Big Hunting Creek and its tributaries (Frederick County +2 more
The rule for this water, with the receipt.
Special regulations for Big Hunting Creek and its tributaries (Frederick County, within Cunningham Falls State Park and Catoctin Mountain Park, except Owens Creek, Little Hunting Creek, Cunningham Falls Lake and Frank Bentz Pond); Beaver Creek, Washington County, from the confluence with Black Rock Creek downstream to the downstream side of the U.S. Route 40 bridge; Patuxent River, Montgomery and Howard Counties, from red bank posts approximately 400 yards below Brighton Dam downstream to Mink Hollow Road, as the state words them
Frederick County · Lake · MD
The rules for this water, verbatimOfficial text
Straight from MD's official regulations. Rules in force today lead; out-of-season rows are dimmed. Nothing is paraphrased. Not legal advice: verify the posted rules at the water.
- troutBait You may not possess or use any natural bait, or live bait, or any device enhanced with a scent capable of catching fish.You may not possess trout while fishing in these areas. All trout must be immediately released.
Statewide base layerParsed
These defaults apply where the rules above do not modify them.
- Season
- Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
- Gear
- These are the only types of gear you may use in nontidal watersStatewide
- Bait
- Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
- Poles
- May use up to 3 active lines at a timeStatewide
Where the verbatim rules above name a species, season, or limit, they replace the rows below. Each row is tagged with the layer it comes from.
| Species | Daily limit | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|
brook trout | 0 Daily/0 Possession | - | Statewide |
all other species of trout | combined 5 Daily/10 Possession | - | Statewide |
How this answer was assembled
- StatewideStatewide lake rules are the base layer: default season, gear, bait, and limits.
- This waterSpecial rules written for this exact water replace the statewide defaults where they speak.
- Emergency orderEmergency orders in effect today override everything else. They sync quietly when the phone has coverage and never lock you out of the app.
Where this rule applies
This water is not yet drawn on the map. Its rules are captured and receipted; the geometry ledger records exactly why it is not drawn (an ambiguous name match or a gap in the source data), and it will never ship as a guess. Each rule above describes in the state's own words where it applies, and those written descriptions are the authoritative boundaries.
What are you fishing for here?Advice
Pick from the species named in Big Hunting Creek and its tributaries (Frederick County +2 more's rules. Setups are checked against the gear rules in force today, and your picks are remembered on this device only. These are rule-aware suggestions, not a claim about what is biting; advice, not law, and the rules above govern.
Receipts
Local services near Big Hunting Creek and its tributaries (Frederick County +2 more
Tackle shops, guides, and boat launches that serve this water will appear here - a separate lane below the rules, so a local business can reach you without ever getting between you and the regulation.
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