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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: 39.20   Longitude: -79.50 Elevation: 933 [m] Location: Fairfax Stone
Mouth : Lattitude: 38.00 Longitude: -76.20 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   invasive snakehead fish haven't devoured the competition 29/08/2024     voanews    Maryland to rebrand snakehead to Chesapeake Channa to encourage people to eat the fish 03/05/2024     wjla	Last News Date  |  Source   Certain to 'stir stuff up': Snakeheads arrive 27/06/2022     The Herald-Mail    Invasive vampire fish is captured in Virginia river - and experts say its presence is a good sign 04/07/2024     dailymail

Last change: 2022-07-19   Last data change: 2024-11-23