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Hunting & Fishing in Maryland
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.
Top Hunting & Fishing Regions
Chesapeake Bay
The nation's largest estuary anchors Maryland's rockfish charter fleet and a storied waterfowl-hunting tradition along its tidal shores.
Eastern Shore
Flat farm country and tidal marsh on the Delmarva side offers guided goose hunting and strong whitetail deer hunting.
Western Maryland Highlands
The Appalachian counties around Garrett hold black bear, wild turkey, and trout streams like the Savage River tailwater.
Susquehanna Flats
Where the Susquehanna River meets the bay, shallow flats produce spectacular spring catch-and-release striped bass fishing.
Tips for Hunting in Maryland
- ✓Book a Chesapeake rockfish charter for the spring trophy season or the fall run, when big striped bass move through the bay.
- ✓Apply for Maryland's western black bear permit lottery through the Department of Natural Resources; tags are limited and prized.
- ✓Hunt Eastern Shore goose fields in midwinter, when resident and migratory Canada geese concentrate on harvested grain.
- ✓Fish the Savage River tailwater for wild trout, following the special regulations that protect its native brook trout.
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.
Season Dates
Maryland Deer Archery Opens
MD archery deer season opens.
2026-09-11
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Maryland Hunter Education Course
Hybrid: online for ages 13+ plus mandatory one-day Field Day Workshop. Under 13 must attend in-person only.
2026-04-25 · Maryland
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The Bow Shack (formally known as Bowhunters Den)
Taneytown, Maryland
(410) 751-2494
Guide & Outfitter
Sharpsburg Ghost Tours
Sharpsburg, Maryland
Striped BassBluefishFlounder
(301) 991-0265Visit Site →
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Gunther Charters
Harmans, Maryland
(410) 761-3757Visit Site →
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Just Riding Along Bicycle Shop
Gaithersburg, Maryland
(301) 963-1273Visit Site →
Guide & Outfitter
The Machine Gun Nest
Frederick, Maryland
Whitetail DeerTurkeyGoose
(301) 304-6001Visit Site →
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Rockville, Maryland
(301) 519-8030Visit Site →
All Hunting & Fishing Listings in Maryland
316 guides, outfitters, charters, and outdoor businesses across Maryland.
Guide & Outfitter listings in Maryland (105)
- All In Adventures Escape Rooms — Bowie
- Alltackle.com Annapolis Store — Annapolis
- American Chestnut Land Trust — Prince Frederick
- Annapolis Fishing Charters (R) — Annapolis
- Annapolis Ghost Tours & Haunted Pub Crawls — Annapolis
- Assateague Outfitters Bayside Rental Stand — Berlin
- Backwater Angler — Monkton
- Baltimore Fishing Adventures — Baltimore
- Baltimore Ghost Tours — Baltimore
- Baltimore's Finest Charters — Essex
- Big Worm Fishing Charters Maryland — Edgewater
- Boathouse Waterfowl Guides — Toddville
- Cabin At The Beach — Ocean City
- Capt. Phil Gootee Fishing Charters and Tours — Church Creek
- Cherry Hill Park — College Park
- Chesapeake Adventures Sportfishing — Prince Frederick
- Chesapeake Bay Sport Fishing — Stevensville
- Chesapeake Ghost Tours — Salisbury
- Chesapeake Light Tackle Fishing — Annapolis
- Chill's Light Tackle Guide Service — Nottingham
- Coastal Guide Service LLC — Ocean City
- Crisfield Charters — Crisfield
- Dennis Point Marina & Campground — Drayden
- desperate measures guide service — Dameron
- Dolly Diesel Sport Fishing — Owings
- Ebb Tide Fishing Charters, LLC — Deale
- Ellen R Fishing Charters — Stevensville
- Fin Hunter Charters — Deale
- Fish Finder Adventures LLC — Ocean City
- Fish With Weaver — Annapolis
- Flag Ponds Nature Park — Lusby
- Fly or Light Tackle Fish Chesapeake Bay for Striped Bass with Capt. Tom Hughes Call or Text — Catonsville
