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FB PHIL · Flour Bluffian in training Joined: 11 Oct 2006 Posts: 455

Saw this on the Breakaway site yesterday:

Re: Red Tide
by Nickaway on Yesterday, 9:20 am

Bob Hall and North Packery this morning. I could feel it in my throat and nose but no signs of dead fish yet. Tony Amos said he would check a water sample for us if we get it to him. I will do that tomorrow morning. Regards Nickaway

With 20-30 mph SE winds with higher gusts prior to the cool front on Fri., the stronger areas of this red tide now moving up the coast from SPI could mean the end of our great fall fishing this yr. Let's hope the NW winds behind the front move this bad water out into the Gulf and away from our section of the beach before it gets into the CC Bay system. I hate to see those dead bull reds littering the beach like 3 yrs ago.

IslandMike · Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 9:51 am Post subject:

Yeah, Nicole went surfing yesterday at Bob Hall and Packery and was complaining that her eyes were burning. She said the foam on the water had a red tinge to it and didn't smell so good. I sure hope it goes away.
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Chef Lefty · Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:21 am Post subject:

Come on cold fronts.
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ladyfish · Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 11:39 am Post subject:

Was down on the 27 pins yesterday everything was good no red tide down there picked up 2 nice red and a lot of skipjacks, water was blue,
no bait

Central Scrutinizer · Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 2:29 pm Post subject:

An "official" sample was collected from Packery today about 2:00.

Will let you know how it turns out.

SurfMeister · Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:25 pm Post subject:

Tis the season for the ole red tide. I have only experienced a few times but enough to remember that it smells like you know what and every other breathe is a cough. I gotta good feelin about middle of next week though for the surf. SM Smile

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Will Sanchez · Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 11:03 pm Post subject:

I was out there this morning and my eyes were burning, nose running and my lips felt like I had rubbed jalepeno on them. I did manage to catch a 25 inch red in first gut along with a small flounder. I didn't see any dead fish. Oh yeah I started coughing also.

Chef Lefty · Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 6:19 am Post subject:

Heard a report this morning the south Padre Island red tide was breaking up and strong winds have been credited for this.
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jebsays · Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 12:06 pm Post subject:

From the TPWD Red Tide Monitoring/Status site:

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

October 9, 2009

The red tide bloom seems to have been transported north out of the South Padre Island area. TPWD received reports of aerosols yesterday from the Padre Island National Seashore, Packery Channel and Port Aransas. Water samples collected from around the Packery Channel jetties were found to contain low concentrations of Karenia brevis. TAMU’s Imaging Flow CytoBot detected low concentrations of Karenia brevis at the Port Aransas jetties as well. To date no fish kills have been reported in association with this event.

tknjk · Joined: 08 Oct 2009 Posts: 7

Livtoday2 · Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 12:59 pm Post subject:

From Hardscience:
The air is tough to breath and there are dead fish on the beach at the campground. TPW is heading out and we will go down island sampling water this afternoon.

Regards NickawayVisit Nickaway.com
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jebsays · Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 3:06 pm Post subject:

tknjk · Joined: 08 Oct 2009 Posts: 7

If the tide isn't killing the fish do they still feed during a red tide, or do they shut off, and not bite?

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The Trash Heap · Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 5:12 pm Post subject: