Where are the best spots for shore fishing?

Type: Tidal
Region: Bay Wide
Location:

I am maryland resident and loving to fishing croaker, spot, blue fish and white perch from the shore. But I don't know where is the best spot for fishing those fish from the shore. Could you please advice me to which is the best spot for fishing those fish from the shore?? We much appreciated for you help.

DNR Response:Hi Triet, there are of course lots of places to fish from shore along the bay and its tidal rivers; many places are public, some private and others take some exploring to find. I�m going to direct you to a couple of good places that are public for the fish you described. If you head down Route 4 off of the east side of the beltway (495) you�ll eventually merge with Route 2 south. Head down toward Solomons and just before you cross the Patuxent, exit and follow the roadway under the bridge to a public fishing pier. This is a good place to catch croaker, white perch, spot and the occasional striped bass and bluefish or flounder.

If you cross the bridge and continue south on Route 235 and eventually to Route 5 south it will take you to Point Lookout State Park. There is good fishing there for a mix of croaker, bluefish and white perch. The water at the pier is a shallow and the best fishing is at night off the pier. Just north of the pier is a causeway along the bay and you can surf fish from there. You�ll need a medium sized surf fishing spinning outfit so you can cast out. Most people use bottom rigs baited with bloodworms or peeler crab.

There are fishing piers in the Baltimore area (Fort Smallwood) and Annapolis (old Route 450 bridge base on north side of Severn). Sandy Point State Park at the base of the bay bridge can be a good place to catch white perch from the point or jetty and in late April a good place to catch striped bass. There are two fishing piers on Kent Island (east side of bay bridge) Matapeake and Romacoke; the fishing can be good there at times.

If you take Route 50 east past Easton and towards Cambridge there is a long fishing pier there called Bill Burton State Park; good fishing there for white perch, croaker, striped bass (at night) and good crabbing.

If you travel down the eastern shore towards Crisfield there are roads that dead end at the bay at places like Deal Island, Hooper�s Island and the tidal rivers where there is good fishing and crabbing, but you will have to be adventurous to find these places. An ADC map of each county or Google Earth is a great way to find these hidden places. I believe you will find these trips rewarding because you can see life that is a whole lot different than Gaithersburg. Bring a cooler because you will find excellent prices on soft crabs, hard crabs and fish as well as roadside vegetables and such.

The following link is to some of the maps we have on our website. I would suggest you spend some time looking at different sites on our website such as the angler�s logs, boat ramps (most boat ramps have a dock for fishing), the fishing report and the trout fishing page for more maps showing where trout are stocked in waters near Gaithersburg in case you�d like to try trout fishing. You might also consider Ocean City; there is excellent seasonal fishing at the inlet and bulkheads inside the inlet for tautog, bluefish, striped bass, flounder depending on the time of year. Check the archived fishing reports link to see what is biting during each month in Ocean City and the Chesapeake Bay.

I would suggest you lay out your trips with maps at home before you venture out and plan ahead. Good luck and enjoy the adventure of finding new places to fish, meeting new people and new places in the state to explore with family or friends. Maps and Data Anglers Log Fishing Reports