Summertime dead zones displace Chesapeake Bay fish
Catch rates fall as low-oxygen conditions push bottom-feeding fish out of the Bay’s mainstem.
Catch rates fall as low-oxygen conditions push bottom-feeding fish out of the Bay’s mainstem.
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From a big fan of the Program, a suggestion that you talk to fishermen before publishing. Dead zones impact deep fish, but not so much fish feeding in the shallows or on the surface. Chesapeake anglers have learned to fish around areas where there is low DO. There are actually a whole lot of fish being caught in the red areas on that map.
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