🎣 Fishing on public land in Maryland

245 public places in Maryland are listed for fishing (232 state & public land, 12 state forests, 1 recreation areas). 2 have no entry fee. Open any place for its map, directions, fees and the land around it.

A Maryland hunting or fishing license is required, seasons and bag limits apply, and individual units add their own rules. Check the managing agency before you go.

The places

🗺️ Adventure Conservation ParkUnknown — check official site
🏕️ Assateague Island National Seashore$25/vehicle (7 days)
🗺️ Blockhouse Point Conservation ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Buck Branch Stream Valley ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cabin John Stream Valley ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cedar Island Conservation ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Choptank Wetlands - Hog NeckUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Choptank Wetlands - Kings CreekUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Civil War Rail TrailUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dogwood Surplus SiteUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dulaney Valley Branch GreenwayUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kilgour Branch Stream Valley ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Little Falls Stream Valley ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Little Seneca Greenway Stream Valley ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Long Branch Stream Valley ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Muddy Branch Stream Valley ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ North Branch Stream Valley ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Northwest Branch Stream Valley ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ PVSP Hollofield AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pennyfield Lock Neighborhood Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rachel Carson Conservation ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Roland Run GreenwayUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sherwood Forest Neighborhood Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sligo Creek Stream Valley ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Tilden Woods Stream Valley ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Upper Paint Branch Stream Valley ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Watts Branch Stream Valley ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Woodstock Equestrian ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Adams Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Allen, Robert W. And Cherilyn Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ American Chestnut Land TrustUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Anacostia River Stream Valley ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Aquarius ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Autumn OverlookUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Autumn OverlookUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bacon Ridge Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Baltimore-Washington ParkwayUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bear Pen Headwaters Heritage Conservation Fund SiteUnknown — check official site
🗺️ BeeTree PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Benson Fields at Edgeley GroveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Big Mill Pond Fish Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bishops Head Marsh Game PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Black Hill Regional ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Blunt Road Local ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bodkin IslandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bradley Hills Neighborhood Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Broad Creek Memorial Scout ReservationUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bromley Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Browkaw, Nancy W. Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Browkaw, Nancy W. Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Browns Corner Neighborhood Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bucklodge Conservation ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bynum Run Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Callithea Farm Special ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Camp Rodney Forest Legacy EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Capitol View Open Space Urban ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Catoctin Mountain Parkfree
🌲 Cedarville State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chaney Natural Resource Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chapel Point Conservation EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chapman ResidualUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chesapeake ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chesapeake ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chesapeake ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chesapeake ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chesapeake ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chesapeake Forest - Besley and Rodgers ComplexUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chesapeake Forest - Campbell ComplexUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chesapeake Forest - Creek ComplexUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chesapeake Forest - Lewis ComplexUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chesapeake Forest - Marshy Hope ComplexUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chesapeake Forest - Marumsco ComplexUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chesapeake Forest - Messenger Branch ComplexUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chesapeake Forest - Oriole ComplexUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chesapeake Forest - Wells ComplexUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chesapeake Forest: Besley And RodgersUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Parkfree
🗺️ Chino Phase 1Unknown — check official site
🗺️ Chino Phase 2Unknown — check official site
🗺️ Cloverland ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Conquest Waterfront PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Conservation and Research Areas of UMBCUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Corcoran Environmental Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ DNR Held Conservation EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Darby Store Cultural ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Deep Creek Lake Natural Resource Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dennis, Virginia E. Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dickerson Conservation ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dnr Held Conservation EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dnr Held Conservation EasementUnknown — check official site
🌲 Doncaster Demonstration State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Douglas Point Special Recreation Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Drake Drive Neighborhood Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ East Catawba (Maryland Environmental Trust)Unknown — check official site
🗺️ Eastern Shore Land Conservancy - Canton Farm Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Edgeley Grove ParkUnknown — check official site
🌲 Elk Neck State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ellis, Ray And Barb Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Elmhirst Parkway Neighborhood Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Emmitsburg WatershedUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Emory Grove Hills Neighborhood Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ FCA-EasternUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Figgs Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Folly Branch Stream Valley ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Frank M. Ewing/Robinson Neck PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Frederick City WatershedUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Friends of Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park PropertyUnknown — check official site
🌲 Garrett State Forest Piney Mountain, Snaggy Mountain, Hutton AreasUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Glatfelter EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Golts Ponds Heritage Conservation Fund SiteUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Good Luck Farms Conservation EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Gorman Stream Valley Natural Resource AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Great Cypress SwampUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Great Seneca Stream Valley ParkUnknown — check official site
🌲 Green Ridge State ForestFee charged — check official site
