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Fishing on Potomac River Wappatomaka USA, VA	Link  |   |     The Potomac River brings together a variety of cultures throughout the watershed from the coal miners of upstream West Virginia to the urban residents of the nation's capital and, along the lower Potomac, the watermen of Virginia's Northern Neck.
Length: 652 [km]
Source : Fairfax Stone Lattitude: 39.1952781677246 Longitude: -79.4911117553711 Elevation: 933 [m] Location: Fairfax Stone
Mouth : Lattitude: 37.9991989135742 Longitude: -76.2497024536133 Elevation: 0 [m] Location: Chesapeake Bay	County: St. Mary's
Fish Species       Northern snakehead    Sturgeon, Atlantic Dace, Longnose    Sunfish, Bluespotted Fourspine Stickleback    Perch, Yellow Minnow, Cutlip    Lamprey, American Brook Darter, Stripeback    Sculpin, Potomac Bullhead, Yellow    Sucker, Northern Hognose Hogchoker    Madtom, Margined Shad, Hickory    Fallfish Shad, American    Bowfin Herring, Blueback    Darter, Swamp Madtom, Tadpole    Minnow, Eastern Silvery Shiner, Swallowtail    Shiner, Bridle Pickerel, Chain    Shiner, Common Sculpin, Blue Ridge    Alewife Dace, Pearl    Killifish, Spotfin Darter, Glassy    Gar, Longnose Shiner, Comely    Chub, Creek Shiner, Golden    Killifish, Rainwater Darter, Tessellated    Bullhead, Brown Chub, River	Silverside, Inland    Trout, Brook Dace, Rosyside    Redfin Pickerel Shiner, Spottail    Perch, White Sucker, Torrent    Chubsucker, Creek Stoneroller, Central    Logperch Flier    Sunfish, Redbreast Darter, Shield    Shad, Gizzard Eel, American    Chub, Bluehead Trout-perch    Perch, Pirate Pumpkinseed Sunfish    Lamprey, Sea Atlantic Needlefish    Shiner, Satinfin Shiner, Spotfin    Sculpin, Slimy Mosquitofish, Eastern    Mudminnow, Eastern Catfish, White    Bass, Striped Minnow, Bluntnose    Shiner, Ironcolor Shiner, Rosyface    Darter, Rainbow Lamprey, Least Brook    Shiner, Striped Tench    Smelt, Rainbow Bass, Largemouth    Bass, Smallmouth Catfish, Flathead
Tributary Lat/Lon  |  Connected      Four Mile Run 38.9 -77.1    Source	Tributary Lat/Lon  |  Connected      Occoquan River 38.7 -77.3    Source
Close By Lat/Lon  |         Anacostia River 38.9 -77.0    10 km    Massey Creek 38.7 -77.2    5 km    Occoquan Reservoir 38.7 -77.3    5 km    ROCK CREEK 39.0 -77.0    10 km    WATTS BRANCH 38.9 -76.9    20 km	Lakes and Rivers Lat/Lon  |         ACCOTINK CREEK 38.8 -77.2    20 km    ANACOSTIA RIVER 38.9 -77.0    20 km    CAMERON RUN 38.8 -77.1    10 km    DEAD RUN 39.0 -77.2    10 km    FOURMILE RUN 38.8 -77.1    5 km

Last News Date  |  Source   Certain to 'stir stuff up': Snakeheads arrive 27/06/2022     The Herald-Mail    Maryland Angler Snags State Record 5-foot-long Blue Catfish; 'We Needed A Larger Net' 26/03/2008     Underwatertimes    Angler Teddy Carr Records Top-10 Finish In Weekend Bassmaster Tourney 17/05/2011     underwatertimes    Pro Angler Christiana Bradley Finishes Mid-Pack In LAPR Tournament 16/03/2011     Underwatertimes    Bass Angler Bradley Doing The Research Necessary To Catch The Big Fish In Maryland 09/08/2011     underwatertimes    Snakehead Fish Found In Upper Potomac River For First Time 04/08/2015     wamu

Last News Date  |  Source   Bass Angler Christiana Bradley Has Learning Experience In Florida 25/01/2011     underwatertimes    Anglers Bradley, Carr Land Enough Fish To Qualify For Regional Bassmaster Event 19/09/2011     underwatertimes    Md. woman lands ‘Fish of 10,000 Casts’ to set state record 11/05/2017     wtop    Risky Strategy Doesn't Pan Out For Bass Angler Bradley 11/04/2011     underwatertimes    Snakeheads Appear at Home in the Potomac 02/10/2006     washington post    Bass Angler Robert Pearson To Literally Enjoy Home Cookin This Weekend 02/06/2011     underwatertimes

Last change: 2022-07-19