Cold weather fish kill 2010, snook, tarpon and other fish

[anghmho]

OK, you're right. I'm not saying Earth is going to go away, just that it certainly does look like we're in trouble right now. I don't think it's a good idea to ignore the facts that are staring us in the face. I also don't think we're going to agree on this, so let's just end this exchange.

[jflor98]

As the water warms up, the crabs, redfish, birds, and catfish probably load up like they are eating at a buffet.

[WannaExpressYourSelf]

toxic water man

[mrteemumilto]

There is a cycle 100000 years, where a spike of hot climate repeats and in the middle are 70000 years or climate that is -8 celsium colder than during the spikes. We are past the last spike.

Global warming is not gonna happen.

[Bbfishman]

i'd walk around with a ton of 5-gallon buckets and get myself some free chum for the next 15 times i go out fishing

[pureefficient]

free bait dont put it to waste

[mentalRCburnouts]

free snook for everyone 

[charliewecker]

Thats crazy! I bet the cold weather is the reason why the puffer fish population is out of control, all the other fish died.

[adamisnow]

where was this at? saltwater ponds seems like good fishin. plz let me know i seen allot of the affect but i live in palm bay. i found 63" snook on an island

[AlbinoPancreas]

cat heaven

[cosmoline626]

Global warming is such bullshit. I mean, shouldn't things be getting hotter?! We just had snow in florida for God's sake. If its real, the greenhouse effect should work like an actual greenhouse right? In the fact that the temperature climbs? I've never walked into a greenhouse and found it 20 degrees cooler than outside lmao

[anghmho]

@cosmoline626 Global warming is real. If you were receptive to evidence that supported views other than your own, you would now this. One of the effects is unusual weather patterns. Another is excessive water content in the atmosphere because the polar ice caps are melting; this results in heavier-than-normal rainfall. If you live in Florida, which is about 20 inches above sea level, you'll be under water in about 50 years. But not to worry; you probably won't be around to see it.

[cosmoline626]

@anghmho Global warming happens every year. It's called "Spring" you idiot xD

[anghmho]

@cosmoline626 Do you think that insults prove your point? You may not have noticed, but when spring warms the northern hemisphere, it has the opposite effect in the souther hemisphere. "Global" warming affects the entire planet. It's the reason the polar ice caps are melting, which is the reason for rising sea levels, and it's the reason for changing weather patterns (for example, snow in Florida this winter).

[cosmoline626]

@anghmho 1)Yes I do. 2)Spring is a global phenomenon. 3)Ice melts because that's what it does. 4)The sea levels rise and fall with the phases of the moon. 5)Changing weather patterns are caused by the wonky rotation of the Earth ( Due north changes it's position by miles every year) and the changing of the seasons.

Also we've just found out daylight here causes nighttime in Tokyo. OMG O__O

[anghmho]

@cosmoline626 "1)Yes I do." I gather that means that you do feel that insults prove your point. Too bad; that does tend to discourage honest discourse. But again I must point out that spring does not occur simultaneously worldwide. Ice does indeed melt, but what is the reason that the ice caps keep getting smaller? Weather patterns change for lots of reasons, but not as dramatically as they have in recent years, so your explanation doesn't satisfy. Finally, why are you resisting solid evidence?

[cosmoline626]

@anghmho Ok I'll be serious- Your "solid evidence" is data collected over what? the last 50-100 years? On a planet millions of years old?! That's not nearly enough time to establish a pattern stable enough to really see when something is wrong. How do we know the polar caps haven't been fluctuating in size like this every, say 3000 years since they began? How do we know the average temperature of the earth doesn't rise and fall like the tides over millennia?

[josepma94]

this in all florida?

[FestenGTA]

that is just horrifying.

[psncoolpjhq]

This winter the whole south faced extreme cold temperatures. Global warming!

[sengx]

damn dats sad

btw. at 1:42 it looks like there is a huge ass fin of a dead fish in the water, but its prolly seaweed or something

[TimingIsEvrytng]

now this is tragic.. this is because of the cold? find it hard to believe. but i guess florida is not famous for cold weather. oh well. humans next. @yellowstone

[aviomaster]

usvi234 --- Aha they are undestructible ...

These are dead fish , These fish can not survive in temperatures below ------13 C ..

[usvi234]

there not dead they are in shock from the cold water

[strikenetter]

The downfall of many fish is they seek deep creeks to survive the winter, they can only handle decrease in temp to a certain extent. When the water reaches temps they can't withstand, they're trapped and face mortality, luckily many fish head offshore in the ocean and survive declination of temperature.