- Fools Gold Charters — Stevensville
- Fred's Outdoors — Waldorf
- Frederick Saltwater Anglers — Frederick
- Glamping Clear Spring Maryland 3-Cabin Campground — Clear Spring
Education listings in Maryland (48)
- Absolute HQL Wear and Carry — Essex
- Access Patrol - VSU Training — Lutherville
- Acm firearms training — Baltimore
- Advanced Education & Training Center — Baltimore
- Armed & Trained — Columbia
- Atlantic Tactical Firearms Trainers — Salisbury
- B&R Defense, LLC - Wear & Carry Permit — Cockeysville
- Blue Griffin Consulting, LLC — Odenton
- Boom Boom Firearms & Training — Oxon Hill
- Cassamajor Protective & Investigation LLC. — Sykesville
- Center Ring Training — Easton
- Citadel Training Solutions — Waldorf
- CMAG Safety & Defense — Owings Mills
- Critical Home Defense — Gambrills
- Crooked Claw Firearms Training — Eldersburg
- Delmarva Carry Academy — Queenstown
- Double A Consultants — Rockville
- E - Line Armed 2 Defend LLC — Baltimore
- Eight Point Solutions LLC — Hyattsville
- Fortvigil Defense Training Academy MD-DE-NJ — Edgewood
- Grab Firearms Training — Westminster
- Hafer's Gunsmithing — Hagerstown
- Happiness is Balance LLC — Frederick
- I.C.E. Firearms & Defensive Training — Mt Airy
- Israeli Tactical School - Maryland | Tactical Training | pistol training | CCW Training | HQL training | firearms training — Rockville
- JP's Tactical & Training — Westminster
- Krav Maga Maryland — Columbia
- La Vale EMS Station 52 — Cumberland
- Lifeline Personal Protection — Urbana
- MFATT Academy - Maryland Firearms and Tactical Training, Essex — Essex
- Mid Atlantic Handgun Training, Inc. — Boonsboro
- Molon Labe Firearm Trainers Inc — Snow Hill
- New Wave Firearms Training — Owings Mills
- Practical Training Professionals - Firearms Training - Wear and Carry Permit — Brandywine
- Pretty Shooters Firearms Training,LLC — District Heights
- Ready To Defend 365 LLC — Upper Marlboro
Retailer listings in Maryland (45)
- 2 A Sales & Supplies — Jessup
- 410 Firearms LLC. — Betterton
- Academy Sports Outdoors — Hagerstown
- Anglers Sport Center — Annapolis
- Atlantic Guns Inc — Rockville
- Autumn Sky Outfitters — Street
- Bel Air Gun Range — Bel Air
- Chesapeake Bay Outfitters — St Michaels
- Chesapeake Outdoors — Chester
- Clyde's Sport Shop — Halethorpe
- Cromwell's Firearms — Great Mills
- Eldersburg Armory LLC — Eldersburg
- Engage Armament — Rockville
- EZ-HQL Firearm Training Center — Nottingham
- Fishbone's Bait & Tackle — Pasadena
- Fulton Armory — Savage
- Gun Bunker South — Cockeysville
- Gun Shack / Crosswind — Mt Airy
- Gun Shop — Essex
- Gunpowder Tactical — Jarrettsville
- Guns And Ammo — White Plains
- Highland Sporting Outfitters — Hunt Valley
- Jefferson Archery — Jefferson
- JNC Firearms — Leonardtown
- Just Riding Along Bicycle Shop — Gaithersburg
- League Outfitters — Jessup
- Leggett's Trapping Supplies — Boonsboro
- MKP Tactical — Sykesville
- Old Washington Armory — Waldorf
- Optimal Zero Firearms — Rockville
- Outdoor Pro Shop, LLC — Pasadena
- Pitboss Waterfowl LLC — Whaleyville
- Queen City Armory — Cumberland
- RS Shooting Sports — Chester
- Sarge's Bait and Tackle — Elkton
- Shepherd Armament LLC — Hollywood
Gun Dog Trainer listings in Maryland (41)
- A Friend of Mine Boarding Kennel — Willards
- All Dogs Club — College Park
- Bold Bay Retrievers — Easton
- Braveheart Kennels — Tuscarora
- Canine Country Club — Queenstown
- Cozy Canine Camp — Crownsville
- Deep Hollow Labrador Retrievers — Frederick
- DOA Outfitters, Inc. — Mardela Springs
- Fieldstone Animal Inn — Millersville
- Golden Wood, Fairplay — Fairplay
- Golden Wood, Oxford — Oxford
- HART for Animals, Inc. — Accident
- Healthy Hound Playground & Grooming — Rockville
- Indian Bridge Kennels & Suites, Inc. — California
- iSpeakDogg — Fort Washington
- K9 Heeling — Eden
- Kitty Castle — Reisterstown
- Lucky Stars Country Kennels — Hampstead
- Mariah-Belle Manor Kennel — Mt Airy
