Skates are EVERYWHERE....

[Spot77]

Even way up in the Magothy. My neighbor texted me a video of a Skate splashing about in the water at Beachwood Park. I've never seen them so far upriver before.

And the Jellyfish are predicted to be THICK soon too.

[crabby and son]

Very high salinity right now. this will bring the bluefish in also............Gary

[Skip]

Most likely they are really Cownose Rays.

Skate seems to be a popular nick name for them.

Both look similar - true Skates are often thinner the Rays.

I think this is when the winged devils mate - often see 2-3 chasing one.

With the high salinity levels - likely they will be far up rivers. Heard the Severn is full of them.

[Ed D]

Phil and I ran into a mess of them a few years ago. We saw them from a distance and they looked like breaking fish, so we trolled into them.

When we realized what they were, I hit the spool releases on all the rods to get under them...and to our complete surprise, there was a school of rock feeding beneath them.

A little tricky reeling them in, but we limited in about 30 minutes.