Cause Of Bull Redfish Deaths In Mobile Bay Remains A Mystery Al Mobile, alabama the cause of the deaths of hundreds of bull red drum in mobile bay over the april 29 weekend remains a mystery. alabama marine resources division director chris blankenship said. So far nobody seems to know what’s killing so many big redfish (and only big redfish) around mobile bay. these fish washed up on point clear on the 24th. ben avritt. summary: a big kill of big, bull redfish on the alabama and mississippi border; reports from point clear and the eastern shore of mobile bay to fort morgan, dauphin island and.
Mobile Bay Bull Redfish Die Off Not Cause For Concern Yet Alо Mobile, alabama scientists say it is highly possible they will never be able to determine what caused the deaths of hundreds of bull red drum on mobile bay over the past couple days. Alabama marine resources department personnel, who surveyed the situation on the water thursday, estimate finding nearly 400 floating in the bay with about 100 dead hardhead catfish mixed in. The bar is named after a civil war era ship called “the dixey,” which sunk in a storm on the bar. alabama allows one redfish over 26” to be taken, but i don’t’ allow any to be killed. these fish are 10 to 30 years old and provide the stock of redfish that we enjoy catching throughout the mobile bay system. Just outside of mobile bay, south of alabama port, this massive sandbar island is home to some of alabama’s largest trophy redfish. particularly during the late summer and fall months, from late august through november, dauphin island hosts the best angling location for the annual bull red run in the entire state.
Hundreds Of Dead Bull Redfish Found Floating On Mobile Bay For Second The bar is named after a civil war era ship called “the dixey,” which sunk in a storm on the bar. alabama allows one redfish over 26” to be taken, but i don’t’ allow any to be killed. these fish are 10 to 30 years old and provide the stock of redfish that we enjoy catching throughout the mobile bay system. Just outside of mobile bay, south of alabama port, this massive sandbar island is home to some of alabama’s largest trophy redfish. particularly during the late summer and fall months, from late august through november, dauphin island hosts the best angling location for the annual bull red run in the entire state. First, it’s possible to hook and catch bull reds on very light tackle. the waters of dixey bar are basically open and there is little structure on the bottom to cause snags and break light lines. second, catching big bull redfish on very light tackle is quite hard on the fish. “the fish are thick places like fowl river, dog river, and in the bayou la batre systems,” he says. although mobile bay itself is famous for very large bull redfish usually found in the dixey bar area where the bay meets the gulf very few large redfish over 15 pounds are caught in the smaller creeks and bayous.
Mobile Bay Bull Redfish Die Off Not Cause For Concern Yet Alо First, it’s possible to hook and catch bull reds on very light tackle. the waters of dixey bar are basically open and there is little structure on the bottom to cause snags and break light lines. second, catching big bull redfish on very light tackle is quite hard on the fish. “the fish are thick places like fowl river, dog river, and in the bayou la batre systems,” he says. although mobile bay itself is famous for very large bull redfish usually found in the dixey bar area where the bay meets the gulf very few large redfish over 15 pounds are caught in the smaller creeks and bayous.
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