Catoctin and Little Catoctin Creek +4 more
The rule for this water, with the receipt.
Special regulations for Catoctin and Little Catoctin Creek, Frederick County, from US Route 40 near its intersection with MD Route 17 within Doubs Meadow Park downstream to the lower park boundary near Myersville; Catoctin Creek, Frederick County, from the southernmost boundary of Catoctin Creek Park upstream to 200 feet north of the Sumantown Road Bridge; Middle Patuxent River, Howard County, from US Route 29 downstream to Murray Hill Road; Town Creek mainstem, Allegany County, within Green Ridge State Forest, from a red post approximately 3/4 mile downstream of the upper ford on Lower Town Creek Road, just south of the Wagner Road intersection, downstream to the red post just upstream of the lower ford on Lower Town Creek Road (Mallory Place), and from a red post approximately 1/2 mile downstream of Maniford Road to a red post approximately 1 3/4 miles downstream (Bull Ring Ranch); South Branch Patapsco River from West Friendship Rd (Howard County) and Main Street (Carroll County) upstream approximately 1.1 mile to the upper boundary of the Hugg Thomas Wildlife Management Area, as the state words them
Howard County · River · 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.
- troutJune 1-Sept. 30Daily limit 5 Daily / 10 Possession (all species combined)Gear No tackle restrictions
- troutOct. 1-May 31 (out of season today)Bait May not possess or use any natural bait, live bait, or any device enhanced with a scent capable of catching fish.May not possess trout in these areas. Must immediately release any trout to the water from which the trout was taken.
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 river 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 stretch begins and ends
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.
Season at a glanceDerived
Sampled mid-month from the dated rows; short windows can slip between samples. The rows above are authoritative.
What are you fishing for here?Advice
Pick from the species named in Catoctin and Little Catoctin Creek +4 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
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