lake (MD)
Wheatley Lake has it all
Trout – Friends Creek (MD)
Remote and distant, hugging the PA border, Friends Creek is superb.
Trout – Hughesville Pond (MD)
If there were ever a more pathetic, small pond, I have not seen it. The Hughesville Pond is 250 feet long and approximately 75 feet across at its widest point. It is not much to look at. The vista gazing south from the parking lot is one of a small, almost stagnant pond lying in …
South Branch Patapsco Overview
The South Branch offers good fishing for stockers with smallies mixed in.
Patuxent River – Fly Fishing Only Overview
The Fly Fishing only section is a pleasant stream for a calm day of fishing
Trout Hike – Patuxent River (MD – Haviland Mill Road Downstream)
Sweet! Fly fishing only and float stocked by the Potomac-Patuxent Chapter of TU
Town Creek Overview
Town Creek is a low pressure, good section of trout water.
Middle Patuxent Overview
The Middle Patuxent meanders for two miles through Gorman Park
Trout Hike – Great Seneca Creek (Black Rock Upstream)
Black Rock is one of the main crossings on the Seneca (MD). Upstream looks pretty good.
Trout Hike – Great Seneca Creek (MD – Riffle Ford Upstream)
Working upstream from the Riffle Ford parking area reveals a nice Maryland stream, but no trout.
Morgan Run Overview
Here is the overview of Morgan Run I wrote for the NVTU
Bass – Clopper Lake (MD)
A good family picnic/fishing spot
Lake Needwood
The Montgomery County Park system undertook major renovations in 2011 that included dredging the lake to increase the depth and improve boating, fishing and water quality. The concession area rents boats and the park system allows anglers to launch private boats from the concrete ramp with a permit. Electric motors only. The hilly, 1,800 acre Rock …
Trout Hike – Severn Run (Along Road – MD)
I should have learned my lesson the first time
Trout Hike – Patuxent (MD – Laurel)
This spot has promise
Trout Hike – Patapsco (MD – Marriottsville Upstream)
Boring water upstream from the Marriottsville parking lot
Trout Hike – Piney Run (MD)
The great thing about fishing Piney Run is that you actually have three choices. You can fish the long stocked stretch of Piney that parallels Marriottsville Road Number 2 or, take a hop skip and a jump down the road and fish up or downstream on the Patapsco from the large parking area at the …
Trout Hike – Savage River (MD – Lower FFO Section)
The Savage FFO proved to be too dangerous for me to fish on a rainy day.
Trout Hike – Patuxent (MD – Hipsleys Mill Downstream)
The pricker bushes are as thick as ever and attempt to shield the trout from pressure… unsuccesfully
Trout Hike – Gunpowder River (MD – Masemore Downstream)
The Gunpowder whips me again
Trout Hike – Patuxent (MD – Mink Hollow)
Carp central!
Trout Hike – Great Seneca Creek (MD – Route 28)
Route 28 gives you good access to Great Seneca Creek allowing you to go up or downstream.
Trout Hike – Gunpowder (MD – Sparks)
You can do a bike shuttle between Glencoe and Sparks
Trout Hike – Deer Creek (MD)
Deer Creek looks like a nice place to teach somebody how to fly fish
Trout Hike – Gunpowder (MD – Masemore Upstream)
A sparkling fall day on the Gun mitigates getting skunked
Smallmouth – Patapsco (MD – Ellicott City Downstream)
A post to remind everyone… Bass season is not that far away!
After wasting the morning upstream of Ellicott City, I find this jewel.
Trout Hike – Patuxent C&R (MD – Rt 97 Upstream)
I start my after work fishing program on the Patuxent at Rt 97.
Trout Hike – Little Patuxent (MD – Vollmerhausen Road Downstream)
The warm weather brought me and the stoneflies out together.
Trout Hike – Antietam Creek (MD – Lower Section)
The lower section of Antietam Creek (below the park) is pretty nice
Trout Hike – Middle Patuxent (MD – Murray Hill)
Not much of a visit as I only had an hour after work. I was not impressed, so maybe that was plenty of time.
Trout Hike – Patapsco (MD – Sykesville Downstream)
The river is pretty nice here – broad, good water.
Trout Hike – Beaver Creek (MD – Lower Section)
The lower section of Beaver Creek offers easy access along Roxbury Road
Trout Hike – Savage (MD – Bloomington)
Tough fishing downstream of the first bridge outside of Bloomington. Leave this section to the experts
Trout Hike – Youghiogheny River (MD – Sang Yang Run Upstream)
The Sang Run access point opens up a wide, beautiful stretch of the Yough
Trout Hike – Morgan Run (MD – Klee Run Downstream)
Morgan Run has a flat gentle gradient downstream from the Klee Run access point
Trout Hike – Antietam Creek (MD – Park)
This has to be the most heavily stocked section of water in Maryland.
