Before Sandy hit there was news reports of the possibility of serious damage to our area, Gov. Martin O'malley even held a news conference before the storm, One of the things he said really concerned me, he mentioned something that evironmentalists have been saying for a while, that a big storm could bring down sediment from the Susquehana that has been built up behind the Dam for many years and the sediment may coat the bottom of the bay and kill off much of the equatic life. there were also many meteorologists that said the damage could be worse then Hurricane Agnes back in 1972, Even though I was young when that storm hit, I'll never forget it, some of the homes in my neighborhood had water so high they had to climb onto their roofs and wait to be rescued.
But luckily for us the storm didn't do a lot of damage (not so lucky for New York and New Jersey). I went on the bay after the storm and there was almost no debris at all, and the water looked clear, maybe even more clear then before the storm, the 8" or so of cold rain must of killed off a lot of the algae and may have even helped to flush out some of the polluted water. But an unexpected thing happened, the cold rain dropped water tempertures from about 62*-64* before the storm, to about 47*-49* after. Theres still Rockfish around and catching a limit of legal size fish is still easy, but the schools of fish 30" and over seemed to have left the area sooner then usual. It was great while it lasted. Running out into the upper bay and catching fish as soon as your lure first hits the water is so much fun, there was many days when I could had had a limit 2 minutes after launching my boat.. But Soon the real biggins should start to show up :)
