[C320-list] Status of the Chesapeake Bay

[Allan S Field]

We were out this afternoon out of Herrington Harbour South, about 17 miles south of the Bay Bridge, and saw nothing. Last Sunday was like running a slalom course down here.

Allan S Field
Sea Shadow - C387, #103
Columbia, MD

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> On Aug 5, 2018, at 7:27 PM, Troy Dunn <troutwarrior at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Sassafras is clear.  Mouth of the Elk has just a few more logs than normal
> to dodge.   Susquehanna channnel has a lot of nuisance debris and a few
> larger branches.  Boat traffic tends to push the debris out to the edges of
> the deeper channels.
> 
>> On Sun, Aug 5, 2018 at 9:07 AM Doug Treff <doug at treff.us> wrote:
>> 
>> Git a favirble report yesterday from my brother in law who was crabbing on
>> the Patapsco River yesterday. He saw very little debris where he was. And
>> he caught a bushel of crabs in less than an hour!
>> 
>> --
>> Doug Treff
>> doug at treff.us
>> 
>>> On Sat, Aug 4, 2018, at 1:31 PM, Edward Thompson wrote:
>>> A friend of mine is currently on the bay enroute from Kent Narrows to
>>> the Magothy and reports no debris just a lot of dead fish!!
>>> 
>>> Ed Thompson
>>> Bellavia Hull #739
>>> 
>>>> On Aug 4, 2018, at 12:53 PM, David Nolte <dcnolte at mac.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Sounds like a great cruise. We were going to do that a couple weeks
>> ago but had to cancel due to the weather.
>>>> 
>>>> I don’t know about the current debris situation, but I just got a news
>> item that many local beaches are closed due to bacteria levels so probably
>> best not to go swimming on the water. As you know, Lankford Bay Marina has
>> a great pool.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> https://patch.com/maryland/severnapark/s/ghggr/weekend-beach-closures-because-of-high-bacteria-levels?utm_source=alert-breakingnews&utm_medium=email&utm_term=weather&utm_campaign=alert
>>>> 
>>>> If go, please let us know what you see in the Bay and in the Chester.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> 
>>>> David Nolte
>>>> Beach House 0004
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Aug 3, 2018, at 10:12 AM, B. Stumpp <bstumpp at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Can anyone give a recent status of the Bay in the last day or two?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Planning to cruise this weekend and particularly interested in the
>> area from
>>>>> Poole's Island to the Bay Bridge and up the Chester.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Areas we are considering are Swan Creek, Rock Hall, Chester River,
>>>>> Queenstown Creek, Langford Bay Marina Langford Creek,  the Corsica.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Most news available is a few days old so looking for something more
>> recent.
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Bruce Stumpp
>>>>> 
>>>>> #627, Adventure
>>>>> 
>>>>> Frog Mortar Creek, MD
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>