- Misty Ridge Animal Resort & German Shepherds — New Windsor
- Never Enough Farm and Kennels — Frederick
- Oakdale Retrievers — Church Hill
- Pack Place K9 — Germantown
- Paradise For Pets — Beltsville
- Pets Vacationland — Hagerstown
- Pinewood Kennels, LLC — Sudlersville
- Preston Country Club For Pets — Columbia
- Salisbury Maryland Kennel Club — Salisbury
- Shore Thing Labrador Retrievers — Girdletree
- Sniffers Doggie Retreat & Training Center — Rockville
- Sunchaser Kennels — Union Bridge
- The Dog Company — Fruitland
- The Dog Stay — Silver Spring
- Twin Oak Retrievers — Barclay
- US Kennels Inc. — Salisbury
- Vacation Boarding Kennels — Glenn Dale
Boats & Vehicles listings in Maryland (39)
- AJ's Adventures — Shallmar
- Annapolis Bay Charters Inc. — Annapolis
- Annapolis Boat Club — Annapolis
- Annapolis Canoe and Kayak — Annapolis
- Annapolis Catamaran Charters — Edgewater
- Aquatic Center — McHenry
- Bill's Marine Service — Oakland
- Buku — Baltimore
- Bunky's Charter Boats Inc — Solomons
- Bush River Boat Rentals — Abingdon
- Capital SUP - Quiet Waters Park — Annapolis
- Crisfield Kayak and Canoe Rental — Crisfield
- Denison Yachting — Annapolis
- East Neck Boat Rental — Rock Hall
- Eastern Watersports — Baltimore
- Eastern Watersports Baltimore Peninsula Rentals — Baltimore
- Eastern Watersports Dundee Creek Rentals — Middle River
- Eastern Watersports Hammerman Beach Rentals — Middle River
- Easton Cycle and Sport — Easton
- Endeavor Point — Benedict
- Ferry Bridge House — Easton
- Freedom Ring Boats — Oxon Hill
- Harris Cove Cottages Bed 'N Boat — St Michaels
- Haven Charters — Rock Hall
- Kent Point Marina — Stevensville
- MD Yacht Charters — Oxon Hill
- Paddle Club Baltimore — Baltimore
- Reel Attitude Charters — Chesapeake Beach
- Sail Away Catamarans — Edgewater
- Sail Selina II — St Michaels
- Schooner Heron Charters — Lusby
- Sea Rocket Water Adventures- Ocean City (Downtown) — Ocean City
- Silver Tree Marine LLC — Oakland
- Skipjack Nathan of Dorchester — Cambridge
- Spring Cove Marina — Solomons
- Top Gun Watersports at Castaways — Berlin
Fishing Charter listings in Maryland (17)
- Backdraft Charter Fishing — Edgewater
- Belladoe Charters — Tall Timbers
- Chesapeake Bay Outdoors Charter Fishing — Solomons
- Class Act Charter Fishing — Tilghman
- Good Fish Outdoors Charter Fishing Guide — Annapolis
- Hot Pursuit Charter Fishing LLC — Edgewater
- Hydra BowFishing Guide Services — Lothian
- Katherine Charter Fishing — Chesapeake Beach
- Kodiak Charters Chesapeake Bay — Grasonville
- Last Hurrah Charter Fishing — Pasadena
- Local Charter Fishing — Stevensville
- Locator Fishing Charter — Pasadena
- Maryland Mountains Fly Fishing — Grantsville
- Miss Violet head boat & charter fishing — Grasonville
- Rock on Charter Fishing — Chesapeake Beach
- Solomons Charter Captains Association — Solomons
- Tenacious Charter Fishing — Deale
Taxidermy listings in Maryland (8)
- Bonecollector Taxidermy — Owings
- Creative Concepts Taxidermy — Jessup
- Fellner Meats — Baltimore
- J. W. Treuth & Sons, Inc. — Catonsville
- Michael's Meats — Cumberland
- Nature's Best Wildlife Artistry — Mt Airy
- The Ugly Pig — Annapolis
- Tidewater Taxidermy — Marydel
Game Processor listings in Maryland (7)
- Buck N Ears Deer, Hog, Cow, Alligator & Bear Processing — Andrews
- Butcher's Prime Cuts — Ellicott City
- Butchers Alley — Bethesda
- Hopper's Deer Processing — Crofton
- Old Line Custom Meat Company — Baltimore
- The Organic Butcher of Bethesda — Bethesda
- Wild Ridge Processing — Elkton
Shooting Range listings in Maryland (5)
- Berwyn Rod & Gun Club Inc — Bowie
- Caroline County Shooting Preserve — Denton
- FreeState Gun Range — Middle River
- Izaak Walton League Rockville Chapter — Germantown
- The National Target Company — Glen Burnie
Accommodation listings in Maryland (1)
- Storch Deep Creek Lake Cabin Rentals — Oakland
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