Red tide
 

any signs of a red tide moving in?

heard it on the news.. i am planning a 3 day trip to lj next week on the 13th 14th 15th. weather looks good but with a red tide in affect might as well forget fishing. if a red tide is here i might just book an overnight or a two day trip.

red
 

was out today(fri) and no sign of it at all.If fact if any thing there was some streaky green in places with cleaner water off the nw and 61-62 water temp with current from the sw.
Took the neighbors kid for his first ocean kayak trip.....don't let the kids buy monster energy drinks before their first ocean trip:embarassed:

Did the drink make him sick? Or give him too much energy?

I have lived in SD most of my life, what does a red tide really do?

Coast Drive
 

I drove from Dana Point to Leucadia and you could see it 1-2 miles offshore from Dana to Oceanside - big patches of it.

red tide is some sort of algae bloom or plankton bloom, and it depletes the oxygen in the water i believe. someone correct me if i am wrong..but bottom line is red tide= no fish.!

What he said. Not good.

"Red Tide is caused by a "population explosion" of toxic, naturally occurring microscopic plankton (specifically, a subgroup known as dinoflagellates). "Blooms" of the poison-producing plankton are coastal phenomena caused by environmental conditions, which promote explosive growth. Factors that are especially favorable include warm surface temperatures, high nutrient content, low salinity, and calm seas. Rain followed by sunny weather in the summer months is often associated with red tide blooms."

And by the way, Red Tide is, well, red. Actually kind of muddy reddish brown. When it is around, you can't miss it. It messes with fishing and makes many molusks poisonus to eat. When it dies off, it stinks depletes the water of oxigen and drives away the fish.

At night, however it is a pretty site. The stuff glows when disturbed and makes the surf light up.

Bob

The red tide also seems to attract or enable a population explosion of certain types of large jellyfish, as these jellyfish feed on the algae or zooplankton that feed on the algae. I have been on the water during red tide conditions and these jellyfish become very common. What is further interesting is the giant leatherback sea turtles feed on these jellyfish and they start to show up. So, if red tide is plentiful for a extended period, it is also a chance to see these "warm-blooded" turtles in our waters.

Kevin

I love the diverse group of people we have here. You just mention red tide, and you get a great definition of it, then someone chimes in and tells you, but it draws turtles!

I love turtles! Thanks for the info guys.

It has definitely arrived in La Jolla. I was up on the cliff over scripps saturday afternoon and could clearly see it all the way from Torrey Pines to the cove. The water look clearer out past the reserve line and beyond.

still fishable
 

Thanks for the update TCS.:cheers1:
Bummer

on the bright side,sounds like its still fishable past the reserve?
any kelp infested?

Fish count went into the shitter though. im suspecting due to coming storm and should pick back up shortly after it passes.


Please help keep info about the red tide situation updated.. its valuable information, and much appreciate. :)

Red Tide
 

I wouldn't let the red tide stop me from fishing-some fish use it for cover:wsb::wsb: pulled from red tide so far this year:)

I was out on Sat. and the red tide was in full affect.


Ken
Team Dana Point Jet Ski

I was out saturday too. Patches of the stuff, mostly on the inside though. Funny about the jellyfish...I saw 5-10 of them. Large ones!

There was a crazy red tide just outside the reserve on Sat around 11:30AM, but it was mostly gone by 7:00PM. It didn't quite reach the kelp but moved the macks from their usual hangouts.

I just headed in a north-west direction to get out of the red tide and I had found huge balls of bait before I even got out of it (so it is true than some fish are still there).

IDK if the red tide affected the yellows since they were way off in deeper water.

x 2

is the red tide still around..?

Red tide comes and goes these days; I looked from the cliff today Wednesday & the stripes where there, west north west from the Scripps Pier, ended up surfing. I'm praying it will go away soon. :mad:

dang it, well hopefully its gone by next week!

postponed my 2 day trip for this week, to a 3 day trip for next weds thursday and friday so i hope its gone by then!

keeping my fingers crossed...

really wanted to fish the new moon tomorrow, last month's new moon was a jackpot for 4 yellows.

still with red tide out there:( does it kill the YT bite?