Chesapeake Bay & tributaries
The defining tidal estuary of the mid-Atlantic — striper, perch, blue cat, and snakehead country.
Chesapeake Bay
Top today: Red Drum at Deal Island Wildlife Management Area
Tidal Potomac
Top today: Largemouth Bass at Occoquan Regional Park
Upper Chesapeake
Top today: Bluefish at Sandy Point State Park
Patuxent River
Top today: Spotted Seatrout at Myrtle Point Park
Mid Chesapeake
Top today: Northern Snakehead at Blackwater NWR — Fishing Area
Lower Maryland Chesapeake
Top today: Red Drum at Solomons Island Fishing Pier
Lower Virginia Chesapeake
Top today: Summer Flounder at Kiptopeke State Park
Atlantic Coast
Surf, inlets, and barrier-island beaches from New England down through the Carolinas to Florida.
Delaware Bay
Top today: Summer Flounder at Augustine Beach
Jersey Shore
Top today: Striped Bass at Ventnor City
Long Island
Top today: Summer Flounder at Ponquogue Beach
Maryland Atlantic
Top today: Bluefish at Assateague Island — MD Surf
Delaware Atlantic
Top today: Summer Flounder at Fenwick Island — Surf Fishing
Southeast Florida
Top today: Summer Flounder at Haulover Beach Park
First Coast
Top today: Red Drum at St. Augustine Beach
Virginia Atlantic
Top today: Red Drum at False Cape State Park
Cape Cod
Top today: Summer Flounder at Sandy Neck Beach Park
Crystal Coast
Top today: Red Drum at Emerald Isle Beach
Grand Strand
Top today: Red Drum at Garden City Beach
Space Coast
Top today: Red Drum at Cocoa Beach
Connecticut Shoreline
Top today: Summer Flounder at Rocky Neck State Park
Outer Banks
Top today: Red Drum at Nags Head Beach
Cape Fear Coast
Top today: Red Drum at Carolina Beach
Gulf Coast
The Gulf of Mexico shore — the Florida Panhandle, the Mississippi and Alabama coasts, and the Texas beaches.
Southwest Florida Gulf Coast
Top today: Red Drum at St. Pete Beach
Upper Texas Coast
Top today: Red Drum at Sea Rim State Park
Emerald Coast
Top today: Red Drum at Pensacola Beach
Coastal Bend
Top today: Red Drum at Matagorda Beach
Alabama Gulf Coast
Top today: Red Drum at Gulf Shores Public Beach
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Top today: Red Drum at Biloxi Beach
Pacific Coast
The West Coast surf from San Diego up through the Pacific Northwest.
San Diego Coast
Top today: California Halibut at Oceanside Beach
California Central Coast
Top today: Rockfish at Santa Cruz Main Beach
Orange County Coast
Top today: California Halibut at Doheny State Beach
Oregon Coast
Top today: Rockfish at Jessie M. Honeyman Memorial State Park
Washington Coast
Top today: Barred Surfperch at Ocean Shores
Los Angeles Coast
Top today: California Halibut at Santa Monica State Beach
Great Lakes
Shore access on the inland seas — filter each lake by state.
Hawaii
Shore fishing on the Hawaiian islands.
Non-tidal freshwater
Smallmouth on the upper Potomac, walleye and muskie in Deep Creek, put-and-take trout on the Gunpowder and Savage.
Maryland Trout Streams
Top today: Brown Trout at Gunpowder Falls — Big Falls
Upper Potomac
Top today: Brown Trout at North Branch Potomac River — Luke
Maryland Reservoirs
Top today: Chain Pickerel at Prettyboy Reservoir
Deep Creek Lake
Top today: Largemouth Bass at Deep Creek Lake