DavisIslander Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 Sad day yesterday on the water. Launched out of American Legion 138 in Old Tampa Bay. Just south of highway 92 (Gandy bridge). Noticed a few dead fish, mostly cats and a couple of pinfish. Ran over to Weedon Island and while crossing the bay saw a bunch of dead fish, thousands! Once at Weedon it smelled and there were dead fish everywhere. Ran around MacDill AFB and again, scores of dead fish everywhere, thousands of 'em. Tried to fish in Hillsborough Bay and finally called it quits, again thousands of dead fish. I've lived on Davis Islands for the past 21 years and have never seen a fish kill around me. Yesterday was by far, the worst I've seen anywhere. Very sad! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dave Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 That is sad. I have a friend on Bosphorous...was at the Yacht Club with them last Tuesday night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisIslander Posted July 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 20 hours ago, Big Dave said: That is sad. I have a friend on Bosphorous...was at the Yacht Club with them last Tuesday night. I'm on Chippewa right around the corner. 417 brightest house on DI! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCFD rtrd. Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 I get the Red-tide report twice a week from FWC. Really feel sorry for you guys in that area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StPeteBonefisher Posted July 13, 2021 Report Share Posted July 13, 2021 It is horrible guys. Will take years to recover from this one.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabear Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 Anyone fish the LMR and surrounding areas this week (Jul 15 Thu ) ? How was the red tide the area ? Any dead fish ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Troy Posted July 16, 2021 Report Share Posted July 16, 2021 Dead fish all over all the way up into the Apollo beach canals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabear Posted July 16, 2021 Report Share Posted July 16, 2021 26 minutes ago, Capt. Troy said: Dead fish all over all the way up into the Apollo beach canals. Thanks for the update . I was hoping that the news was exaggerating. Boats been hitting since the hurricane/ storm visited us . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Troy Posted July 18, 2021 Report Share Posted July 18, 2021 My son was at a friends on the LMR Friday and said dead fish as far as the eye could see and him and his buddy almost puked in the truck going over the skyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StPeteBonefisher Posted July 19, 2021 Report Share Posted July 19, 2021 Coquina Key, Crisp Park, Coffee Pot Bayou and Northshore are pretty much unbearable. Lots of dead snook and everything else.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennF Posted July 25, 2021 Report Share Posted July 25, 2021 It’s worse than 2018, that spill must have had something to do with it. Caught a couple nice mangrove snappers at the skyway and when I got back to the marina to filet them soon as I cut into them they smelled terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Troy Posted July 26, 2021 Report Share Posted July 26, 2021 2.5 million pounds of dead fish off to the dump.😩 The beaches are next. https://myfwc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=87162eec3eb846218cec711d16462a72 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Posted July 26, 2021 Report Share Posted July 26, 2021 Tragic… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pondfisher Posted July 27, 2021 Report Share Posted July 27, 2021 And yet every single person moaning and groaning about this will continue to vote for the same people who allow it to happen. CCA, Captains for Clean Water, Bonefish & Tarpon Trust, etc, - they all put the same people into office, election after election. Who’s in control in the Governor’s Office, Florida Senate and Florida House for the past 20 years? Right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FooFoo502 Posted August 8, 2021 Report Share Posted August 8, 2021 went for a walk on Siesta Key beach two nights ago about 2am before any cleanup begins...counted no less than 10 huge gags washed up, one smallish bull shark and more smaller trout than I could count...all of this in less than maybe 300 yards of beach. Water was foaming like a mad dog. This is rediculous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tails Up Posted August 9, 2021 Report Share Posted August 9, 2021 On 7/26/2021 at 9:18 PM, pondfisher said: And yet every single person moaning and groaning about this will continue to vote for the same people who allow it to happen. CCA, Captains for Clean Water, Bonefish & Tarpon Trust, etc, - they all put the same people into office, election after election. Who’s in control in the Governor’s Office, Florida Senate and Florida House for the past 20 years? Right. So how do groups that have less than 100k members total between them all “put the same people into office.” As a CCA member I can say they are very involved in all aspects of habitat restoration and working with various agencies within the government, both State and Federal. Do I agree with everything they do, no, but I do not think any other organization has done more for Florida waters. As for the current government , specifically the current Governor, I can’t say that anyone has done more for Florida waters than Desantis. Red tide has been around since at least the 1700’s. The issues in South Florida began in the 1920’s. Our issues did happen overnight and will not be fixed overnight. It would be far more productive to get involved with one of these groups than pointing a finger that they contribute to the cause. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jh141 Posted August 9, 2021 Report Share Posted August 9, 2021 I do not live on the west coast but my Grandmother grew up on Tampa Bay. She had some awesome fish tales I miss. Seems that these "fertilizer manufacturer facility's" have been on the shores of or very close to the Bay for a very long time. Makes me say Hummmm. Could this kind of industry have something to do with some Red Tide or Red Tide getting much worse in the Bay over the last 75 or so years. Could it have "nothing" to do with it at all..... I have to wonder why Florida's Top University's are spending millions on studying how to breed heat resistant cows (they are white and have less shoulder hair) and create heat resistant Wheat because of their concern about global warming and not a cent on the health of Tampa Bay and what might or might not be contributing to the failing water quality. Something to think about, the Red Tide does not ever seem, so far, to be a huge problem farther south where industry stops, And Yes I Know It is a Naturally Occurring Organism. I also believe it can be helped along by out side influence. Know any young people that are needing something to base their Masters Degree Thesis on Just a thought, Looks like DEP is trying the lawsuit approach. I was told that one property has been tied up in lawsuits for years, I can not say if that is true or not. https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/special-reports/wastewater-emergency/florida-department-of-environmental-protection-lawsuit-piney-point/67-01370943-3e11-4ba5-b4ae-0010cfe0260b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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