good morning Chip, Dave, Dave, Dave, Fitzy, Tony and Mark. golf day this afternoon. hope the rain holds off and that the course has good drainage because it poured all day yesterday. OOO and coffee here.
Morning Dean. Read this morning you got a Red Tide down there in your area. That is a hell of a mess for the fishing folks.
I'm not sure what that is but they were talking alot about it yesterday. they were also talking about the reds coming in eating the mullets and the sharks eating the reds. a hell of a way to fish.
It can kill fish like crazy.
"They are part of the natural system of the gulf, so we do get used to seeing them," . "This one is large, but not the largest we've ever seen."
This particular type of red tide, sometimes called "Florida red tide," occurs when a microscopic algae called Karenia brevis (or K. brevis for short), begins to multiply out of control.
Florida red tides do not seem to be affected by human activity. They have been observed off the Florida coast since the 1700s and usually start between 10 and 40 miles offshore.
But just because they occur naturally doesn't mean they are no big deal. K. brevis produces a toxin that attacks the central nervous systems of fish, birds, and marine mammals. Already, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reports that thousands of snapper, grouper, grunts, crabs, bull sharks, lionfish, sea snakes, octopus and eel have been found dead.
