Chesapeake Bay Fishing Reefs

Chesapeake Bay Fishing Reefs
Author: Wayne Young
Publisher:
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2020-01-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781710522907

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A hands-on artificial reef builder, recreational boater, and sport-fisherman explores natural and artificial fishing reefs, ruins, wrecks, and obstructions in the Chesapeake Bay and tidal Potomac River, from Pooles Island in the Upper Bay to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, and also in the upper tidal Potomac River. He discusses how, where, and what to look for from a sport fisherman's perspective, and walks readers through armchair use of modern tech websites to scout fishing hotspots. Continuing the illustrated narrative voyage begun in "Bridges Under Troubled Waters: Upper Chesapeake and Tidal Potomac Fishing Reefs" (2018), this second volume in the series with a Foreword by Lenny Rudow, expands coverage of shoreline structures, natural and artificial bottom structures, wrecks, and obstructions where striped bass, redfish, speckled trout, cobia, and other predators forage in Maryland. There's also full coverage of Virginia's Bay artificial reefs with graphic layouts plus details about nearby natural structure, wrecks and obstructions. The location and configuration of rediscovered "lost" and "bandit" artificial reefs and wrecks are disclosed along with a selection of natural features not shown on nautical charts. Also covered are ruins of lost lighthouses, compromised and failing shore protection structures, submerged fallen timber, disappearing islands, and Reef Balls at fishing reefs and oyster restoration sites. Reef descriptions are supported by a selection of pictures, sonar imaging, and computer-generated graphics to aid in visualizing specific reef structures and layouts. Designed for jump-starting the acquisition of local knowledge about light-tackle fishing structure by casual and journeyman sport fisherman, there are jewels of information inside for sportfishing veterans as well, including underwater pictures and sonar-scan images contributed by guides and sonar and side-imaging enthusiasts. A selection of color graphics used to produce the greyscale images in the book are found on the Facebook page for this series, "Chesapeake Bay Fishing Reefs", and featured in previews and excerpts by the author found on the FishTalk Magazine Where to Fish webpage. This is first and foremost a book for fisherman that provides practical methods to find and prospect structure that attracts sport fish, while also drawing on lessons from the author's Coast Guard service and Bay restoration and fishing experience to encourage boating and fishing safety.

Shipwreck Reefs

Shipwreck Reefs
Author: Aimée M. Bissonette
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2021-09-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0807512885

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When ships sink to the ocean floor, the ocean transforms them into artificial reefs. This new life begins with the growth of coral polyps and the arrival of small plankton, followed by schools of fish and hungry predators, until the ship is home to hundreds of sea creatures. It’s a magical transformation from relic to reef that helps bring life back to struggling ocean ecosystems.

Wrecks and Reefs!

Wrecks and Reefs!
Author: Jeff Spira
Publisher: Spira International
Total Pages: 118
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Saltwater fishing
ISBN: 9780975352403

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Wrecks and Reefs focuses entirely on the many shipwrecks and artificial reefs throughout Southern California - from Santa Barbara County to the Mexican border. It contains histories of these ships, how they sank, their GPS coordinates and even fishing and diving information. Also included is a database of submerged unknown objects gathered from the latest in side scan sonar by the NOAA. Many of these have never been explored! Maybe theres a lost Manila galleon or pirate ship just waiting for the weekend diver to come cruising by. Whether youre a fishermen, a diver or a maritime history buff, Wrecks and Reefs is the most complete guide of Southern California submerged objects available today.

Delaware & Maryland Coastal Fishing Structure

Delaware & Maryland Coastal Fishing Structure
Author:
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2021-09
Genre:
ISBN:

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Told by a former artificial reef manager, recreational boater, and sport-fisherman with a foreword by Lenny Rudow, this is first and foremost a book for fisherman that provides practical methods to find and prospect bottom features that attract bait, striped bass, redfish, cobia, sea bass, tautog, sheepshead, and other sportfish. It also draws on lessons from the author's Coast Guard service and Chesapeake Bay restoration and fishing experience to encourage boating and fishing safety. This first book of a multi-volume Mid-Atlantic fishing reef series covers from the Delaware Bay Entrance south to just below the Maryland-Virginia border. It provides a detailed look at wrecks, obstructions, natural formations, and Delaware's ocean artificial reefs with layout illustrations. It identifies locations of reef sites managed by the Ocean City Reef Foundation in Maryland's coastal waters, and advises how to obtain current information about ongoing reef deployments and specific locations. Designed for jump-starting the acquisition of local knowledge about light-tackle fishing structure by casual and journeyman sport fisherman, there are jewels of information inside for sportfishing veterans as well. The narrative not only shows and tells where to look for structure, but also includes graphics from hydrographic survey data and sonar images to show what is actually there to inform fishing strategies and tackle selection. Geographic coordinates are included. A selection of color graphics used to produce the greyscale images in the book are found on the Facebook page for the Author's works, "Chesapeake Bay Fishing Reefs", and in excerpts by the author posted on the FishTalk Magazine "Where To" webpage. A special chapter developed with a docking pilot and marine pilot discusses boating and fishing safety in relation to commercial ship and tug and barge operations. A step-by-step illustrated guide shows how to access and use the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's Bathymetric Data Viewer and its links to National Ocean Service Descriptive Reports that document results of hydrographic surveys.

Wrecks & Reefs

Wrecks & Reefs
Author: Neil Whiting
Publisher: Computer Science Press, Incorporated
Total Pages: 272
Release: 1994
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

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"This book covers the numerous shipwrecks, aircraft wrecks and reefs surrounding Port Moresby, the capital city of Papua New Guinea (PNG). The author, Neil Whiting began began diving in 1978 and moved to PNG in 1980 and became involved in the Port Moresby Sub-Aqua Club and exploring the underwater areas and a dive instructor in 1988. The book includes a history of each site with charts, depths and details for planning a diving. Port Moresby is bordered by serveral harbors, bays and reefs the area is full of history and natural dive sites for SCUBA divers and historians to explore."--Publisher's description

Guide to Offshore Reefs & Wrecks

Guide to Offshore Reefs & Wrecks
Author: South Florida Institute of Marine Science (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 56
Release: 1981
Genre: Deep diving
ISBN:

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Shipwrecks and Submerged Cultural Resources In and Around Pensacola, Florida

Shipwrecks and Submerged Cultural Resources In and Around Pensacola, Florida
Author: Douglas E. Campbell
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2016-10-20
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1365415058

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The Maritime Education and Research Society (MERS) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose aims and objectives are to research and to advance education and training in the techniques pertaining to the study of various maritime fields of endeavor for the benefit of the public. This MERS Research Publication No. 003 (MRP 003) researches and catalogs the ships, aircraft and other items of interest that now mostly rest underwater along Florida's Gulf Shores from Perdido Bay to Cape San Blas - across six Florida counties. The book is in chronological order, beginning with the possible wreck of some Spanish ships in 1533 "between Pensacola and Mobile Bay" to the present. This research describes more than 700 individual seafaring vessels and aircraft wrecks as well as hundreds of other items used in making artificial reefs - automobile hulks, reef balls, bridge rubble, dismantled oil rigs, etc.

Shipwreck Reefs

Shipwreck Reefs
Author: Aimee M. Bissonette
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021
Genre:
ISBN:

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When ships sink to the ocean floor, the ocean transforms them into artificial reefs. This new life begins with the growth of coral polyps and the arrival of small plankton, followed by schools of fish and hungry predators, until the ship is home to hundreds of sea creatures. It's a magical transformation from relic to reef that helps bring life back to struggling ocean ecosystems.