Conowingo Reservoir Survey

Type: Nontidal
Region: Northern
Location: Conowingo Reservoir

MD DNR Eastern Region Inland Fisheries staff recently conducted the annual summer electrofishing survey at Conowingo Reservoir. Fish were sampled at 10 stations in the Maryland portion of the reservoir. Conowingo Reservoir supports a diverse sportfish community that includes largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, bluegill, green sunfish, rock bass, yellow perch, channel catfish, and flathead catfish. Smallmouth bass were abundant, and although many of the fish were yearlings (3-7 inches), a good number of adult fish up to 20 inches were encountered. Abundance of largemouth bass adults was low, but many of this year�s young-of-year were collected. Based on the large number of young smallmouth bass and largemouth bass observed during this survey, anglers should have tremendous bass fishing opportunities for years to come.

Pictured are Technician David Fletcher (left) and Fisheries Biologist Mike Porta (right) with a pair of beautiful smallmouth bass collected during the Conowingo Reservoir survey.