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I have had trouble locating my two favorite summer time fish- red fish and specks...all the spots I had great success last summer are dry holes this year- still plenty of stripers and a few blues, lots of croakers, but no reds and few specks...looks like the extreme cold winter fish kill really knocked them down...
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"Lady Luck" 2016 Red Hibiscus Hobie Outback, Lowrance Hook2-7TS
2018 Seagrass Green Hobie Compass, Humminbird 798 ci HD SI
"Wet Dream" 2011 yellow Ocean Prowler 13
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No kidding. Same on the E.S for the most part. Some areas are giving up sporadic specks here and there, but nothing consistent (at least that I've found anyway). Hemmingway, SlobberBob, and I spent the better part of yesterday on the eastern shore of VA in some very specky territory with only one 12 inch speck to show for it. Stripers were there, but not much else.
Our seaside pups didn't really show here until the end of July, so maybe they'll get their stuff together and make a showing.___________________________
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Survival Products, Salisbury, MD
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Or could it be a return to a normal pattern for these species in our waters? I'll admit, the last 2 or 3 seasons had me spoiled catching reds and specks with consistency as far north as the bridge.2014 Hobie Pro Angler
2018 Viking Profish 400 LiteComment
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Yeah, a lot of them died. I heard that commercial fisherman were scooping them up by the dozens as they floated to the surface.
Here is an article on the matter: http://www.vims.edu/bayinfo/fishkill/speckled_trout.phpComment
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