Bad news at the Bridge
1. There's a brown algae bloom.
2. There's a ray invasion. Both are early this year. http://www.mountainsoul.net/bbrays http://www.mountainsoul.net/bbrays3 |
They are in Eastern Bay in force....:mad:
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Doesn't look like you can get a bait through that:eek:.........Gary
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I think the price of retrieving snagged anchors just went up.
Man , I hate those winged demons :eek: |
Great. Chumming is just getting good. The last thing we need is a couple of rods going down with those things.
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Shawn,
We never seen one today but if they are bunched up like that we are in trouble:eek: |
What would cause both of those? (The gnarly looking algae AND the nasty rays).....
The water was GREAT last week....pretty clear, no algae and the White Perch were biting well. |
The Cownose ray population has been growing roughly 10% every year for the past 15 years or so.
The large inshore sharks that feed on rays were killed off by recs and comm. fishing. Big Bulls , Lemons , Hammerheads are scarce now. Some estimate the shark population at about 5 %. Hammerheads are about 2 %. With no commercial value and very questionable table fare - rays just keep breeding. The brown water is sorta tied into the rays. The devour oysters and clams that filter the water. Each year - water quality gets worse and the dissolved oxygen levels are shallower each year. One reason we are seeing bigger Rock in 25 feet. Years ago - they would hang out near 40 feet of water. |
Maybe we need to thin the herd... Who wants to have a CBAngler trash fish tournament for the biggest ray.. :D
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And blues are there too Shawn, had a clean bite off on Saturday.
Summer is here early. |
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