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Upper Chesapeake Bay here
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We are on the Bay in the summer but go south in the winter. Presently in Annapolis but have made 2.5 full trips up and down the Bay since we got back from FL. Been to 25-26 places since June 1. Headed to the Wye River tomorrow.
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Boat home port is Middle River off Chesapeake currently dock in Crab Alley creek off Eastern Bay at Island View Marina. Crabbing and fishing is far better in this area then Middle River this time of year.
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David - any trouble with sea grasses in Crab Alley Creek? I understand that it was a banner year for grasses there. I'm at the head of Middle River and the quantity of grass was amazing. Crabbed with my Dad in Crab Alley Creek years ago. Nice area.
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I am in the Back river near LAFB in Hampton.
We have plenty of sea grases along the shorelines, but the dead zones killed many fish. And once they are gone they do not come back for years.
In the summer loads of small Fiddler crabs, by the hundreds of thousands along the shore lines.
I wonder when the fish will return. I have not caught a flounder or spot in over 10 years.
About the only thing around are small Croakers.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...0c2024-2fc2-11e4-9b98-848790384093_story.html
We have plenty of sea grases along the shorelines, but the dead zones killed many fish. And once they are gone they do not come back for years.
In the summer loads of small Fiddler crabs, by the hundreds of thousands along the shore lines.
I wonder when the fish will return. I have not caught a flounder or spot in over 10 years.
About the only thing around are small Croakers.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...0c2024-2fc2-11e4-9b98-848790384093_story.html
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Dwk
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Sea grasses seemed normal in Crab Alley, Eastern Bay and Miles River. Nothing like the quantity in Middle River where grasses along shore(2-3ft) appear very heavy with "algae bloom " surface compared to eastern shore rivers above the Bay Bridge. Crab Alley creek continues to live up to it name producing Chesapeake crabs.
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Algae bloom was an understatement this year. I'm in a deeper slip now, but the grass in my older slip (6' deep) was up to the water's surface. Healthy grass means a better crab harvest, but bad news to sea strainers.
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