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That makes me very sad. I literally grew up on the bay, I remember back in the 60's swimming off the south river & west river & bein able to see the bottom at 20' at times. Plenty of fish & crabs & oysters & clams. The worst thing I've seen in over 5 decades there was the occasional red tide. I saw firsthand the fish shellfish dwindle, the water get polluted, long term moratoriums needed.This is the 2nd mass find of dead fish in the bay this year idk whats going on but it seems like the chesapeake isnt so healthy
its gotta be all the damn farm run off and im sad too you used to be able to swim not so any more and yes the shell fish are low vary low so are the crabs sadly they gotta do something damn it marylanders deserve better than this crapThat makes me very sad. I literally grew up on the bay, I remember back in the 60's swimming off the south river & west river & bein able to see the bottom at 20' at times. Plenty of fish & crabs & oysters & clams. The worst thing I've seen in over 5 decades there was the occasional red tide. I saw firsthand the fish shellfish dwindle, the water get polluted, long term moratoriums needed.
what i didnt know thats where that came from theyre stealing our fish to make fish oil im calling my senator expeditiouslyMenhaden are filter feeders. Meaning they help clean up the water. With more menhaden in the watershed they would help clean up the runoff from farm lands etc. etc. they are certainly a baitfish that ALL sport fish feed on and since the Chesapeake bay is the largest nursery grounds on the east coast I and many others feel as though we would be better off leaving them in the watershed.
The Omega reduction fishery removes many metric tons of these fish every year. They are then cooked down and produce Omega 3 fish oil. If you have ever taken fish oil pills this is probably where it came from. The remaining solids are then used for various animal feeds. I'm just a pretty simple minded country boy but it just seems like a bait fish would serve a better purpose feeding fish as opposed to feeding animals. But I could be mistaken??
A quick search on menhaden and or Omega should keep you reading for a good while.
Yes, exactly. Them fish were considered " bait fish " not one to eat. Killer striper live bait on spinning tackle. Back in the day when we had big chomper blue fish & lots of them, they are a heck of a fight & them fish are great for them as well & cobia too. We used them in crab pots & traps too.It’s smaller fish, usually between 4-12”.
I believe in the herring family. Oily. A staple of everything from striped bass to seagulls.
Native Americans netted em for food. I bet they’re ok smoked and salted.
Amazing striper and bluefish bait!
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