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Bajaboy
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Just got back from a swim in La Jolla and the water is clear again. Now I can see all the sharks....
Zac
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Tomas Tierra
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thanx yankee. definately a newb here...
red tide seems to have pushed back for now . water very cold today ... but blue! TT
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Hook
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Big article on red tide
in today's OC Register.
The most interesting misconception it cleared up for me is that red tides on the west coast supposedly DO NOT CAUSE THE BUILDUP OF TOXINS IN
SHELLFISH. That is only with the type of red tide that forms on the east coast.
No definitve answers as to why it is so prevalent this year......although they did mention the heavy-rain-runoff theory.
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Hook
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Just back from El Rosario
and there were signs of red tide as far south as El Socorro south of SQ. It appears to have killed off lots of vegetation in places, especially eel
grass. Make for really tough surf fishing when it takes 30 seconds to clear the line after each cast.
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DanO
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Zac
Repeat after me: There are no sharks, there are no sharks, there are no sharks, there are no sharks, there are no sharks . . . .
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Sallysouth
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Report as of today, Red Tide as far as the Bay of Estero. Not a good thing as my Dad and I were all set , and I mean set and prepared to fish . Hey,
what the heck, we have sand spikes and what could be better than Father and daughter out on a lonley stretch of beach, not worrying about catching
fish? Good time to reminise (sp).
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timperkins
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Cabras
In Punta Cabras last weekend, the waves had a wonderful phosphorescent green tint to them at night... But no visible red tide during the day.
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Bob H
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
in today's OC Register.
The most interesting misconception it cleared up for me is that red tides on the west coast supposedly DO NOT CAUSE THE BUILDUP OF TOXINS IN
SHELLFISH. That is only with the type of red tide that forms on the east coast.
No definitve answers as to why it is so prevalent this year......although they did mention the heavy-rain-runoff theory. |
Hook,
This is very interesting stuff regarding red tide. By the way, it was fantastic meeting you and your wife during the festival and at the camp site
Saturday night! I'll be busy looking for my Derale transmission filter. Hah! Maybe this is it...
http://www.derale.com/coolerfiltration.shtml
Bob H (and Audrey)
PS: I have a new respect for Lance Campers!
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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Sharksbaja
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what is it??
| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
in today's OC Register.
The most interesting misconception it cleared up for me is that red tides on the west coast supposedly DO NOT CAUSE THE BUILDUP OF TOXINS IN
SHELLFISH. That is only with the type of red tide that forms on the east coast.
No definitve answers as to why it is so prevalent this year......although they did mention the heavy-rain-runoff theory. |
Hook, please read the following link.
West Coast PSP
PSP has been a problem here in the NW. Same with demoic acid. What organism exactly are they listing as todays culprit?
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vandenberg
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Right Sharky.
That's why all the campgrounds in northern California have warning signs about taking mussels and clams during the summer months,
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Hi JR,
I did some research online to find out the extent. There are red tide warnings from Ventura county south. It will continue as long as conditions are
good for the organisms causing it. There are no predictions of when it will end. Just warnings, don't eat anything caught in the local waters. Also
avoid exposure for areas with posted warnings or foam on shore or it could cause respiratory illness, rash, or flu symptoms. This goes for people as
well as animals. Pat
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here is a good website if you are interested in the scientific explanation of red tides.
http://www.surfrider.org/a-z/red_tide.asp
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jrbaja
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Thanks
It's been blue water around here for a few days but I can see it lurking offshore.
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Hook
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Well, that certainly seems to refute
the newspaper article.
I guess you cant believe everything you read in the papers.....even when it isn't the LA Times. 
I'll go with the scientific looking publication.
I also think I'll avoid the oysters out of SQ for a while. There was red tide north and south of the bay entrance last week.
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bajaandy
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On Sunday I surfed south of Punta Baja and the water was a bit murky, but did not appear to be 'red-tide'. However, there was the tell-tale signs of
red tide: Dead eel grass and sea weed (a LOT of it) washed up on shore. On the drive home we could still see it in the water, but much more so once
we got north of Endenada.
subvert the dominant paradigm
"If you travel with a man, you must either fall out with him or make him your good friend."
JBL Noel
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Hook
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To Bob H.
Yep, that's the unit I got. However, I found that the threaded hose bibs that screwed into the threaded area at the top of the filter mount WERE THE
WRONG SIZE IN THE PACKAGE I BOUGHT. I had to go buy some brass ones that worked.
Not bad for a 19.00 filter mount.
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