Maryland
Angler in Maryland catches state record rock bass while fishing for perch
Staff and News Reports
February 14, 2024
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources recently recognized Thomas Over Jr., of Darlington, as a new state record holder for rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris) in the Chesapeake Division.
Over caught a 1.0-pound rock bass
Maryland DNR to plant 41 acres of Chesapeake Bay with new oysters
Staff and News Reports
February 13, 2024
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources will plant about 147 million oyster spat, or juvenile oysters, on 41 acres in Anne Arundel County waters with mitigation funds from the 2022 grounding of M/V Ever Forward
Maryland to curb striped bass fishing in the spring to ease pressure on spawning fish
Timothy Wheeler / Bay Journal News Service
January 15, 2024
Spurred by slumping striped bass reproduction in Maryland waters, the state Department of Natural Resources is moving to curtail fishing for the popular migratory species during its spawning run next spring.
On Nov. 29,
Maryland pursuing actions to control invasive catfish in Chesapeake Bay watershed
DNR Report
January 15, 2024
Last month, the U.S. Department of Commerce notified Maryland Gov. Wes Moore that it has declined Maryland’s request for a federal commercial fisheries disaster declaration that was sought to help address the economic and ecological
A mobile mussels lab starts in Maryland aimed at restoring populations in the Susquehanna River
Joe Zimmermann / Maryland DNR
December 20, 2023
A new Maryland Department of Natural Resources project is aiming at raising imperiled freshwater mussels and restoring them to waters of the Susquehanna River basin – all from the back of a trailer.
The
Maryland angler catches record Florida pompano
Staff and News Reports
October 6, 2023
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has officially recognized Bobby Graves, of Salisbury, as the third official state record holder for the Florida pompano in the Chesapeake Division.
The warm water species was
New Maryland sheepshead record set in Chesapeake Bay
Staff and News Reports
October 6, 2023
A Somerset County, Maryland, resident has officially been recognized by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources for a new state fishing record in the Chesapeake Bay Division for sheepshead.
Brian Summerlin, of Princess
Regulations relaxed a little on Chesapeake Bay crab harvest
Jeremy Cox / Bay Journal News Service
August 15, 2023
The Chesapeake Bay’s watermen are getting green lights to catch a few more blue crabs, a year after dismal population numbers led to steep cutbacks in their allowance.
The region’s fishery managers are far
A lesson learned: Fisheries folks work hard to serve anglers
Tyler Frantz
August 10, 2023
John Muir said that in every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks. I believe that’s true. Sometimes, getting a behind-the-scenes look at how hard state agencies work to provide an enjoyable
