Massive fish kills on record levels throughout the entire state.Unprecendented closures of species like snook,tarpon,permit.Does anyone have any Idea of scientific research done to determine the short and long term effects of the fish kills .Last year the bull sharks were not around as thick during March and April as in previous years ,,,,,even during the summer it seemed they were less abundant then in previous years and I'm wondering how our springtime fishing will be because of this fish kill.I know the kingfish,sailfish and mackeral are still thick on the reefs & color change ,pilchards are thick inshore (charter boats gettin plenty for bait)snapper are still there,cobias are being caught under the rays in the keys,bluefish are still thick in the surf but I'm worried about the health of the fish around the bridges and generally inshore species that were hit the hardest.Seen plenty of dead grunts,mojarras(shad)dead grouper,dead mangroves,ballyhoos and plenty other reef fish.How quickly will the fish bounce back?Will this be a terrible spring for catching near shore fish?Will the sharks move out away from the near shore structures in search of food?What do you think?
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it could go both ways the sharks could move offshore to find bigger schools of bait fish or the sharks could be forced to target different (not normal) inshore food. like sheepshead, mangs, catfish, redfish or trout. that i what i think 
Severe cold can weaken the immune systems of surviving fish & make them prone to infections including open sores. Some of these fish will perish, too. I think that we will see long term effects from the winter of 2010. The Miami Herald finally had an article on it today, which was very informative.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environ ... 35129.html
word up this way is you can catch snook, tarpoon, and many other fish but they are catch and release till after sept. 1st or so if they even open them then really sucks for us snookers
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