Just saw this on WTOP.com and thought you might be interested.

http://www.wtop.com/109/3032911/Unusual-fish-lurks-near-Wilson-Bridge

Cool article I am from there, matter a fact not to far from waldorf and went to school in La Plata.

I never seen or heard of them before in MD, fished out of Solomons island and North beach. I know they were down on the coast of Va. But what I learned here in Jax is that the salinity has a lot to do with rain and warmth. They said last year they were finding flounder and blue fish farther south towards palatka than any other time and the stripers where down by the d**n on lake george. last year was the I think 4th yr of a drought, this year two tropical storms and it is a whole different ball game, cooler and less brackish, they are not nearly as far south from the reports i read and folks I talked to.

Would think the lack of rain has allowed the salt water to sneak up to the Wilson Bridge bringing in brackish water and the saltwater species.

Thanks for sharing.

Now we can fish for bass, snakeheads, redfish, speckled trout, flounder, croakers, sheepshead, sharks and whatever takes our bait on the Potomac!!!!

wow. very interesting. thanks

Would think the lack of rain has allowed the salt water to sneak up to the Wilson Bridge bringing in brackish water and the saltwater species.

Thanks for sharing.

Now we can fish for bass, snakeheads, redfish, speckled trout, flounder, croakers, sheepshead, sharks and whatever takes our bait on the Potomac!!!!

Reading Florida sportsman this month(one with the whaoo on the cover) and they echoed the same thing again in the local report. The salt/brackish is 80 miles up river to Palakta. They are catching bluefish in the river where they never have seen them before. The previous reports where the hurricanes/trop storms we had here would drive the salt content down, but it is back up now. dunno maybe the warmth or the rising ocean as a whole is a greater factor than the rain.

Would think the lack of rain has allowed the salt water to sneak up to the Wilson Bridge bringing in brackish water and the saltwater species.

Thanks for sharing.

Now we can fish for bass, snakeheads, redfish, speckled trout, flounder, croakers, sheepshead, sharks and whatever takes our bait on the Potomac!!!!

Lets do it, come on up! I've got spare rooms, and your (tidal) Va license works on the Pot-o-mac.

EDIT by Traveler: I don't know anything about non-tidal Potomac waters.

Lets do it, come on up! I've got spare rooms, and your Va license works on the Pot-o-mac.

REALLY ???????

REALLY ???????

http://www.dgif.virg...reciprocity.asp

I did it two Junes ago. Had my Va liscense and we left out of Brunskwick MD and camped on the island north near knoxville. fished off both banks and out of the boat.

Just becareful about the tributaries.

Here ya go.... Look all the way to the bottom of the info.......

Per Maryland DNR @ http://dnr.maryland....license.asp#RCP

Reciprocity

Virginia saltwater recreational fishing licenses with a Maryland/Potomac River Fisheries Commission (PRFC) registration (I don't know what that means, so I'll call MD DNR to find out) honored in Maryland tidal waters are:

• Individual annual license
  
• Individual temporary (10-day) license
  
• Private boat license
  
• Charter boat and head boat licenses (covers all persons fishing on boat and a registration is not needed)
  
• Lifetime saltwater Recreational Fishing License
  
• Special Lifetime recreational Fishing License for the permanently and totally disabled
  
• Special Combined (FW/SW) Sportfish License
  
• Rental boat license (covers all persons fishing on boat).
  

Maryland saltwater recreational fishing licenses with a Virginia registration honored in Virginia tidal saltwaters are:

• Annual resident Chesapeake Bay and Coastal sport fishing license
  
• Short-term (7-day) resident Chesapeake Bay and Coastal sport fishing license
  
• Annual nonresident Chesapeake Bay and Coast sport fishing license
  
• Short-term (7-day) nonresident Chesapeake Bay and Coastal sport fishing license
  
• Lifetime Chesapeake Bay and Coastal sport fishing license for former prisoners of war or 100% service connected disabled American veterans,
  
• Combination commercial/recreational (tidal fish license)
  
• Private boat license
  
• Consolidated senior sport fishing license.
  
• Charter boat and head boat licenses (covers all persons fishing on boat and a registration is not needed)
  

Potomac River Fisheries Commission recreational fishing licenses honored in Virginia tidal saltwaters:

• Individual annual license
  
• Private boat license (covers all persons fishing on boat with a VA registration)
  
• Charter boat license (covers all persons fishing on boat)
  

Potomac River Fisheries Commission recreational fishing licenses honored in Maryland tidal saltwaters:

• Individual annual license
  
• Private boat license (covers all persons with a Maryland/PRFC registration fishing on boat)
  
• Charter boat license (covers all persons fishing on boat)
  

Maryland and Virginia saltwater recreational fishing licenses and their registrations are honored in the tidal saltwaters of the Potomac River.

(EDIT by traveler: I believe this covers from Point lookout at the south end to just below Great Falls to the north end of the tidal river)

So..... Lets fish the Potomac.

EDIT by Traveler: See blue text above.

Saltwater anglers who are not required to hold Maryland Bay & Coastal Sport Fishing license and want to fish the Chesapeake Bay and tidal Potomac River must obtain a free Maryland Saltwater Angler Registration. By registering with Maryland, you will not need to register with NOAA.

Some of the anglers who are eligible for this free registration are guests on a boat with a Chesapeake Bay and Coastal Sport Boat Decal, waterfront property owner and their family members, have a Virginia saltwater license, have a Potomac River Fisheries sport fishing license and are fishing in a free fishing area or on a Maryland Free Fishing Day.