386 | Chesapeake Bay Menhaden Crisis!!! what is Causing the Death of this Fishery?!

On this episode of Fishing the DMV, I’m joined by Brian Collins, an Eastern Shore native and administrator of the Facebook group Menhaden – Little Fish, Big Deal!. Together, we tackle one of the Chesapeake Bay’s most pressing and controversial topics: the fight over menhaden. Often called “the most important fish in the sea,” menhaden are vital to the Bay’s ecosystem—filtering water and serving as a primary food source for striped bass, osprey, bluefish, and countless other species. But menha...