Fishing at Widewater on Potomac river

[Donsail68]

Just south of Lock 15 there's a nice protected area of water. Wonder if anyone had fished there? Also what kinds do you fish for?

Donnie

[buzz]

That's the C&O Canal, not the Potomac.
Widewater holds some nice sized LMB, lots of bluegill and crappie. Real peaceful place to fish.

Its a few hundred feet, from the parking lot across from Angler's Inn, to the put in at the canal. Not a long drag but its over a heavily eroded path which might be difficult for a cart.

[DanMarino]

It looks like a beautiful place to paddle. They did a bunch of work on the tow path there not long ago.

[Runnin]

I've fished there before. It's LMB water mostly. There are some noce sized bluegills also. Towpath traffic makes parking across from Anglers tough on weekends.

[tomas]

Do you need a tidal license to fish Widewater?

[Runnin]

No freshwater. It is actually a spot where the C&O canal widens into a small lake that runs along towpath.