Trott Line SR today

[racemd]

Tried 3 different spots and depths today, pretty much a skunk, pulled about 1 dozen in 3.5 hours. :( May 15th last year we were killing them so I suspect its going to start later this year.

[crabby and son]

That's where I crab. Thanks for the report. I think I will wait for June 1st unless I hear of good reports. I live an hour away..............Gary

[HypeShipe]

What is SR? Severn, South, Sampsonite???

[POLECAT]

Sandals Resort.

Lots of small crabs there.

[slim23]

a friend of my dad's crabbed the pax this morning and had 1 crab at 8 o'clock. he started at daybreak

[crabby and son]

They are just not here yet. They do not go by water temps, they have calendars just like the deer. You see tons of them until the season opens...............Gary

[racemd]

South River.

[done workin]

Gonna' be 2 weeks, Maybe the 19th. That will be the earliest I try this year.

With the full moon alot may be shedding right now. Now's the time to stock the freezers with softies.

Chris

[27 sailfish]

Local paper reported an algae bloom in the South River. Here's a cut/paste.

But lack of rain is also keeping sewage leaks stagnant. On March 27, a pipe that transports about 17 million gallons of untreated sewage from western Baltimore County to the Patapsco Treatment Plant in Southwest Baltimore ruptured, flowing the sewage into the Middle Branch near Cherry Hill. Tom Parham, director of the DNR's tidewater ecosystem assessment division, attributed much of the algae around Baltimore to the leak.
Warmth of the bay water is further exacerbating the algae growth, scientists said. Testing sites showed 61-degree temperatures in the Patapsco and Back rivers in April, 6 degrees above normal and 2 degrees above the previous record high dating back to 1985. Record-high water temperatures are being recorded up and down the Chesapeake.
That is a problem because it makes the algae-eating bacteria more active, drawing more oxygen out of the water, McGee said. Warm water also holds less oxygen than cooler water, she said.
Elsewhere, an even larger algae bloom has developed in the South River, according to state testing sites. Algae levels there are nearly three times as high as in the Patapsco.

[Burchbeer]

Everything is just AFU. I mean everything!