Despite what some history books might suggest, Captain John Smith did not discover the Potomac. “If you look at the John Smith map of 1608 ... how to make fishing hooks out of catfish bone. Mostly, ...

On April 9, Connor Lynch, an angler fishing on the Potomac River near Fletcher’s Cove, hooked and released a shortnose sturgeon, a fish not seen in the river since 2007. The Potomac Riverkeeper ...

The results of a fishing tournament earlier this month show promising signs for the smallmouth bass population in the Potomac River. State fisheries biologist Josh Henesy and Wade Elwood ...

Potomac River fishing guide Steve Chaconas, who often practices catch-and-release fishing, was surprised by the river’s ranking as the most endangered. “I don’t see it as being that bad ...