posted on: November 8, 2010

Type: Nontidal
Region: SouthernGreenbelt Lake and Cosca Lake
Location:

Inland Fisheries biologists of the Southern Region have been conducting fish surveys at local lakes and ponds. Recently we sampled two lakes in Prince George�s County that offer residents great fishing opportunities: Greenbelt Lake and Cosca Lake.

In our electrofishing survey, we found that Greenbelt Lake has an abundance of largemouth bass. The bass ranged from young-of-the-year (fish spawned this year) to adults. Many of the fish were in the 1 to 2 lb range, but the lake is also home to at least a couple of big bass. We caught both a 6 and 7 lb fish in the lake (first picture). Greenbelt Lake also has lots of bluegill sunfish (juveniles to adults), brown bullhead, and quite a few rainbow trout from the fall stocking.

Cosca Lake has healthy populations of bluegill and redear sunfishes, black crappie, and largemouth bass. There were many black crappie in the 8-12� class, and many largemouth bass in the 1-2 lb range. We caught this 6-lb bass (second picture) during our recent sampling. The lake also still has a few rainbow trout from the fall stocking.