I think you can fish the Potomac from a boat with either a Va or Md license. Hunting is a different ballgame however. If you want to hunt from the Potomac in a boat you must have a Md hunting license for some reason and you must have a Md resident with a Md hunting license with you as well.

A quote from the DNR website:

Under current law, in the Sea Duck Zone, Offshore Waterfowl Hunting Zone, or on the nontidal waters of the Potomac River, Conococheague Creek and the Monocacy River, a nonresident may not hunt from a boat that is drifting or being sculled unless accompanied by a Maryland resident.

I think even if you are standing on the shore on the Virginia side, you can't have decoys in the river unless you have a Md hunting license. Md owns the water rights and I think it goes back to colonial times or something like that.

I do know that at one point my buddy and I wanted to duck hunt the Potomac and all these rules got in the way. I was a nightmare and instead we hunted the Shenandoah River which was too shallow for the most part and all we did was shoot a few ducks and tear our boat up on the rocks. Those days are gone now. Duck hunting is in the rear view mirror for me now.

Last edited by tut; 03/21/15 08:53 AM.
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