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[Tyler]

Cheyenne Nevada at the park took these and sent them to me to pass along to you.

I call this one last supper.



This one shows the scale of the kill.

[frayed]

OMG
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[Capt Mike Singleterry]

Looks pretty bad. Might look alot worse late this afternoon.

Mike

[jighead]

new to forum. The pictures aren't coming up. Some help?
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[rodbuilder]

What can you say. It brings tears to my eyes and a lump in my throat

[Tyler]

[troutsacker]

Hey tyler ,is it mostly mullet that are washing up dead or is it random and a little bit of everything ?
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[ROBDOG]

That sucks! This past weekend I was at the 20 and could feel the effects but there were no dead fish. I was fairly confident the effects would be minimul with the early fronts coming in. Needless to say I was wrong. I do have one question. I have never seen a dead ray or shark from red tide that I can remember. Are they affected?

[jebsays]

The front should be here Friday AM! Hopefully it will do some good.

Here are the two latest status updates from TPWD:

October 15, 2009

TPWD hitched a ride aboard a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter yesterday to get an aerial view of the red tide bloom. The helicopter flew from Mustang Island to Port Mansfield and confirmed that both the bloom and patches of dead fish stretch along that entire length of coastline. On the northern end, the bloom is fairly close to the beach, approximately one-quarter mile offshore. An extensive offshore bloom was seen near Yarborough Pass along with many large fish floating in the area.

Imagery taken by TAMU's Imaging Flow CytoBot at Port Aransas showed very low numbers of red tide cells yesterday. There have been no reports of aerosol or dead fish at Port Aransas.
aerial view of discolored water off the coast of Texas, Oct. 14, 2009

Red Tide Update 10/14/09 afternoon

Cameron County game wardens working approximately 2 miles offshore of South Padre Island today report severe aerosol effects and many dead fish floating in the water.

Preliminary numbers from the Padre Island National Seashore fish kill indicate that the event is mostly comprised of mullet, Atlantic bumper and ladyfish (skipjack) with large redfish being seen as well. Fish were highly concentrated along the shoreline, numbering as high as 1000 fish in a 15-yard stretch.

Dead fish have also begun washing ashore in the Bob Hall Pier area, including ladyfish (skipjack), eels, and speckled trout. Discolored water can be seen out near the third sandbar.

Dead fish began washing ashore at Mustang Island State Park this afternoon. Aerosols were also reported. TPWD biologists will be on the beach Thursday morning to assess the fish kill.

Red tide cells have been found in water samples collected from Packery Channel and from Corpus Christi Bay at the marina. Samples were collected by the TAMU-Corpus Christi Center for Coastal Studies.

The U.S. Coast Guard allowed a TPWD biologist to ride along in one of their coastal overflights today in order to get an aerial view of the red tide bloom. Information gathered from this overflight will be posted as it becomes available.

[rcw]

Less bait to eat = more competition for my lure!

[Lost Cajun]

[ltorna1]

anybody know what those large fat fish are with the deep forked tail? Are they big bluefish or cobia? Amberjacks? They certainly don't look like big reds or specks.
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[RodBreaker]

[Central Scrutinizer]

They are skipjacks.

[ltorna1]

those are some big FAT skipjacks. Im talking about the ones like the big buy at the bottom of the picture, right in the middle. Maybe the bodies are inflated from decaying out on the beach.
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