He also laments invasive fish, like snakeheads and blue catfish that can outcompete and eat native fish. The Potomac River is the drinking water source for over five million Wasington-area people.

And indeed, harvest numbers are growing year over year. In the Potomac River and Maryland waters, commercial blue catfish harvest jumped from 609,525 pounds in 2013 to 4.2 million pounds in 2023, an ...

Fishing for blue catfish is very good in the tidal Potomac River from the Route 301 Bridge to the Wilson Bridge, the Patuxent River above Benedict, the Nanticoke River near Sharptown, and the ...

Blue catfish are very active now in the region’s tidal rivers; they can be found in every tidal river of the lower bay region. The Potomac from the Route 301 Bridge to the Wilson Bridge are good ...

Williams tells the story: “People thought blue catfish could not tolerate salt water.” They were wrong. “The fish first showed up in the Potomac in 1987.” Fifty years after their introduction, blue ...

Bridger Willems with a 32 pound blue catfish from the Potomac River. (Submitted photo) During the same time some 18,000 pounds of invasive fish were removed from the lift this year and donated to ...

These catfish spread like wildfire all throughout the Chesapeake watershed. They quickly adapted to the different environments in the Potomac River and started to negatively impact the native fish ...

Aside from their distinctive whiskers, blue catfish have a few other peculiar qualities. They don’t have scales; ... Potomac River catfish are no match for Ernie the Hog Snatcher.

A hot and still afternoon on the Potomac River yielded equally hot fishing. Blue catfish, an introduced invasive fish, were easily caught with fishing guide Anthony Cubbage and Atomic Fishing ...

Potomac River, of course, is a world-class body of water to go after monster blue cats. Best of all, you do not need a boat. You can also catch catfish off a kayak, pier, from the shore or from a ...

In the Potomac River and Maryland waters, commercial landings of blue catfish skyrocketed from 609,525 pounds in 2013 to 4.2 million pounds in 2023, an increase of more than 500%. Commercial landings ...

When people take them illegally, it’s not typically to eat or sell, but simply to use as bait. In the water, the skin of a herring wafts an oil irresistible to bigger fish like catfish, snakehead, and ...