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Youghiogheny River Lake

The rule for this water, with the receipt.

Special regulations for Youghiogheny River Lake, as the state words them

Garrett County · Lake · MD

Has its own special rules
How to read this page:Official text quoted regulationParsed fields from the ruleDerived calculated from rulesContext conditions, not a ruleAdvice our suggestion

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.

Whole water
  • American EelOpen Year Round
    Daily limit Daily—25Size 9 inches
  • American ShadOpen Year Round
    Daily limit Daily—3Size None
  • Baitfish, Fish BaitOpen Year Round
    Daily limit Daily—50 in aggregateSize None
  • Bass – Largemouth, Smallmouth and SpottedJan. 1–April 10 and Nov. 1–Dec. 31 (dates as written)
    Daily limit Daily—4 in aggregateSize 15 inches
    No Harvest (Catch and Release) all other dates; No tournaments during closure. Cannot be used as bait.
  • Bass – Largemouth, Smallmouth and SpottedJune 13–Oct. 31
    Daily limit Daily—6 in aggregateSize 12 inches
  • CrayfishOpen Year Round
    Daily limit Daily—50Size None
    Head must be immediately removed behind the eyes upon capture unless used as bait in the water from which taken.
  • Gizzard ShadOpen Year Round
    Daily limit Daily—50Size None
  • Mud Bugs (dragonfly nymphs)Open Year Round
    Daily limit NoneSize None
  • Muskellunge and Tiger MuskieOpen Year Round
    Daily limit Daily—1 in aggregateSize 40 inches
    Cannot be used as bait.
  • Northern PikeOpen Year Round
    Daily limit Daily—2Size 24 inches
    Cannot be used as bait.
  • PickerelOpen Year Round
    Daily limit Daily—4Size 18 inches
    Cannot be used as bait.
  • River HerringOpen Year Round
    Daily limit Daily—50 in aggregateSize None
  • SaugerJan. 1–March 14 and May 2–Dec. 31 (dates as written)
    Daily limit Daily—6Size 12 inches
  • Striped Bass and Hybrid Striped BassOpen Year Round
    Daily limit Daily—2 in aggregateSize 20 inches
    Cannot be used as bait.
  • Sunfish, Yellow perch, White perch, Crappies, Catfish, Rock bass, Suckers, Carp and White bassOpen Year Round
    Daily limit Daily—50 in aggregateSize None
  • Trout and Salmon (all species)8 a.m. April 18–Sept. 7 (dates as written)
    Daily limit Daily—5 in aggregateSize 7 inches
    No Harvest (Catch and Release) all other dates. Brown and Brook Trout cannot be used as bait.
  • Trout and Salmon (all species)Jan. 1–Feb. 28 and Sept. 8–Dec. 31 (dates as written)
    Daily limit Daily—3 in aggregate
  • Walleye and HybridsJan. 1–March 14 and May 2–Dec. 31 (dates as written)
    Daily limit Daily—6 in aggregateSize 15 inches
    Cannot be used as bait.
  • Paddlefish, Mussels, Clams, and Threatened and Endangered Species
    CLOSED

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.

SpeciesDaily limitSize
brook trout
0 Daily/0 Possession-Statewide
all other species of trout
combined 5 Daily/10 Possession-Statewide

How this answer was assembled

  1. StatewideStatewide lake rules are the base layer: default season, gear, bait, and limits.
  2. This waterSpecial rules written for this exact water replace the statewide defaults where they speak.
  3. 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.

Season at a glanceDerived

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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 Youghiogheny River Lake'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

Statewide rules
Statewide
MD official fishing regulations
Checked against this official source on July 12, 2026.
Special rules - Youghiogheny River Lake
This water
MD official fishing regulations
Checked against this official source on July 12, 2026.

Local services near Youghiogheny River Lake

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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