Water-body hub

Upper Potomac

Above Great Falls — smallmouth water.

Above Great Falls the river turns non-tidal and becomes one of the great smallmouth fisheries of the East. Wadable sections, boat floats, and two-state regulatory coverage (MD and VA).

Species

Smallmouth Bass
Largemouth Bass
Channel Catfish
Brown Trout

Best conditions today

Riverbend Park — Upper Potomac Smallmouth Bass · harvest closed
74/100
North Branch Potomac River — Luke Smallmouth Bass · harvest closed
0/100

All public access points

North Branch Potomac River — Luke — Allegany, MD
Riverbend Park — Upper Potomac — Fairfax, VA