Bob The Fish Loc: Central Florida

The fishing around Tarpon Springs especially going south is basically shut down. FWC has returned snook, redfish, and speckled trout to catch and release until sometime in Sept and possibly longer depending on how long Red Tide sticks around.
We just returned to normal fishing of these species on 1 June after 2 years of catch and release. This can't be good for charter captains and tourists. Beaches are a mess with all the dead fish. Also not good for us locals who like to bring home fish for the dinner table.

FourchonLa. Loc: Fourchon Louisiana, South Louisiana

What the area needs is a tropical storm to bring in clean water from the gulf and mix it up. In the gulf below Louisiana we have what are called dead zones. Areas with little or no oxygen. The Mississippi River brings all sorts of nitrogen rich water and nutrients from across the country down into the gulf. Algae blooms decay and consume the oxygen. Gulf storms break up these zones and replenish the oxygen. The downside is the damage the storms cause. Hopefully it won’t come to that for you but it’s looking more likely than any other fix.