Keep your eyes open if you catch a Rock with a green tag. That is from VIMS and part of the Myco study. They tag both sick and healthy Rock.
You can keep the Rock even if you have your limit - they will meet you to pick it up.
My son caught one but we did not know they wanted the fish. Luckily - took a few photos of it. The one we had was OK - had about 6-7 tiny red dots on it.
Spoke with Wolfgang - guy is really easy going - when tagged a year earlier, the fish was clean.
Myco has been reported in many areas of the bay but it seems worse from Baltimore to Chesapeake Beach - right where water salinity changes the most.
I've caught Rock that were full of sores and skinny - very doubtful a fish in that condition would live much longer.
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