If you are looking for a place to fly fish with family members, somewhere to fish during the middle of the winter, or a spot to fly cast from an ADA accessible fishing platform, then you definitely need to head to Unicorn Lake in upper Queen Anne’s County on the Eastern Shore. You can fly fish from an extensive section of shoreline as well as in the spillway and stream below the dam. 

If you bring a kayak, canoe, jon boat or bass boat and get out on the lake, you can cast along mostly undeveloped shorelines as well as extensive shallow-water habitats. Be aware as you are very likely to catch multiple fish species—largemouth bass, bluegill, crappie, chain pickerel and yellow perch—so you never know what you have at the end of your fly line until you bring it close to you. And this mix of fish species enables you to fly fish year-round, from pickerel during the winter months to yellow perch in the spring to superb bluegill catches in May to hungry largemouth bass and crappie during the summer and fall months.

Accessibility

The fishing pier is handicap accessible with adjacent handicap only parking on a paved parking lot

Site Location

Located in northern Queen Anne’s County on the Eastern Shore, Unicorn Lake is conveniently located just off Route 301 less than a mile southwest of Millington, Maryland.

Address

Unicorn Fishing Lake Park 110 Fishing Lake Lane, Millington, MD 21651

How to Get There 

Follow Route 301 north from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, taking a right hand turn onto MD-544, a left hand turn onto MD-313, and then turning right onto Fishing Lake Lane and driving to the parking area as well as the boat launch at the end of the road.

Parking & Launching

Parking is located adjacent to the Lake on a paved lot. You can launch your boat at the Unicorn Fishing Lake Park’s concrete boat ramp located at 110 Fishing Lake Lane, Millington, MD 21651.

Where to Fish

You can fly fish from the shoreline and the fishing pier. For the best fly fishing, you will need a boat, canoe or kayak. Cast towards the shorelines where there are bushes, downed trees or some structure. You can also cast into and to the edges of the lily pads. In addition, fly fish the spillway and the stream itself as they flow from the lake. It's a great place for kids and others new to fly fishing to learn and catch fish at the same time.

What to Catch

Winter: Chain pickerel and largemouth bass

Spring: Chain pickerel, largemouth bass, crappie, yellow perch and white perch

These same species as well as stocked trout can be caught below spillway. 

Summer: Sunfish, crappie, largemouth bass and chain pickerel

These same species as well snakeheads can be caught below spillway. 

Fall: Sunfish, largemouth bass, crappie and chain pickerel

These same species as well as stocked trout can be caught below spillway.

What to Fish & How

Recommend bringing 5-7 weight fly rods with floating fly lines with 9' leaders with 3x tippets. For largemouth bass, crappie and panfish, recommend poppers, wooly buggers, and insect patterns with rubber legs. For pickerel, yellow perch and white perch, recommend Clouser minnows, bendbacks, and crystal buggers.

Fly Fishing Organizations

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