red tide or sonething else? bayou vista

[ShawnQ]

Got home from work after being on duty all weekend and noticed the water had an unusual color to it.

Went down to look closer and noticed a smell but my eyes weren't burning and my nose wasn't stinging so I wasn't too concerned.

There's a visible stringy brownish/reddish algae in the water. This morning I didn't see any dead fish.

Went back down a minute ago and there are mature mullet and hundreds of blennys dead, although glass minnows are alive on top.

The blue crabs and stone crabs are all clinging to the bulkhead trying to stay out of the water.

Anyone heard, seen, or reported anything in West Bay?

Thanks
Shawn

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[clemonstime]

red tide or sonething else? bayou vista

I have no idea what that is but it can't be good!

[ShawnQ]

I'm on sailfish. Just went out and counted about 25 full sized blue crabs floating by, and a few large mullet.
It may not be red tide but definitely something.

[GoldSpoonGeneral]

if its red algae

was it a small scale of this color? if so red tide.

[michelle]

mine canal is off color, very brown, but nothing dead.

[lurefisher]

mine canal is off color, very brown, but nothing dead.

Somebody say something ,did yall hear that ? Huh ?

[slickfish]

Re: red tide or sonething else? bayou vista

Somebody say something ,did yall hear that ? Huh ?

Lmao!!!

[D-I-A]

red tide or sonething else? bayou vista

Call the Delany tpwd office and report it. They may want to come and take samples.

[Gulfcoast13]

It's probably all of the toxins and such in the Diversionary Canal backing up into Highland Bayou then by Louis and into the Bayou Vista area and all the way out to Jones Lake!
Therefore: No Fish in Diversionary/Bayou Vista/Jones Lake Area!!
All Fish can be found in Chocolate! LMAO

Hope it was just a courtesy flush in one of the vessels in your area.

Shhhh - NFIC!!!

[Swells]

I think I figgered it out. All these kids go back to school and take two showers a day and flush the toity a real lot. All them pipes run into the bayous, which sometimes even look sudsy from the hundreds of gallons a day of shampoo they use. Happens every year about this time. Usually gets better after the regular high school football season is over. If I was a flounder or a bluecrab I'd be bookin' it too!

[dbarham]

...in all seriousness.....at least it isn't as bad as what they had going on over in Bacliff. Check out the front page of the Seabreeze News. This time it's something that isn't a joke.

link

[lurefisher]

SWeet!

[GoldSpoonGeneral]

flat bottom don't make me go to TOS and post up about triple limits of flounder in the d canal.........

[dbarham]

flat bottom don't make me go to TOS and post up about triple limits of flounder in the d canal.........