What’s the best way to tell if water is saltwater, brackish, or freshwater?
Sep 27, 2021 09:30:59 #
Sep 27, 2021 11:03:43 #
Well, there's the taste test. You simply put your hand down, dip up some and taste it! Also, by looking at a map you should be able to determine if you are at the ocean, bay or such that is salt water. All the inland streams, lakes and creeks are fresh. Now brakish is a little more complicated. It will exist where there is a frequent mixing of both salt water and fresh. Just Sayi...RJS
Sep 27, 2021 14:48:06 #
I'm pretty sure brackish water is a mix of salt and fresh water where a fresh water river meets the ocean? Does the area of brackish water stay consistent or fluctuate based on weather and tide?
Sep 28, 2021 08:22:12 #
mistred64 wrote:
I'm pretty sure brackish water is a mix of salt and fresh water where a fresh water river meets the ocean? Does the area of brackish water stay consistent or fluctuate based on weather and tide?
It will vary.
Sep 28, 2021 10:13:11 #
kandydisbar
Loc: West Orange, NJ
FYI, read recently about someone who thought they were in saltwater bay and got fined for not having a license to fish freshwater. Wasn't me!
Sep 28, 2021 12:27:38 #
smitty
Loc: maine
doesnt really matter what the water ACTUALLY is....local regs and more importantly game wardens and such will make that determination for you...and usually bot for free. better to find out oficially from st regs.
when i lived in nj there was this place Kettle Creek in ocean co by my house we fished...there was a small bridge where the road crossed, east of the bridge was salt the other side 50 feet away was fresh
when i lived in nj there was this place Kettle Creek in ocean co by my house we fished...there was a small bridge where the road crossed, east of the bridge was salt the other side 50 feet away was fresh
Sep 28, 2021 17:29:52 #
Gene Golden
Loc: Gettysburg PA
Similar experience at a tiny "quarry" in Baltimore County, MD, that was within feet of a tidal creek.
Quarry filled up after they hit an underground spring, and remained freshwater for decades.
BUT, after a hurricane, the separating wall was breached.
When they repaired the mostly-dirt-and-rock wall, they installed a 12"pipe, to allow the quarry to relieve itself.
A MD DNR Officer came by, asked for licenses, and began to write us all up for fishing brackish (salt/tidal) waters without a license.
I was peeved, and explained to her the history of the pond - as well as showing her my WV fishing license, to let her know that I always fished legally.
She actually listened to me, and we all walked away with a verbal warning.
Unfortunately, we had to buy an additional license.
The problem is that they never did post anything to indicate the change in the status of the quarry, and I'm sure that they were able to cite many unsuspecting anglers.
Quarry filled up after they hit an underground spring, and remained freshwater for decades.
BUT, after a hurricane, the separating wall was breached.
When they repaired the mostly-dirt-and-rock wall, they installed a 12"pipe, to allow the quarry to relieve itself.
A MD DNR Officer came by, asked for licenses, and began to write us all up for fishing brackish (salt/tidal) waters without a license.
I was peeved, and explained to her the history of the pond - as well as showing her my WV fishing license, to let her know that I always fished legally.
She actually listened to me, and we all walked away with a verbal warning.
Unfortunately, we had to buy an additional license.
The problem is that they never did post anything to indicate the change in the status of the quarry, and I'm sure that they were able to cite many unsuspecting anglers.
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