Brackish is the area between the salt and fresh. My river requires me to buy both a freshwater water fishing and salt water fishing license. That's why I bought a salinity meter. I wanted to know for sure what the differences were. There's a huge difference on the incoming tide vs outgoing too.
My opinion is that your river flush is far better than on a hose.
There are very different levels of brackish and where you are located on the river/canal can make all the difference. Eventually the brackish turns to completely fresh normally. Like was mentioned, brackish is still salt.
You ate up a brand new set of manifolds and risers in 3 years? Chesapeake we get 7 to 8 years depending on the salinity every year (it fluctuates). 3 years, how is that possible? I think even in Florida they get longer life.
I won't disagree with that. There are crabs where I launch, but up river 3 miles by my house there aren't.
I feel like the lower Chesapeake is more concentrated with salt than the ocean. It's warmer so you can have more salt suspended I'd suspect.
