Chesapeake Bay & tributaries
The defining tidal estuary of the mid-Atlantic — striper, perch, blue cat, and snakehead country.
Chesapeake Bay
Top today: Sheepshead at Cape Charles Town Pier
Tidal Potomac
Top today: Channel Catfish at Riverbend Park — Upper Potomac
Upper Chesapeake
Top today: Channel Catfish at Conowingo Dam Tailrace
Patuxent River
Top today: Spotted Seatrout at Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum
Mid Chesapeake
Top today: Blue Catfish at Choptank River — Cambridge
Lower Maryland Chesapeake
Top today: Largemouth Bass at Jug Bay — Patuxent River
Lower Virginia Chesapeake
Top today: Sheepshead 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: Bluefish at Bowers Beach
Jersey Shore
Top today: Bluefish at Sandy Hook (Gateway NRA)
Long Island
Top today: Bluefish at Orient Beach State Park
Maryland Atlantic
Top today: Bluefish at Public Landing Beach
Delaware Atlantic
Top today: Sheepshead at Cape Henlopen State Park
Grand Strand
Top today: Red Drum at North Myrtle Beach
Southeast Florida
Top today: Common Snook at Lake Worth Beach
First Coast
Top today: Common Snook at New Smyrna Beach
Virginia Atlantic
Top today: Cobia at Chincoteague NWR — Fishing Access
Cape Cod
Top today: Striped Bass at Nauset Beach
Crystal Coast
Top today: Red Drum at Emerald Isle Beach
Space Coast
Top today: Common Snook at Cocoa Beach
Connecticut Shoreline
Top today: Bluefish at Rocky Neck State Park
Outer Banks
Top today: Bluefish at Cape Hatteras National Seashore
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: Common Snook at St. Pete Beach
Upper Texas Coast
Top today: Summer Flounder at East Beach (Galveston)
Emerald Coast
Top today: Common Snook at Pensacola Beach
Coastal Bend
Top today: Summer Flounder at Mustang Island State Park
Alabama Gulf Coast
Top today: Summer Flounder 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: California Halibut at Santa Cruz Main Beach
Orange County Coast
Top today: California Halibut at Huntington Beach (Surf City USA)
Oregon Coast
Top today: Rockfish at Yachats State Recreation Area
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: Walleye at 31st Street Beach (Margaret T. Burroughs Beach)
Lake Erie
Top today: Walleye at Sims Park Beach (Euclid)
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 Savage River Reservoir
Upper Potomac
Top today: Channel Catfish at Riverbend Park — Upper Potomac
Maryland Reservoirs
Top today: Smallmouth Bass at Prettyboy Reservoir
Deep Creek Lake
Top today: Largemouth Bass at Deep Creek Lake