florida Loc: Southwest Florida/ Virginia

I am going to Bradenton Florida in 2 weeks and would like to get an idea as to whether the red tide and Piney Point has decimated any wade or kayak fishing in Tampa Bay.

Sinker Rig Loc: Tampa area

Some mangos and a few macks are being caught on the Skyway piers, hopefully in 2 weeks the macks will move into the bay and I will hit the SSP for some of that fun

Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina

Hope this helps.

Red Tide Status Update for October 1, 2021

Current Conditions
A patchy bloom of the red tide organism, Karenia brevis, persists along Florida’s Gulf Coast. Over the past week, K. brevis was detected in 103 samples. Bloom concentrations (>100,000 cells/liter) were observed in 30 samples: three in Okaloosa County, one in Walton County, one offshore of Hernando County, three in and offshore of Pasco County, 10 in and offshore of Pinellas County, five in Manatee County, and seven in Sarasota County. Additional details are provided below.
• In Southwest Florida over the past week, K. brevis was observed at low to high concentrations in or offshore of Pinellas County, background to low concentrations in Hillsborough County, background to medium concentrations in Manatee County, background to high concentrations in Sarasota County, very low to low concentrations in Charlotte County, and background and low concentrations in Lee County.
• In Northwest Florida over the past week, K. brevis was observed at background to medium concentrations in or offshore of Okaloosa County, very low and medium concentrations in Walton County, very low and low concentrations in Bay County, very low concentrations in Gulf County, background to very low concentrations offshore of Dixie County, background to low concentrations in or offshore of Levy County, medium concentrations offshore of Hernando County, and background to medium concentrations in or offshore of Pasco County.
• Along the Florida East Coast over the past week, K. brevis was not observed.

Fish kills suspected to be related to red tide were reported on the Florida Gulf Coast in or offshore of Walton, Dixie, Levy, Hernando, Pinellas, Manatee, Sarasota, Charlotte, and Lee counties over the past week. For more details, please visit: https://myfwc.com/research/saltwater/health/fish-kills-hotline/.

Respiratory irritation suspected to be related to red tide was reported over the past week in southwest Florida in Pinellas, Manatee, Sarasota, and Lee counties. For recent and current information at individual beaches, please visit https://visitbeaches.org/ and for forecasts that use FWC and partner data, please visit https://habforecast.gcoos.org/.

Forecasts by the USF-FWC Collaboration for Prediction of Red Tides for Escambia to Pasco counties predict net western transport of coastal surface waters in most areas and variable transport of subsurface waters over the next 3.5 days. Forecasts for Pinellas to northern Monroe counties predict net northwestern transport of surface waters and variable movement of subsurface waters.

The next complete status report will be issued on Friday, October 8th. Please check our daily sampling map, which can be accessed via the online status report on our Red Tide Current Status page. For more information on algal blooms and water quality, please visit Protecting Florida Together.

This information, including maps and reports with additional details, is also available on the FWRI Red Tide website. The website also provides links to additional information related to the topic of Florida red tide including satellite imagery, experimental red tide forecasts, shellfish harvesting areas, the FWC Fish Kill Hotline, the Florida Poison Information Center (to report human health effects related to exposure to red tide), and other wildlife related hotlines.

To learn more about various organisms that have been known to cause algal blooms in Florida waters, see the FWRI Red Tide Flickr page. Archived status maps can also be found on Flickr.

The FWRI HAB group in conjunction with Mote Marine Laboratory now have a facebook page. Please like our page and learn interesting facts concerning red tide and other harmful algal blooms in Florida.

flyguy Loc: Lake Onalaska, Sunfish Capitol of the World!

Thanks, Gordon, for all of the help that you have given Florida. That is why we are here.

Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina