ANNAPOLIS – This weekend marks the 250th anniversary of the United States and family gatherings, vacations, and fishing with family and friends will be a large part of the celebration. July 4 is a license-free fishing day throughout Maryland, so if you have a friend or relative who doesn’t currently fish, take them out with you.
Forecast Summary: July 1 – July 7
Main Bay surface and river mouth water temperatures have risen to 80 degrees and will likely continue to rise all week. Smaller rivers and streams temperatures have also risen to the upper 70s and low 80s. With warming waters, bottom oxygen levels are decreasing. Currently there is adequate oxygen in most Bay bottom waters except in the Potomac River, from near Indian Head to the Wicomico River and the Bay, from the Sassafras River down to the Bay Bridge area…