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[Capt Mike Singleterry]

Looks like the Red Tide has made its way through the Packery Channel and is now in the upper reaches of the Laguna. Deb and I went to town a few minutes ago and saw the red stuff from the ICW intersection of Packery to around halfway to the BoatHole along the causeway northside.
There is also Red tide on the southside of the causeway in the Shrimper Channel from the intersection of the ICW.
Looks like there are a number of dead fish along the Packery Channel east of the Kennedy Bridge.
Redtide would not have been there if Packery hadn't given it a way to get in.
That really just pisses me off.

Mike

[shorty]

went fishing this mornin,didnt really smell it or see it,but once i got home,throat got sore,lips burned,kinda dumb for a few trout.oh yeah,i was behind gunderlands

[SharkBait]

that sucks we are supposed to get cooler temps next week maybe it will kill it
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[adub]

Not to get heavy with science terms, but what helps bring an end to red tide, cooler temps? Or is there more of a cycle it goes through before it dies or goes away?

[rabbit]

Thanks for the report.
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[fishaddict]

To bad they don't have gates at the bridge they can close for something like RT.

Marshall
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[larry meinert]

Having slept at a Holiday Inn last night, I'm not sure if what is coming in through Packery Channel is what is spreading "red tide" rather what is flowing out such as nitrates, phosphates etc. and higher water temperatures. My.02

[Bay Grinder]

Let me explain a bit here as to why I too don't like jetties.

Shoreline location changes through out time due base level, sediment supply, longshore current, orogenic events (mountain building), and accommodation space (basin filling in and or subsiding). So melting ice bergs don't change sea level.

Currently the deposition of sediment from the Mississipi river is pushed further out into the Gulf of Mexico due to the man-made levee system. Sediment deposited further into the basin is the culprit of land loss of the Louisiana coast line, perhaps even Texas, which is why we use Jetties to 'keep' our beaches in place (taking advantage of longshore current). So, yes I don't like jetties.




Red tide on the other hand is understood as a 'brew' of organisms that feed off from each other and continue to grow with the right conditions, perhaps warmer less windy conditions, which may be why we're seeing it this year. At times I'm confused as to decide if its summer or fall right now since its nearly November and we haven't had a true cold snap yet.

Here's a few sites that may shed light on understanding red tides.

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/landwater/water/environconcerns/hab/redtide/faq.phtml

http://www.cdc.gov/hab/redtide/about.htm[/url]

http://start1.org/red-tide/

http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/operations/modeling/wgulf/wgulf.html

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[robul]

I was out yesterday and saw some dead fish floating. I launched at billings saw only one small bloom in the icw. Caught plenty of fish and didnt notice any burning or breathing symptons. I fished only north of the jfk

[Capt Mike Singleterry]

[SharkBait]

you did call it mike just a few weeks ago you said redtide would enter the laguna through packery
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[fishaddict]

Was wondering what is actually safe to eat so my wife emailed Meridith Byrd about it. We were also wondering about blue crabs, safe or not. Meridith is the TPWD red tide specialist. Here is what she said.

Marshall
Yes, we have a FAQ page where fish consumption is one of the issues addressed. Basically, the brevetoxin is not absorbed into the meat of crabs, shrimp or fish, so they are safe to eat. The toxin accumulates in the organs. In fact, the only recorded case of people getting sick from eating fish caught during a red tide were an immigrant family who ate the entire fish (rather than just the fillet) and became ill. Filter-feeding shellfish (oysters, clams, whelks, etc) are the ones you need to avoid.



I just got a report this morning of heavy aerosols and lots of red tide in East Matagorda Bay. I know it is still affecting the Freeport area as well. As of last week people were feeling aerosol effects on the beaches of Matagorda Bay Nature Park. The only stretches of beach that are unaffected at this time are from Galveston to the Louisiana border. The rest of the coast is being affected by the red tide in some way
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