Lower Potomac River

District of Columbia - District Of Columbia


  • 186 catches

  • 997 followers

  • 59 spots

The Potomac River starts in Fairfox Stone, West Virginia and runs for 400 miles, until its drains into the Chesapeake Bay. The lower section runs from Washington, DC with its tidal fresh waters, to the midrange salinities of the Chesapeake Bay at Point L...

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Lower Potomac River Fishing Reports

Recently shared catches and fishing spots

  1. Gene Casterlin
    - Lower Potomac River

    Largemouth Bass

  2. Gene Casterlin
    - Lower Potomac River

    Largemouth Bass

  3. denisha kephart
    - Lower Potomac River

    195 in. Largemouth Bass

    1. Wayne Barnes 0
      I believe that’s a largemouth
  4. Paulis Maximus
    - Lower Potomac River

    Caught on a red/chartreuse jig.

    1 lb. 14 in. Northern Snakehead

  5. Joshua Sendish
    - Lower Potomac River

    Mattawoman creek

    4 lb. 20 in. Largemouth Bass with a chatterbait

  6. Mark Stafford
    - Lower Potomac River

    My daughter had to get in the pic lol

    40 lb. 5 oz. 37 in. Blue Catfish with a Carp cut bait

  7. Jack Hare
    - Lower Potomac River

    Details: 14 lb. 3 oz. 32 in. Blue Catfish with a Cut Bluegill

  8. Paulis Maximus
    - Lower Potomac River

    6 oz. 8 in. Striped Bass

  9. Robert Howse
    - Lower Potomac River

    3 lb. 7 oz. 19.0 in. Largemouth Bass

  10. Joshua Sendish
    - Lower Potomac River

    Fun fight. Beautiful fish!

    Northern Snakehead with a money minnow

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