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thumbup.gif posted on 12-8-2008 at 02:37 PM
A huge krill bloom taking place on the west coast


Reason it seems is because of water temp. is the lowest it been in the last ten years,averaging 52 degrees.

Fox news 9:30 am
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[*] posted on 12-8-2008 at 02:42 PM


must be the global warming.....:?:



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[*] posted on 12-8-2008 at 03:07 PM


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Reason it seems is because of water temp. is the lowest it been in the last ten years,averaging 52 degrees.

Fox news 9:30 am
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------darn--------there goes that FOX NEWS again, reporting subversive information undermining the PC prevailing "point of view".

Obviously they should be sanctioned. :lol:

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[*] posted on 12-8-2008 at 03:10 PM


:lol: I knew you boys would do it for me.
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[*] posted on 12-8-2008 at 03:29 PM


Just curious what part of the West Coast is averaging 52 degrees? Obviously nothing south of Santa Barbara. I'm sure Fox News also reported we weren't in a recession.



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[*] posted on 12-8-2008 at 05:13 PM


YFT at Asuncion on Christmas Day seems a bit unusual.

Perhaps Shari should send her reports to provide some balance.
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[*] posted on 12-8-2008 at 05:54 PM


Nice spot of warm water sitting off of Shari's place. There is still Tuna being caught as close as Ensenada.

Heres a link to Tempbreak, it covers the whole coast.
http://www.tempbreak.com/index.php?&cwregion=bz
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[*] posted on 12-9-2008 at 06:56 AM


Generally, the world's oceans are 1/2 degree F warmer than 50 years ago.

The anomaly is the Pacific water off California, which is 1/2 degree colder...most likely due to a refusal to accept a majority decision. ;)




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[*] posted on 12-9-2008 at 07:05 AM


We had a huge red pelagic crab bloom here a couple weeks ago and the water is in the mid seventies at least..., the beach was red with the little buggers...some people throw em in the frying pan...they're pretty darn good...taste like mini shrimp.
Still lots of tuna and YT around these days....smoker is workin overtime!

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[*] posted on 12-9-2008 at 10:05 AM


Are you refering to the red pelagic crabs? The tuna crabs? I've seen them in the past at Asuncion. I think krill are too small to be eaten individually. Maybe they make a pate out of them.

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[*] posted on 12-9-2008 at 11:35 AM


Krill

http://images.google.com/images?q=krill&rls=com.microsof...

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[*] posted on 12-9-2008 at 12:01 PM
who knew?


i can see an appetizer there!!!

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[*] posted on 12-10-2008 at 06:46 AM


It seems there are many kinds of krill both cold and warm varieties,I had a encounter a few years back,1/4 square mile of these guys,their color was light green to a darker shade.

We were on the inside of the north end of Smith island,and so were hundreds of skipjacks,yellows,sierra,
sharks and to top it all off two whales all feeding on the krill:O

There we were right in the middle of all that chaos in a 12' tin boat:lol: needless to say a fine time was had by all until the whales would head our way,then it was hold your breath.
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[*] posted on 12-10-2008 at 07:48 AM


gracias skipjack...you are indeed correct...and they are pretty yummy.



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[*] posted on 12-10-2008 at 08:29 AM


it's been a decade or so since the tuna crabs have made it NOB...

seen here mid 80's on the way to cabo san quintin...

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[*] posted on 12-10-2008 at 12:28 PM


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It seems there are many kinds of krill both cold and warm varieties,I had a encounter a few years back,1/4 square mile of these guys,their color was light green to a darker shade.

We were on the inside of the north end of Smith island,and so were hundreds of skipjacks,yellows,sierra,
sharks and to top it all off two whales all feeding on the krill:O

There we were right in the middle of all that chaos in a 12' tin boat:lol: needless to say a fine time was had by all until the whales would head our way,then it was hold your breath.
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I had the same experience in almost the same place, the south end of Smith Island.

I found lots of those jumping rays all in one area. They were so many they formed a wake that could be seen from a distance. As I got closer I realized they were just filtering krill right out of the water like a baleen whale. The krill were so small you couldn't see them individually very easily. They were like a dark cloud. That area gets a lot of upwhelling and the plankton just love it.

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[*] posted on 12-10-2008 at 03:54 PM


These crabs were thick in the water last Wednesday outside Mag Bay.

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[*] posted on 12-10-2008 at 03:55 PM


And, squid were feasting.

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[*] posted on 12-10-2008 at 03:58 PM


Surface water temperature, by the way, was around 77 degrees.
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[*] posted on 12-10-2008 at 04:16 PM


Quote:
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It seems there are many kinds of krill both cold and warm varieties,I had a encounter a few years back,1/4 square mile of these guys,their color was light green to a darker shade.

We were on the inside of the north end of Smith island,and so were hundreds of skipjacks,yellows,sierra,
sharks and to top it all off two whales all feeding on the krill:O

There we were right in the middle of all that chaos in a 12' tin boat:lol: needless to say a fine time was had by all until the whales would head our way,then it was hold your breath.
Rob


Know that feeling well Baitcast.:spingrin: Here is an underwater view of some krill from BOLA I took years ago.

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