Fishing near Gaithersburg, MD

Set in Montgomery County, Gaithersburg sits at the doorstep of some of Maryland's best freshwater fishing. Great Seneca Creek and Clopper Lake within Seneca Creek State Park are effectively in-city, while Little Seneca Lake, Triadelphia Reservoir, and the smallmouth- and muskie-rich upper Potomac River at Seneca lie within a short drive. The county holds six of the state's top-ranked fishing lakes.

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American Eel

Anguilla rostrata

American Shad

Alosa sapidissima

Black Crappie

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Blueback Herring

Alosa aestivalis

Blue Catfish

Ictalurus furcatus

Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

Bluegill Sunfish

Lepomis macrochirus

Bowfin

Amia calva

Brook Trout

Salvelinus fontinalis

Brown Bullhead

Ameiurus nebulosus

Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Chain Pickerel

Esox niger

Channel Catfish

Ictalurus punctatus

Common Carp

Cyprinus carpio carpio

Fallfish

Semotilus corporalis

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Fishing near Gaithersburg, MD

Potomac River

Triadelphia Reservoir

Georgetown Channel

Monocacy River

Patuxent River

Washington Channel

Seneca Creek

Tidal Basin

Patapsco River