Trout Hike – Upper Savage River (MD)
Not the most exciting place, but it will fill a need if you are frustrated by the smart fish in the special regulation section.
Trout Hike – Middle Fork (MD – Lower Section)
The Mid-Atlantic Budget Angler leads me to a nice brook trout stream
Trout Hike – Casselman River (MD – Bridge)
Not enough water to be worth it in the fall – come here in the spring when the water is higher.
Trout Hike – Casselman River (MD – Mid Section)
Deeper pools in this section hold all the fish during the low water conditions of October 2008
Trout Hike – Bear Creek (MD)
So just where do they put the fish? Not a place to go in low water conditions.
Trout Hike – Gunpowder (MD – Glencoe Downstream)
Not the best place, but it is a place for trout in the middle of summer
Smallmouth – Patapsco (MD – Ellicot City Upstream)
There have to be smallies here… but I did not find many
Trout Hike – Gunpowder (MD – Glencoe Bridge Upstream)
The Gunpowder is still running crisp and cold this late in the summer
Trout Hike – Patapsco (MD – Avalon Upper)
After stocking, the Patapsco in the upper Avalon section is pretty good
Trout Hike – FFO Beaver Creek (MD – Middle Section)
The middle of the upper section of the Beaver Creek fly fishing only section has potential
Trout Hike – Great Seneca Creek (MD – Riffle Ford Downstream)
They stock at the Riffle Ford Road access point, but I came up dry when I fished it in March.
Trout Hike – Patapsco (MD – Daniels Dam)
The Patapsco at the Daniels Dam is a nice walk, a decent looking river, but be prepared for company.
Trout Hike – Savage River (MD – Below Suspension Bridge)
Rocks that are snot slick; nasty, tough fishing; highly educated trout!
Trout Hike – Fifteen Mile Creek (MD – Middle)
Not a bad spot. Much better than the upper section of 15 Mile Creek
Trout Hike – Northwest Branch (MD)
Good enough for a fishing break after work only after stocking. Don’t bother unless it has been stocked.
Trout Hike – Sideling Hill Creek (MD – Middle)
Not a bad spot. Wide, smooth, good water to hold the stockers.
Trout Hike – Patapsco (MD – Marriotsville)
Another nice section – but wait for it to be stocked before you go
Trout Hike – Little Patuxent (MD – Savage Mill)
The Little Patuxent offers a taste of Western Maryland in the WMA area.
Trout Hike – Great Seneca Creek (MD – Black Rock Road Downstream)
A good place to go right after stocking.
Trout Hike – Middle Patuxent (MD – Kindler Road)
This was already dead water when I visited it in mid-March
Trout Hike – Severn Run (MD)
Absolutely pathetic. I cannot believe fish are stocked here.
Trout Hike – 15 Mile Creek (MD – Upper)
This is best visited after a stocking
Trout Hike – Patapsco (MD – Avalon)
Avalon offers up both smallies and trout
Trout Hike – Patuxent (MD – Brighton Dam)
The fly fishing only section of the Patuxent below Brighton Dam offers a nice section of water to hit after stocking.
Trout Hike – Owens Creek (MD – Middle)
What a disappointment. While the trees provided some nice shade, there just was not much in terms of nice water in this section.
Trout Hike – Owens Creek (MD – South)
People rave about Owens. I didn’t get it then…. but maybe I do now.
Trout Hike – Gunpowder (Big Falls Road – Upstream)
Big Falls is a great section of the Gun sporting plenty of superb looking water
Trout Hike – Beaver Creek (MD – Upper Section)
It felt really odd to fish Beaver Creek – you are surrounded by homes.
Smallmouth – Patapsco (MD – Bass Catch and Release Section)
Not much action in the catch and release section of the Patapsco in the middle of winter
Trout Hike – Big Hunting Creek (MD – Upper)
By late December, the upper section of Big Hunting Creek is looking pretty slim
Trout Hike – Morgan Run (MD – Bowers Road)
Very pleasant, easy access, good pockets
Bass – Germantown Lake
Germantown Lake was a disappointment that cost 6 bucks to discover
Trout Hike – Morgan Run (MD – London Bridge Upstream)
A pretty stream, catch and release.
Trout Hike – Pataspco River (Daniels)
This is a huge body of water! It was not wadable when I was there…
Trout Hike – Great Seneca Creek (Black Rock Downstream)
I was stunned to discover 16 miles of stocked trout water in GAITHERSBURG!
Trout Hike – Big Hunting Creek (Gorge Section)
Road Fishing. But it’s GOOD road fishing!