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Fishing regulations at Gibbs Pond, MD
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Fishing regulations in Maryland can change throughout the year. Make sure to check this page before fishing for the most up to date rules and regulations for the current season. Local regulations govern when you can fish, the max size of the fish you can keep, how many fish you can keep, and more.
Regulations for top species
Bull shark
The maximum number of individual fish legally harvested per harvester per day. Bag limits are only for properly licensed anglers actively harvesting the species. People who are not actively harvesting or are not properly licensed (if a license is required) may NOT be counted for the purpose of bag limits.
No person shall harvest any individual fish less than the minimum size limit.
The maximum number of individual fish across an aggregate group of species legally harvested per harvester per day.
The maximum number of individual fish legally possessed aboard any vessel.
MD Shark
(1) A recreational angler may catch sharks using only active line fishing gear. (2) Except when fishing with artificial flies or artificial lures, a recreational angler fishing for sharks shall use a circle hook. (3) A circle hook used to catch a shark shall be corrodible. (4) A recreational angler fishing for sharks shall have in possession at least one device capable of quickly cutting either the leader or the hook.
Fork Length means the length of a fish as measured from the most forward point of the head to the rear center edge of the tail.
Tags and Reporting:
(1) An individual shall obtain tags and catch information forms from a reporting station designated by the Department. (2) Before removing a landed shark from a boat or removing a boat containing a shark from the water, a person shall: (a) Affix a tail tag, provided by the reporting station, to the shark; and (b) Complete a catch information form provided by the reporting station. (3) Before removing a landed shark from the point of landing if caught on shore, a person must affix a tail tag, provided by the reporting station, to the shark; and complete a catch information form provided by the reporting station. (4) Upon landing a shark, an individual shall immediately return the catch information form to a reporting station designated by the Department.
A recreational angler may not sell, barter, or trade sharks or shark pieces.
All sharks harvested by a recreational angler shall have heads, tails, and fins attached naturally to the carcass through landing. Sharks harvested in accordance with this regulation may be eviscerated as long as the tail is not removed.
An individual shall immediately release a species of shark that is not legally harvestable (e.g., whose season is closed, does not meet the minimum size limit).
Except for a smoothhound, an individual may not remove from the water a shark that will be released.
For any shark that will be released, an individual may not: sit on the shark; hold the shark's mouth open; put the shark on dry sand; put the shark on a boat deck; or use a gaff.
FAQ about Gibbs Pond fishing
- Bull shark - 2 members reported to have caught this fish
- Atlantic stingray - 1 members reported to have caught this fish
- Gulf kingcroaker - 1 members reported to have caught this fish
- @JustinZ11 reported a nice Gulf kingcroaker.
- @nickzuccs.15 reported a nice Atlantic stingray.
- @andrewzuccala reported a nice Sandbar shark.
- @nickzuccs.15 reported a nice Bull shark.
- @nickzuccs.15 reported a nice Atlantic stingray.
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