Md. Code, Natural Resources § 4-617
Md. Code, Natural Resources § 4-617
in effect(a) The Department may regulate, supervise, and control ice–fishing.
(b) White shad, hickory shad, and herring may be caught or taken only by angling, unless otherwise provided.
(c) A person may catch large or small mouth black bass from nontidal waters of the State only by angling. An artificial lure is legal.
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