Tuckahoe State Park fishing question

John from MD · Mar 11, 2018

The wife and I took a drive over to Tuckahoe State Park (Near Ridgely) today and I noticed a guy fishing on a kayak in the lake. Has anyone fished that lake before? Anyone put a yak in? How is the access?

Thanks,

Mako · Mar 11, 2018

I have fished Tuckahoe, mostly under the damn in the Tuckahoe Creek with the little ones, lots of bluegill some bass and normal fresh water fish, I have never fished the lake. I have canoed the lake and the marshes, more scenic than anything. Off of the main lake the marshes can get very shallow fast depending on rainfall.

Pale Ryder · Mar 11, 2018

Been meaning to try the creek, just haven't done it. Have hiked and hunted their plenty. Lots of squirrels, nice deer and turkeys. Downside, clueless hikers and horse people during hunting seasons.

Seagrave1963 · Mar 11, 2018

There is a small ramp and parking area at the South end of the lake. No trophy size fish but a nice, quiet park (most of the time)

Mr H · Mar 11, 2018

Pale Ryder said:
Been meaning to try the creek, just haven't done it. Have hiked and hunted their plenty. Lots of squirrels, nice deer and turkeys. Downside, clueless hikers and horse people during hunting seasons.

Canoeing the creek upstream can be really cool for wildlife, birds and insects in particular.

Never fished it, though it's on the list.

DaveP · Mar 11, 2018

Mr H said:
Canoeing the creek upstream can be really cool for wildlife, birds and insects in particular.

This, fishing was decent too, smallish bass and some pickeral. But haven't fished it since the late 80s.

Did try, TWICE, going over the dam in a canoe.
First time nose heavy, turned into a submarine.
Second try, both moved back, and got up lots of speed.
Hit level, but smacked hard, and tipped out anyway.
Good times.

Gordon · Mar 11, 2018

Just a heads up watch for cotton mouth's

Doco Overboard · Mar 11, 2018

I used to catch some whopper largemouth and pike there, you have to fish the creek in the back. Good turkey hunting there, go right behind the MSP barracks there's a couple of nice flocks there.

4rcefedmkiv · Mar 11, 2018

Use to fish it quite a bit a few years ago. Have a bass pro pond prowler that's perfect for that lake. Caught decent size large mouth bass out of there.

dontpanic · Mar 11, 2018

Seagrave1963 said:
There is a small ramp and parking area at the South end of the lake. No trophy size fish but a nice, quiet park (most of the time)

There is also a put in in the campgrounds. Right across the street from the bath house. That creek takes you to the pond where the ramp above is located.

Two larger adults draw too much water for that creek though.(submerged stumps) But an adult and smaller child can make it easily. Our Boy Scout troop camps and canoes there every year.

Doco Overboard · Mar 11, 2018

dontpanic said:
There is also a put in in the campgrounds. Right across the street from the bath house. That creek takes you to the pond where the ramp above is located.

Two larger adults draw too much water for that creek though.(submerged stumps) But an adult and smaller child can make it easily. Our Boy Scout troop camps and canoes there every year.

You can hit some stumps in there for sure. I use a 12 foot v bottom and sometimes a 12 canoe when I'm by myself.

John from MD · Mar 11, 2018

Thanks for the info. When I go, I'll be sure to carry my NAA mini loaded with snake shot for the water moccasins. :innocent0

Enfield303 · Mar 11, 2018

Good kayaking

We took my sons camping there two years ago and had great fishing out of kayaks. Using ultra-light spinning rods and Mepps spinners we caught lots of bass, pickerel, and sunfish. Nothing really big but lots of fish and other wildlife including turtles, snakes, beavers, raccoons, etc. We launched our kayaks by the campground up stream and fished both the lake and the creek. Adkins Arboretum just downstream below the dam has miles of easy trails and is a great place to learn about trees and other plants. The photo is of my son sneaking up on a beaver to give you an idea of the size of the creek.

yakfish · Apr 8, 2018

Gordon said:
Just a heads up watch for cotton mouth's

Very unlikely they're actual cottonmouths. That'd be about 200 miles further north than any place a moccasin has ever survived a winter. They're almost surely northern water snakes rather than cottonmouths.

A good rule of thumb is, at least here on the east coast, you will only find moccasins in the same places you'd find alligators. So that means coastal North Carolina and points south (and perhaps unofficially, extreme southeastern Virginia, south of the Norfolk area)

John from MD · Apr 8, 2018

I was just yanking his chain. I lived in Louisiana and hunted mocs and loggerhead turtles in the bayous. I know their habitat and they have earned my respect.

remrug · Apr 8, 2018

yakfish said:
Very unlikely they're actual cottonmouths. That'd be about 200 miles further north than any place a moccasin has ever survived a winter. They're almost surely northern water snakes rather than cottonmouths.

A good rule of thumb is, at least here on the east coast, you will only find moccasins in the same places you'd find alligators. So that means coastal North Carolina and points south (and perhaps unofficially, extreme southeastern Virginia, south of the Norfolk area)

Every snake around water is a moccasin and every snake on land is a copperhead dontcha know

Mr H · Apr 11, 2018

Works for me!!!

:lol2:

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