Chesapeake Bay & tributaries
The defining tidal estuary of the mid-Atlantic — striper, perch, blue cat, and snakehead country.
Chesapeake Bay
Top today: Spotted Seatrout at Elms Beach Park
Tidal Potomac
Top today: Largemouth Bass at Occoquan Regional Park
Upper Chesapeake
Top today: Blue Catfish at Conowingo Dam Tailrace
Patuxent River
Top today: Spotted Seatrout at Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum
Mid Chesapeake
Top today: Blue Catfish at Romancoke Pier
Lower Maryland Chesapeake
Top today: Northern Snakehead at Jug Bay — Patuxent River
Lower Virginia Chesapeake
Top today: Cobia at Cape Charles Town Pier
Atlantic Coast
Surf, inlets, and barrier-island beaches from New England down through the Carolinas to Florida.
Delaware Bay
Top today: White Perch at Lewes Canal
Jersey Shore
Top today: Summer Flounder at Island Beach State Park
Long Island
Top today: Summer Flounder at Ponquogue Beach
Maryland Atlantic
Top today: Red Drum at Ocean City Inlet — North Jetty
Delaware Atlantic
Top today: Red Drum at Indian River Inlet
Grand Strand
Top today: Red Drum at Myrtle Beach
Southeast Florida
Top today: Summer Flounder at Haulover Beach Park
First Coast
Top today: Red Drum at Daytona Beach
Virginia Atlantic
Top today: Cobia at Chincoteague NWR — Fishing Access
Cape Cod
Top today: Bluefish at Nauset Beach
Crystal Coast
Top today: Red Drum at Cape Lookout National Seashore
Space Coast
Top today: Red Drum at Cocoa Beach
Connecticut Shoreline
Top today: Striped Bass at Sherwood Island State Park
Outer Banks
Top today: Red Drum at Nags Head Beach
Cape Fear Coast
Top today: Red Drum at Wrightsville 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: Summer Flounder at Sanibel Island Beach
Upper Texas Coast
Top today: Red Drum at East Beach (Galveston)
Emerald Coast
Top today: Red Drum at Pensacola Beach
Coastal Bend
Top today: Red Drum at Padre Island National Seashore
Alabama Gulf Coast
Top today: Sheepshead at Mobile Bay
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Top today: Red Drum at Bay St. Louis Beach
Pacific Coast
The West Coast surf from San Diego up through the Pacific Northwest.
San Diego Coast
Top today: California Halibut at Imperial Beach
California Central Coast
Top today: California Halibut at Morro Bay (Morro Strand State Beach)
Orange County Coast
Top today: California Halibut at Doheny State Beach
Oregon Coast
Top today: Barred Surfperch 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.
Lake Michigan
Top today: Smallmouth Bass at Ludington State Park
Lake Erie
Top today: Smallmouth Bass at Presque Isle State Park
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: Channel Catfish at Deep Creek Lake