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Maryland packs remarkable variety into a small footprint, from the Appalachian highlands of the west to the sprawling Chesapeake Bay. Hunting guides in Maryland are best known for Chesapeake waterfowl, a tradition of canvasbacks, Canada geese, and divers that built the legend of the bay's working decoys. The Eastern Shore farmland also grows strong whitetail, and the western mountains hold black bear and a remnant wild turkey stronghold.
Fishing charters in Maryland are synonymous with the Chesapeake. The bay's striped bass, known locally as rockfish, anchor a huge charter fleet, with bluefish, white perch, and seasonal cobia adding variety. Western Maryland offers a different world entirely, with the Savage River and Youghiogheny tailwaters holding wild trout. From rockfish trolling to mountain trout, Maryland's compact geography hides outsized opportunity.
The nation's largest estuary anchors Maryland's rockfish charter fleet and a storied waterfowl-hunting tradition along its tidal shores.
Flat farm country and tidal marsh on the Delmarva side offers guided goose hunting and strong whitetail deer hunting.
The Appalachian counties around Garrett hold black bear, wild turkey, and trout streams like the Savage River tailwater.
Where the Susquehanna River meets the bay, shallow flats produce spectacular spring catch-and-release striped bass fishing.
Did you know? The Chesapeake Bay striped bass is so central to the state that Maryland made the rockfish its official state fish, and bay watermen still call it nothing else.
MD archery deer season opens.
Hybrid: online for ages 13+ plus mandatory one-day Field Day Workshop. Under 13 must attend in-person only.
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