Chesapeake Bay & tributaries
The defining tidal estuary of the mid-Atlantic — striper, perch, blue cat, and snakehead country.
Chesapeake Bay
Top today: Blue Catfish at Choptank River — Cambridge
Tidal Potomac
Top today: Largemouth Bass at Mason Neck State Park
Upper Chesapeake
Top today: Blue Catfish at Sandy Point State Park
Patuxent River
Top today: Spotted Seatrout at Snow Hill Farm Park
Mid Chesapeake
Top today: Blue Catfish at Choptank River — Cambridge
Lower Maryland Chesapeake
Top today: Blue Catfish at Solomons Island Fishing Pier
Lower Virginia Chesapeake
Top today: Spotted Seatrout 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: Red Drum at Slaughter Beach
Jersey Shore
Top today: Summer Flounder at Island Beach State Park
Long Island
Top today: Bluefish 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 Pawleys Island
Southeast Florida
Top today: Red Drum at Haulover Beach Park
First Coast
Top today: Red Drum at New Smyrna Beach
Virginia Atlantic
Top today: Red Drum at Chincoteague NWR — Fishing Access
Cape Cod
Top today: Bluefish at Race Point Beach
Crystal Coast
Top today: Red Drum at Atlantic Beach (NC)
Space Coast
Top today: Sheepshead at Sebastian Inlet State Park
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: Summer Flounder at East Beach (Galveston)
Emerald Coast
Top today: Red Drum at Pensacola Beach
Coastal Bend
Top today: Summer Flounder at Padre Island National Seashore
Alabama Gulf Coast
Top today: Summer Flounder at Gulf Shores Public Beach
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Top today: Summer Flounder 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 Oceanside 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: Largemouth Bass at Loch Raven Reservoir
Deep Creek Lake
Top today: Channel Catfish at Deep Creek Lake