Little Seneca Lake fishing: Brown Trout, Green Sunfish

Target species: Brown Trout, Green Sunfish
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Black Hill Regional Park boat ramp, 2 lanes.

The reservoir

Little Seneca Lake covers 479 acres in Maryland, across Montgomery County. It is a reservoir: 93.2% of it is 50 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 68.7 feet (20.9 m). Our records hold 3 species for this water.

Little Seneca Lake 2008.jpg
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Depth: down to 68.7 ft at the deepest measured point

Deepest measured point: 68.7 ft (20.9 m). 93.2% of the water is 50 feet or shallower. We hold 43 depth contours for this water, drawn from 185,220 soundings.

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  • 0–5 ft: 11% of the water
  • 5–10 ft: 12.7% of the water
  • 10–15 ft: 15.5% of the water
  • 15–20 ft: 12.9% of the water
  • 20–25 ft: 10.9% of the water
  • 25–30 ft: 8.3% of the water
  • 30–35 ft: 6.6% of the water
  • 35–40 ft: 5.4% of the water
  • 40–45 ft: 5.4% of the water
  • 45–50 ft: 4.5% of the water
  • 50–55 ft: 3.9% of the water
  • 55–60 ft: 3% of the water

2 target fish, led by Brown Trout

  • Brown Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Green Sunfish — Feeding water: 65–80°F.

Also recorded here: Common Carp.

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1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp and 1 shore access point.

  • Black Hill Regional Park boat ramp — 2 lanes, daylight hours, restrooms. Montgomery County Parks. 20930 Lake Ridge Drive, Boyds, Maryland 20841 · phone 301-528-3490 (Park Office), 301-528-3480 (Visitor Center) · website montgomeryparks.org/parks-and-trails/black-hill-regional-park/boating-and-fishing

Shore access for bank fishing

  • Black Hill Regional Park soft access — daylight hours, restrooms. Montgomery County Parks. 20930 Lake Ridge Dr., Boyds, MD 20841 · phone 301-528-3490 (Park Office), 301-528-3480 (Visitor Center) · website montgomeryparks.org/parks-and-trails/black-hill-regional-park/boating-and-fishing

Fee and opening hours are blank for all 2 places in this list: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.

What is hard here

Only 1 public ramp is on file, so the launch decides where you fish.

Where this data comes from

  • Maryland Geological Survey — Maryland Geological Survey: depth soundings: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • Webster, K.E., McCullough, I.M., Soranno, P.A. LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0, EDI, doi:10.6073/pasta/64ddc4d04661d9aef4bd702dc5d8984f (CC BY 4.0); Cheruvelil et al. LAGOS-US LOCUS v1.0 (EDI) — LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0: Lake depth for 17,675 lakes in the conterminous U.S.: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.