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Table of Contents Introduction ...... 1 Stocked Trout Behavior ...... 4 Blue Lining ...... 8 Stream and Pond Rankings ...... 12 Allegany County ...... 15 Battie Mixon Ponds ...... 15 Cotton Cove Pond ...... 16 Dans Mountain Pond ...... 17 Evitts Creek ...... 18 Evitts Creek Ponds ...... 20 Fifteen Mile Creek ...... 21 Flintstone Creek...... 25 Georges Creek ...... 28 Put and Take Section ...... 28 Youth and Blind Section ...... 31 Jennings Run ...... 32 Lake Habeeb (Rocky Gap Lake) ...... 35 Laurel Run ...... 36 Lions Park Pond ...... 38 North Jennings Run ...... 39 Orchard Pond ...... 40 Town Creek ...... 41 Upper Section ...... 42 Lower Section ...... 44 White Sulfur Pond ...... 45 Wills Creek ...... 46 Anne Arundel County ...... 49 Lake Waterford ...... 49 Severn Run ...... 49 Baltimore County ...... 51 Avalon Pond ...... 51 Beetree Run ...... 51

Gunpowder Falls ...... 54 Prettyboy Reservoir ‐ Downstream Catch and Release ...... 54 Upper Gunpowder Falls ...... 58 Lower Gunpowder Falls ...... 61 Gwynn Oak Pond ...... 64 Gwynns Falls ...... 64 Jones Falls ...... 65 Upper Section ‐ Baltimore County ...... 65 Lower Section ‐ Robert E Lee Park ...... 67 Little Falls ...... 68 Little Gunpowder Falls ...... 72 Patapsco River ...... 77 Avalon ...... 77 Daniels ...... 79 Patterson Park Pond ...... 82 Stansbury Park Pond ...... 82 Calvert County ...... 84 Calvert Cliffs ...... 84 Hutchins Pond...... 85 Carroll County ...... 86 Beaver Run ...... 86 Farm Museum Pond ...... 88 Morgan Run ...... 89 Piney Run ...... 91 Piney Run Reservoir...... 92 South Branch Patapsco River (Upper) ...... 93 Taneytown Pond ...... 96 Cecil County ...... 98 Big Elk Creek ...... 98 Howards Pond ...... 102 Principio Creek ...... 103 Rising Sun Pond ...... 106 Charles County ...... 107 Hughesville Pond ...... 107 Myrtle Grove Pond ...... 108

Wheatley Lake ...... 109 Eastern Shore ...... 111 Caroline County ...... 111 Tuckahoe Lake and Creek ...... 111 Wicomico County ...... 112 Beaverdam Creek ...... 112 Worcester County ...... 113 Shad Landing Pond ...... 113 Frederick County ...... 115 Big Hunting Creek ...... 115 Brunswick Pond ...... 117 Carroll Creek ...... 117 Catoctin Creek ...... 118 Cunningham Falls Lake ...... 120 Fishing Creek ...... 121 Frank Bentz Pond ...... 123 Friends Creek ...... 124 Hamburg Pond ...... 126 Little Catoctin Creek ...... 127 Little Fishing Creek ...... 128 Little Hunting Creek ...... 129 Middle Creek ...... 131 Middletown Community Pond ...... 132 Owens Creek ...... 133 Reverse Delayed Harvest Section ...... 135 Catoctin Mountain National Park ...... 138 Rainbow lake ...... 138 Urbana Lake ...... 139 Whiskey Springs Pond ...... 141 Woodsboro Community Pond ...... 142 Garrett County ...... 143 Accident Pond ...... 143 Bear Creek ...... 143 Big Run...... 146

Broadford Lake ...... 147 Casselman River ...... 148 Crabtree Creek ...... 151 Deep Creek Lake ...... 154 Dry Run ...... 154 Elk Lick ...... 155 Glades Park Pond ...... 156 Herrington Creek ...... 156 Herrington Lake ...... 158 Jennings Randolph Lake ...... 159 Little Youghiogheny River ...... 160 Middle Fork ...... 162 Mill Run ...... 164 Muddy Creek ...... 166 Mudlick Run ...... 168 New Germany Lake ...... 170 North Branch of the Potomac ...... 171 Wilson to Steyer ...... 173 Potomac State Forest ...... 175 Kitzmiller ...... 180 Upper Catch and Return ...... 182 Barnum ...... 184 Lower Catch and Return ...... 186 Westernport/Piedmont ...... 188 Zero Creel ...... 190 Parkview Pond ...... 191 Piney Reservoir ...... 192 Poplar Lick Run ...... 193 Sand Run ...... 194 Savage River ...... 194 Trophy Area ...... 196 Fly Fishing Only Area ...... 197 Mainstem...... 199 Savage River Reservoir ...... 200 Snowy Creek ...... 202 Youghiogheny River ...... 203

Oakland ...... 203 Hoyes Run ‐ Sang Run ...... 205 Friendsville (Put and Take) ...... 207 Friendsville (Delayed Harvest) ...... 209 Harford County ...... 211 Deer Creek ...... 211 Rocks State Park ...... 212 Eden Mill Nature Center ...... 213 Hidden Valley Natural Area ...... 214 Forest Hill Pond ...... 215 Howard County ...... 216 Cabin Branch ...... 216 Centennial Lake ...... 217 Elkhorn Lake ...... 218 Laurel Lake ...... 219 Little Patuxent River ...... 219 Middle Patuxent River ...... 222 Patuxent River ...... 224 Laurel ...... 224 Brighton Dam to Mink Hollow ...... 225 Patuxent River State Park ...... 228 Montgomery County ...... 231 Great Seneca Creek ...... 231 Izaak Walton Pond ...... 234 Kings Pond ...... 234 Lake Needwood ...... 235 Martin Luther King Jr Pond ...... 236 Northwest Branch ...... 237 Paint Branch ...... 242 Pine Lake ...... 245 South Germantown Park Pond ...... 246 Prince Georges County ...... 247 Allens Pond ...... 247 Cosca Lake ...... 247 Greenbelt Lake ...... 248

Lake Artemesia ...... 249 Melwood Pond ...... 250 School House Pond ...... 250 Tucker Pond ...... 251 Washington County ...... 253 Antietam Creek ...... 253 Beaver Creek ...... 255 Blairs Valley Lake ...... 260 Greenbrier Lake ...... 261 Indian Springs Pond ...... 262 Israel Creek ...... 263 Licking Creek ...... 264 Little Antietam Creek ...... 266 Little Tonoloway Creek ...... 268 Little Tonoloway Creek (Widmyer Park) ...... 269 Pangborn Pond ...... 271 Sharpsburg Pond ...... 271 Sideling Hill Creek ...... 273