The Blackfish Banks Artificial Reef

This Page provides some information on the Blackfish Banks Artificial Reef off the Virginia coast. The reef has been constructed in two phases. The first reef is composed of tanks dispersed near the buoy. The second phase added railcars east of the buoy. The material sits in roughly 60-70 feet. just east of buoy 8A. The reef tends to hold some small sea bass and other structure oriented fish. It is a good area to drift for flounder and trout. The reef is also visited by amberjacks, jack crevelle and a variety of sharks.

Virginia Saltwater Recreational Fishing Development -Blackfish and other reef information
More Information on the Blackfish and Parramore Reefs

Artificial Reefs

The Crisfield Artificial Reef
Virginia's Artificial Reefs

Some excellent articles by Capt. Monty Hawkins of the headboat Morningstar

Artificial Reef Construction Overview
The Ocean City Reef Foundation-An important piece to the fisheries puzzle
Recent Improvements of Live Bottom Habitats in the DelMarVa Region of the Mid-Atlantic Bight
The Decline of Red Hake
Whose Trash is it?

Chesapeake Bay LORAN and GPS waypoints
 

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