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Conococheague Creek is a public river in Washington County, Maryland, managed by State of Maryland (public / navigable water). You can fish it on a Maryland fishing licence (a free tidal Chesapeake Bay & Coastal registration for tidal water, or a nontidal licence inland); bank access is at Maryland DNR-listed fishing access sites and bridge crossings. Maryland has no blanket streambed-access law; away from a public access point, wading or bank fishing may cross private property, so check current signage or ask permission. Public access confirmed via marquee water.
A Western Maryland Piedmont/Appalachian creek — smallmouth bass, rock bass and sunfish over a rocky, riffle-pool bottom, a classic wading and fly-fishing stream.
It runs roughly 23 miles through the Western Maryland (Appalachian) region. Anglers here mostly fish for smallmouth bass, rock bass, sunfish, fallfish. Live flow and gauge height come from the Conococheague Creek At Fairview, Md USGS station shown below. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are Blairs Valley Lake and Antietam Creek.
Species from PiscaMaps water-type profiles, Maryland DNR trout-stocking records and hand research.
Night fishing: No statewide night-fishing closure in Maryland on freshwater or tidal water.
Boats: Maryland's reservoirs (Deep Creek, Liberty, Loch Raven, Prettyboy, Triadelphia, Rocky Gorge) take a trailered boat via a DNR-listed ramp; many Chesapeake tidal creek access points are car-top/kayak only.
Bank & bivvy camping: Camp at Maryland state parks and forests near several of these waters (Deep Creek Lake, Rocky Gap, Patapsco Valley); DNR fishing-access sites elsewhere are day-use only.
Tackle: Statewide bass, panfish and rockfish limits apply unless posted otherwise for a specific water; nontidal trout-stocked put-and-take waters require the Maryland trout stamp. Check the current DNR fishing guide for this specific water.
Boat ramps: 1 mapped — Boat ramp.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Live from USGS gauge 01614500 — Conococheague Creek At Fairview, Md. Full gauge data →
Anyone 16 or older needs a Maryland fishing licence — a nontidal freshwater licence is about $20.50 resident / $40 non-resident annual (with short-term options), while tidal Chesapeake Bay and coastal water needs a separate, free Chesapeake Bay & Coastal Sport Fishing registration. A Maryland trout stamp (~$5) is required in addition to fish for or possess trout on nontidal put-and-take waters. Residents 65 and older need no licence. Buy from DNR at dnr.maryland.gov. A Maryland fishing licence covers this water under the state's public-trust doctrine for navigable/tidal water.
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