Maryland reported harvesting more than 2,000 of the species at the Conowingo Dam, a record. Anglers are advised to kill the fish. They're good eating.

In December last year, I shared a picture of a bald eagle carrying a fish it had just caught from the Susquehanna River below Conowingo Dam in Harford County, Maryland.

In fact, the MDNR recently reported that the fish lift at the Conowingo Dam not far south of us captured 36 blue catfish during the 2024 season that ran from March through June.

While frequency of occurrence of prey species differed depending on the length of flathead catfish, rusty crayfish were found in the stomachs of almost half the fish sampled in the study.

A quick study of the fish suggested it was unique and at risk of extinction if the dam was built. That fish, the snail darter, soon became a symbol for the use of an endangered species as a way to ...

“We do know that this location downstream of the Conowingo [Dam] does have shad, river herring, other anadromous species expected to be in that area,” said Girard, using the scientific term ...