Is the sea sick

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Mouldz

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I took a walk up to Three sisters yesterday afternoon to see if I could get a JB or two,the water was crystal clear and cold ,anyway first thing I notice are red crabs walking onto the beach and dying,kicked a few back in but they just crawled out again,the seagulls werent even interested.
Put out a nice pink prawn bait and after a half hour I put rod in stand ,next thing bump bump ,grab rod ,nothing,reel in bait still perfect,this happens a few times ,one good bump then nothing,then I get a massive bite ,typical steenbras ,I strike ,nothing,wait a while ,then reel in ,a bit of wieght on the line I think its seaweed till it gets closer,a 30cm steen bras ,putting up absolutly no fight ,very srange indeed
 
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lloydfox

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It could be a localised phytoplankton bloom (red tide), hence the crabs walking out, and the fish not fighting becuase of low/ anoxic conditions in the surf. Did you notice any discolouration in the water?
 
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Mouldz

Sealiner
lloydfox wrote:
It could be a localised phytoplankton bloom (red tide), hence the crabs walking out, and the fish not fighting becuase of low/ anoxic conditions in the surf. Did you notice any discolouration in the water?
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Negative ,absoloutly crystal clear
 
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Fanie

Sealiner
Could it be a large amount of fresh water going into the sea somewhere ? In Moz we had a beach full of jellyfish and hyasinth from the river coming out. No fish.
 
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Mouldz

Sealiner
Fanie wrote:
Could it be a large amount of fresh water going into the sea somewhere ? In Moz we had a beach full of jellyfish and hyasinth from the river coming out. No fish.
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No ,we are experiencing one of the worst droughts ever ,very little rain
 
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stormchild

Senior Member
It could be "red tide" as mentioned earlier in the post, as not all tipes of plankton  will discouler the water.
 
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subaruseun

Sealiner
yes the sea is a bit sick these days.

we have had a bit of red tide on the westcoast on saturday, but the stretch of red is about 2km or so offshore...


nothing walking out yet.
 
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Tuna fish

Senior Member
Ya something very strange is happening, took a walk on Noordhork beach to surf spot and counted over 20 small dead sun fish and one big shark with it head lobbed off! Never seen anything like this in my life.
 
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AD97

Senior Member
I dont know whats happening. Reports from Cannon Rocks are that the water is exceptionally cold. No fish besides a run of Silvers the other day.

Go fish the Kowie Mouldie. Guys have been catching in the rivers lately because of the cold sea.
 
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The Moose

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I saw over 100 dead red crabs lining the banks of the Kromme river two weeks ago. Thought that was pretty strange too.
 
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DD

Senior Member
Noticed the same at Cape Receife on Saturday morning. Dead red crabs littered along the beach and the water was painfully cold.
 
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sneaky ninja

Senior Member
Guys u all no its 2012 next year.
The supposed end of the world.
Now with that in mind. Have u noticed
Jus how much wierd stuff is goin on in the world in general.
Floods, tidel waves, volcanoes, droughts, fire.
Planes jus falling out of the sky.
a lot more than previously.
Not that I buy into the end of the world stuff.
But there is to much wierd things happing.
I dono.
 
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Cheetha FS

Sealiner
Hehe days like this im glad i live inland! just joking. Can a bihologost ore someone explain what is hapening please? This is scary stuff you guys are talking about!
 
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Mouldz

Sealiner
sneaky ninja wrote:
Guys u all no its 2012 next year.
The supposed end of the world.
Now with that in mind. Have u noticed
Jus how much wierd stuff is goin on in the world in general.
Floods, tidel waves, volcanoes, droughts, fire.
Planes jus falling out of the sky.
a lot more than previously.
Not that I buy into the end of the world stuff.
But there is to much wierd things happing.
I dono.
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Yep ,not allowed to discuss religion ,but its all there in the Good Book
 
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AD97

Senior Member
Wont get into a debate, but God only knows when the world ends. So just chill. That 2012 is a load of nonsense.

The Mayans said something will happen in 2012, like the end of one age and the begginning of another. Egyptians are supposed to have said the same thing, turns out it was some code that was started to do with the inside passages of the great pyramid of Giza. And where the passages end it is supposedly 2012. But you have to start at a specific year, plus it was just a theory. As for uncle nostradamus his stuff is more interpretational than hard fact, such as the Mayans- they actually said something, than try make sense out of images.

There have been so many prophets of doom. The world should have ended 100 times over already.

But I agree some weird stuff is going on with the environment, everyones fault, but mainly America, China and India. Disasters on the increase- ever think of something called media. 100 years ago or a bit longer if a quake happened in Australia, us in South Africa would only know about it a couple of months later. There is something called the internet, instant communication. IMO disasters are maybe on the increase, but they are increasingly publicised making it SEEM that they are on the increase.

Another problem is overbreeding. People are increasingly forced to live in increased numbers, and more compact. That way when Natural Disasters hit, they SEEM way worse than they are because more people die, because they are so concentrated.

Thats my take, however I do feel that we are entering the end times, like the last 500 years of the world. But then again the media to over exaggerate alot of things. So things are blown out of proportion and are PERCIEVED to be worse than they are.

Besides the world cant end next year, I still have too many fish to catch and too many places to go. Back to topic. sorry for the hijack.
 
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Cuthbad

New member
Guys im not sure if this is relevant, but here in western australia (and parts of the east I think) we are being affected by a La Nina ocean/atomosphere condition, which has caused the sea temps to be a few degrees warmer than normal here on the west coast and i believe slightly lower than normal on the east coast, has also caused some pretty major floods on both sides of the country.

As a result the fishing has been affected massively, we are catching tropical species such as marlin down here in southern western australia where they are rarely seen, yet some other species seem to have dissapeared this season.

Is it possible this has also altered ocean currents in your part of the world? A long way away i know but came to mind when reading this post.....
 
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andrewrat

Member
Mouldie, the Fish River is in a serious state of flood at the moment, I watched two dead hippos float past where I work the day before yesterday and then went and fished at Fish Point yesterday. The water there is so dirty that when my bait hit the water I swear I saw dust fly up. Only caught a barbel! Then went to the west pier and hooked myself a very nice raggie and as i got to the beach and it was close my line parted for no bloody reason!!!! I couldnt believe it!
At least the rags are still very thick down there at the moment so there is something to fish for!!!
 
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Cheetha FS

Sealiner
Well i saw a show on satelite tv about the breed river in the west coast warming up allot and thus they are noticeing allot of tropical fish there. It might also be that the icecaps are melting so fast pushing all that cold water to our countries. Nobody knows when the world will end but i have a feeling it is near. Look at all the violance and natural disasters. I think that movie 2012 made us realise what is going on. Still waiting for a pro to tell us why all the crab is washing out?
 
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