Here are the top 5 baits that dominated the June 2025 Bass Pro Tour on the Potomac River. How did Ott DeFoe earn his fifth ...

Anglers in St. Mary’s County can expect a bountiful Fourth of July weekend in 2025, with favorable tides and active fish ...

“I think this one is going to be standard postspawn Potomac River grass fishing,” Lucas said. “Everything’s going to be related to grass, whether it’s low tide or high tide. Docks and wood might play ...

On April 9, Connor Lynch, an angler fishing on the Potomac River near Fletcher’s Cove, hooked and released a shortnose sturgeon, a fish not seen in the river since 2007.

According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, sea lamprey is distinguished by its long, eel-like body that is typically 12-20 inches long. They are usually brown and yellow, with a lighter ...

Potomac Conservancy scores the Potomac River's health a grade of B, an improvement from a B-minus three years ago, and D in 2011. The Potomac River is in the middle of a comeback and is much ...

Stanley "Sebby" Brock III poses with an enormous catfish found in the Potomac River near the Chain Bridge (courtesy of Stan Brock) A 20-year-old Arlington man out fishing near the Chain Bridge ...

We worked farther upriver, fishing all the likely-looking water. I couldn’t coax a strike, but Dorsey, casting a deep­ running plug, hooked a fish in a rock-rimmed pocket. When he brought it alongside ...

The northern snakehead, an invasive species of fish native to Asia, has successfully broken out of the Potomac River system and established itself in the Rappahannock River, according to state ...