# Natural Resources (GNR)

## Title 4. Fish and Fisheries

### Subtitle 6. Licensing, Regulation, and Supervision of Fishing and Fisheries in Nontidal Waters

#### Section 4-617

(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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Md. Code Ann., Nat. Res. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)