Flats becoming mud pool

[Yak Fish]

Aargh! Turbidity 51.7 NTU. It seemed to take about a day for all the water to come down the susky and turn it into a pool of mud again....very sad. I think it's game over on the flats as a result. It took weeks to clear up to the point where it was fishable.

[Beat Nick]

Yes it is a mud pool. Also saw a lot of debris this morning. This is just the beginning.

[HJS]

Hearing that a significant storm was predicted, farmers up and down the mid-Atlantic were firing up their tractors to prep and plant their fields in corm. These freshly tilled fields are prime for erosion, so yeah, there will be a lot of soil washing into the Susky. On the other hand, I'm surprised the predicted flow the next few days will top-out only around 6'. I was expecting the flow to be a lot higher. If weather stays coolish the next few weeks there might be a few nice stripers still hanging around when the striper season re-opens on May 16. We shall see.

[Shady]

If weather stays coolish the next few weeks there might be a few nice stripers still hanging around when the striper season re-opens on May 16. We shall see.

I was wishfully thinking/hoping the same thing....


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[jhoss]

This is especially sad after everyone's enticing reports of big betties landed earlier this week and last. Timing is everything....and mine is just way off this year.

[mweber02]

Hearing that a significant storm was predicted, farmers up and down the mid-Atlantic were firing up their tractors to prep and plant their fields in corm. These freshly tilled fields are prime for erosion, so yeah, there will be a lot of soil washing into the Susky. On the other hand, I'm surprised the predicted flow the next few days will top-out only around 6'. I was expecting the flow to be a lot higher. If weather stays coolish the next few weeks there might be a few nice stripers still hanging around when the striper season re-opens on May 16. We shall see.

Did I read the seasons incorrectly? I thought the flats area was C&R until June.

[Pinch]

This will help the YOY, I predict similar numbers to the 2011 YOY survey.

[reel-em-in]

Did I read the seasons incorrectly? I thought the flats area was C&R until June.

Flats Completely closed May 4-15, one fish between 18-26" from May 16-31. Two starting June 1. (>18", only 1 >28" )

[plastic boat]

Flats Completely closed May 4-15, one fish between 18-26" from May 16-31. Two starting June 1. (>18", only 1 >28" )

Flats are closed to targeting stripers, not to fishing for other species of fish. Don't go perch fishing with striper gear.
Not that it matters, the water today looks like a freshly plowed field and will take some time to clear.

[longislandtomd]

I've got a trial and then a trip to norcal (if anyone has kayak fished the Sacramento area let me know) but when I get back I'm turning my eyes to jbay and li.

[reel-em-in]

Flats are closed to targeting stripers, not to fishing for other species of fish. Don't go perch fishing with striper gear.
Not that it matters, the water today looks like a freshly plowed field and will take some time to clear.

Correct. I guess I should have been more clear.