The Best Fishing & Crabbing in Maryland

Calvert County Charter Fleets (Solomons and Chesapeake Beach, Md.): For charter fishing on the Chesapeake, Calvert County, south of Annapolis, is the place to go. The small harbor of Chesapeake Beach is home to the largest charter fleet on the bay. Solomons, south of Chesapeake Beach, has a good fleet, too -- with over 30 charter boats and a few headboats (charters for individual fisherman, charged by the "head") of its own. From either one, the captains are glad to take you trolling or chumming along the Western and Eastern shores of the Chesapeake.

Point Lookout State Park (St. Mary's County, Md.): Location is everything at this peninsular park, with the Chesapeake Bay on one side and the Potomac River on the other. Fish from the pier on the bay, or rent a boat at the camp marina. If they aren't biting in the bay, simply stroll over to the Potomac and try again.