Anonymous - 2-17-2005 at 10:33 AM
http://www.dailybreeze.com/sports/articles/1273847.html
By Phil Friedman
More evidence of an approaching El Ni?o surfaced this past week as jumbo squid were being taken in Bodega Bay. The last time jumbo squid were seen in
these parts was during the 1997-1998 El Ni?o.
While local news reports debate whether an El Ni?o is coming or not, fishermen have little doubt.
"We see the exact same things that we saw during the last El Ni?o," said Terry Randall from Art's Fishing Tackle in Gardena. "There is a real buzz
around here; just wondering what this season will bring."
Other factors convincing fishermen of an approaching El Ni?o are the heavy rainfall in Southern California, early season dorado and yellowfin tuna in
Southern Baja California, and the arrival of unusual visitors in our water like jumbo squid.
elgatoloco - 2-17-2005 at 11:23 AM
Fascinating stuff.
http://www.elnino.noaa.gov/
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/map/clim/sst_olr/old_sst/sst_9798_an...
The El Ni?o caused storms of 82-83 caused all the sand on the beach in front of our casa in Baja to be swept down shore and caused some houses to
slide down the cliff. It is just in the last few years that the sand has returned to pre 83 levels.
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/map/clim/sst_olr/old_sst/sst_8283_an...
El Ni?o
gringorio - 2-18-2005 at 10:42 AM
If I remember right, during the '97 - '98 El Ni?o, the productivity in the Gulf declined leaving many marine animals, such as sea birds, in a pinch
since they had a hard time finding food. Did any of you see that? That's what made the photo (taken in '98 in BLA) of the boobie that choked on a
large fish that much more ironic--it must have been starving and had finally found a decent meal...
Natalie Ann - 2-18-2005 at 01:03 PM
While I did not notice the Baja oddities of the '97-'98 El Nino, I have noticed that this winter as in that winter all of our hummingbirds have stayed
right here and not headed south for their usual month to six weeks.
There's been so much rain that all my Mexican Salvias and native plants have bloomed steadilyy throughout the winter; I can barely trim out branches
without being hit in the head by a hummer I didn't see on my way into the plant. And they're are also nesting earlier this year in our area.... my
neighbors have a very large bougainvilla and one hummer family has nested right in its branches at eye level. Never have I seen one nest so out in
the open - and she's definitely sitting on an egg or two. I'll try to get a photo this weekend.
The action of the hummers along with the one cabbage moth I saw flying around today can, in my opinion, only be attributed to another El Nino year.
Wonder if mi amigos will be catching tuna in the Pacific just north of here as they did during the last El Nino.
El Nino
BajaDanD - 2-20-2005 at 02:44 PM
They say we are in a minor El Nino now not going into one the Term El Nino has to do with Christ as in Christmas they start in Dec. Warmer then
normal water moving up from the Equater causes bad weather that winter and Spring Like 97/98 Now every time we have giant Squid reports somewhere
everybody says El Nino. Could be that, could be some other enviornmental factor. Ive been fishing So.Cal and Mex Waters My whole Life and Ive seen
Cycles that cant be explained Now everytime there is a strange fish cought somewhere everybody gets all fired up Claiming this year is going to be a
fantastic year for fishing because of an approaching El Nino and almost every year the fishing is pretty much the same. Granted there are dodo's
cought off Malibu once in a while During an El Nino year.