🗺️ Grove Property Charles UndesignatedUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hagerstown Edgemont ReservoirUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hagerstown WatershedUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hallowing Point Research Conservation EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Harmony HallUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Harrington Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Harrison Island Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hawlings River Stream ValleyUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Heavenly Waters ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Holly Conservation EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Honey Branch Natural Resource Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ House Creek Natural Resource Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Howard County Conservancy at Mt. PleasantUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hoyles Mill Conservation ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Islands of the Potomac ConservancyUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Jennings Randolph Lake Boat RampUnknown — check official site
🗺️ John S. Ayton Tree NurseryUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Joyner Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Joyner Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Jug Bay Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Jug Bay Wetlands SanctuaryUnknown — check official site
🗺️ King, Amos Jonathan And Crystal Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kings Landing Natural Resource Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Knell Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ L P Cosca Regional ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lambertson - Breeding Farm Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lambertson - Shell Road Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Layfield - Wicomico Portion Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Layfield - Worcester Portion Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lower Deep Creek Heritage Conservation Fund SiteUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mager's Landing Homeowners AssociationUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mager's Landing Homeowners AssociationUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Magruder Branch Stream Valley ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Manor Park Neighborhood Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Marshy Point Park and Nature CenterUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Marshyhope Creek North Heritage Conservation Fund SiteUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Matapeake ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mattawoman Natural Environment AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ McKnew Conservation ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mcdaniel Forest Legacy EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Merkle Natural Resources Management Area and Visitor CenterUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Middle Patuxent Environmental AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Miko Conservation EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Miller, Dwight H. Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Milltown Landing Natural Resource Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Miscellaneous Properties - Eastern RegionUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Monocacy Natural Resource Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Morgan Run Natural Environment AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mt. Pleasant WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Nanjemoy Natural Resource Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Nanjemoy Natural Resources Management Area Douglas Point AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Nanjemoy Natural Resources Management Area Liverpool Point AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Nanjemoy Natural Resources Management Area Mallows Bay AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Nanjemoy Natural Resources Management Area Purse AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Nanjemoy Natural Resources Management Area Wilson Farm AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Nanticoke River PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Nicholson Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ North BeachUnknown — check official site
🗺️ North Branch Potomac Fish Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ North Germantown Greenway Stream Valley ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Northwest Regional ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ocean City Beach Erosion Control DistrictUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Octoraro Creek Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Oregon Ridge ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Oxbow Lake Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Paint Branch Stream Valley ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Paint Branch Stream Valley ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Parker Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Patuxent Oxbow Heritage Conservation Fund SiteUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Patuxent Research RefugeUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Patuxent River GreenwayUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Patuxent River ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Patuxent River Park IUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Patuxent River Watershed Conservation ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Peach Orchard Neighborhood Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Penderbrooke Homeowners AssociationUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Perry Point VAMC Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Piscataway ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pocomoke River Corridor Heritage Conservation Fund SiteUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pocomoke River Corridor Heritage Conservation Fund SiteUnknown — check official site
🌲 Pocomoke State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Posey Gift (Maryland Environmental Trust)Unknown — check official site
🌲 Potomac State Forest Backbone AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 Potomac State Forest Lostland/Wallman/Laurel AreasUnknown — check official site
🌲 Potomac/Garrett State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Quindocqua Partnership Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ R.H. Properties Partnership Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Reddy Branch Stream Valley ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Reedbird Island ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Reedbird ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rock Creek Stream Valley ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rohm Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Saint Paul Neighborhood Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 Salem State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Savage River State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Serpentine Barrens Conservation ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Severn Run Natural Environment AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sherwood ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sligo Mill Neighborhood Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Smith, Earl Scott Jr And Linda J. Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Smithsonian Environmental Research CenterUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Smithville Lake Fish Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Soldiers Delight Natural Environment AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ South Germantown Recreational ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ South Mountain State BattlefieldUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Spencer Farm LLC Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Spice Creek Natural Resource Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Spring Island Game PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Stark Property Conservation EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Stonecrest Neighborhood Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 Stoney Demonstration State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ T. Howard Duckett WatershedUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ten Mile Creek Greenway Stream Valley ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Triadelphia Reservoir Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Tuckerman Neighborhood Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Uhler Natural Resource Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Vale Road ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Waller Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Washington Grove Forest Preserve - West WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Weston Farms Conservation EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Weston Farms Conservation EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Wildcat Branch Stream Valley ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Winters Run Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Woodmont Natural Resource Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Wye Island Natural Resources Management AreaUnknown — check official site

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