[strikenetter]

Winkawak, the blue crabs will face little mortality, they bury in the mud and survive. What is all this debate on evolution in regards to this fish kill ? Fact is, these are all warm water fish in FL, a cold front swings further south than usually stunning the fish who can not survive the freezing water. Nothing to do with Darwin ! The goats that were dead, its what comm. guys call em, but anyhow, had them in my creek one summer, that fall, temp dropped, 50 deg. they all floated belly up !

[fixmyhvac]

sucks fl has great fishing it will be back by next year . Native freshwater fish can handle it bass should be fine! hope for the best

[Bistol13]

Just yesterday, I was on the beach and saw some dead green backs, a dead tarpon and six dead catfish. I am glad this is over.

[xHockeyKid31x]

that happened at the pond near my house in florida too

[usfdude]

Thanks for this video. I've seen thousands of dead greenbacks, thank god not a single snook or poon. However, I did see a smart snook getting very close with my underwater dock light. It kept the big guy nice and warm. I think the season is going to be real bad this year.

[winkawak]

do you think the blue crabs will be alright?

[persico1951]

terribile!!!!!!!!!!!!

[paulopreis1001]

fat species survive it

[Eduardohv]

I never seen a Baby Tarpoon before and im kinda sad this is how I get to see one... Dead :-( I think mother nature is trying to tell us something.

[brotherjupiter]

This is bizzare

You'd think evolution would have tempered these guys to adapt to these little cold spells.

I smell mans unbalancing hand at work here.

Imbalances caused by Agricultural run off?

[Tijger2099]

Evolution is an ever ongoing process. In your comment you are almost stating as if evolution is a process that happened in the past but has finished years ago.

We are still in the very middle of it. For a new specie to be created it needs to consecutively prove superior to other species for roughly 1-2 million years.

Also, for the majority of the year temperatures are much higher in that region. So the fish logically have adapted to the warmer weather, rather than the cold.

[brotherjupiter]

Tjger

My mistake may be from comparing these warm water fish to salmon.The Pacific N W had worst drought in 50 years with all but the larger streams rivers drying up yet the salmon came up these warmer than normal creeks with no big problems.

They did get decent rain just in time though before the environment became too stressed and the seals had a chance to eat them all while they were waiting for rain.

The years will only tell.

[usfdude]

Sorry bud. This was no little cold spell for us. Why would there be any pressure on the species to adapt? It is never this cold in their environment.

[Tijger2099]

Species don't necessarily adapt to their region. At least not according to Darwin's theory of Evolution through Natural Selection. In Darwin's theory, supported by the majority of scientist worldwide natural selection takes place because of RANDOM mutations in the genes of organisms.

What you are saying best suits Lamarck's theory of evolution who believed that the fish in this case themselves would adapt to the water rather than a random system inside their genetic system.

[usfdude]

No, actually you're assuming I think that fish adapt to the water themself and I am a supporter of use and disuse.

Fish are selected. in this example who have an allele that enables them to surive a freeze. Yes it was a mutation, however, inorder for it to be an adaption it must first benifit the species in some way. All adaptions are traits but not all traits are adaptions.

[chrisharris1117]

no not dinner id u think that ur out of ur fucking mind this is nothing to say to its sad u wont have snook for a couple years because of this dumbass

[rcacad]

dinner

[bronson16]

That sucks majorly! Fucking florida and it's hormonal weather. Well if you have the chance during this cold weather go out to apollo beach. i havent caught any snook or tarpon out there yet but alot of bonnet head shark. but you can see the tarpon jumping.

[8254988]

wow what a great start to 2010

earthquakes and record cold temperatures.

[MaNiMaBaLLa]

Said the same thing, ha.

[8254988]

end of the world ?

[jonnyboy8953]

There are 100s of dead and dying fish in lake conley and lake nash in Holiday fl. Snook talapia tarpon ect... haven't seen any dead bass though, thank god.

[TonyBHPD]

Saw some snook down here in Jupiter as well.

[sh0rtbus]

That's depressing, i'll make sure nobody i know eats any snook this upcoming summer season.

[dazed2040]

That sucks! I went to the barber bridge in vero beach today and saw a lot of mangrove snapper washed up and a lot of mojarra and other bait fish. No snook or tarpon. I did hear of a few Goliath grouper being found.

[TARPON1156]

That's soooooo sad, totally sucks! I have dead sharks, snapper, grunt, ballyhoo and who knows what else in my back yard. It makes me sick.