howsthebite · Maryland
How's the bite in Maryland today?
2waters tracked
77.3average °F
1at 7 or better
0without a gauge
- Lockjaw
- Picky
- Biting
- On fire
2 tracked waters in MD. Faded dots are the rest of the country. 1 outside the map area.
| Index | Water | Temp | Level | Best window |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Biting | Annapolis | 78.8°F | 1.358 ft | 6:26 AM–8:26 AM |
| 4 Picky | Ocean City | 75.9°F | 1.447 ft | 6:21 AM–8:21 AM |
Rebuilt 8:11 AM · every reading carries its station on the water's own page.
Before you go
A Maryland fishing licence runs $32 a year for residents. Maryland DNR sets the rules and is the one that counts.
What a Maryland fishing licence costs, and who is exempt → The days you can fish Maryland without a licence →What you may keep
MD DNR sets a size or bag limit for 20 species here — 19 with at least one area open today. Where a species is open in one water and closed in another, its own page says which. Each page carries the agency's own figures, the date they were read, and what is still unsettled.
- American eel closed today
- Atlantic croaker
- Atlantic menhaden (bunker)
- Black drum
- Black sea bass
- Bluefish
- Cobia
- Dolphinfish (mahi-mahi)
- Grouper (all species, combined)
- Red drum (redfish)
- Scup (porgy)
- Sheepshead
- Snapper (all species, combined)
- Spanish mackerel
- Spot
- Spotted seatrout (speckled trout)
- Striped bass (rockfish)
- Summer flounder (fluke)
- Tautog (blackfish)
- Weakfish
Trout stocking
No stocking right now — the last run was 143 days ago. These agencies stock in spring and again in autumn.
All 68 stocked waters, newest first →