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Post by bswiv on Aug 3, 2024 17:02:07 GMT -5
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Post by jstubby2 on Aug 3, 2024 17:07:03 GMT -5
Nice way to start the day!
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Post by Tarpon65 on Aug 3, 2024 17:09:11 GMT -5
Cool video, beautiful location!
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Post by TRTerror on Aug 3, 2024 18:35:00 GMT -5
BEN , It was cool to see but I'm glad you mentioned the destruction of the Seagrass Beds. Tampa Bay wired a couple areas off from them and the Seagrass was over 2 Ft; tall..Outside the wires the Beds were nubs. I think our warm water outfalls at the Power plants have really allowed them to survive and breed artificially. We've basically got to many cows in the pasture right now... We need a limited Season on them.
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Post by Crkr 23 on Aug 3, 2024 19:51:45 GMT -5
It sure doesn't look natural to see them laying like cordwood in the springs during some of the freezes.
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Post by jmarkb on Aug 3, 2024 20:01:25 GMT -5
BEN , It was cool to see but I'm glad you mentioned the destruction of the Seagrass Beds. Tampa Bay wired a couple areas off from them and the Seagrass was over 2 Ft; tall..Outside the wires the Beds were nubs. I think our warm water outfalls at the Power plants have really allowed them to survive and breed artificially. We've basically got to many cows in the pasture right now... We need a limited Season on them. ^This
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Post by jmarkb on Aug 3, 2024 20:02:48 GMT -5
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Post by richm on Aug 3, 2024 21:26:38 GMT -5
The grass is starting to come back in mosquito lagoon. Things are everywhere down here - we watch for em while running.
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Post by illinoisfisherman on Aug 3, 2024 22:50:39 GMT -5
So what is the answer. Culling? Transplant some to other areas?
Just asking.
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Post by cyclist on Aug 4, 2024 1:24:28 GMT -5
The answer is to reduce pollution so the grass beds return to their former glory and extent. Man is the problem, not manatees.
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Post by bswiv on Aug 4, 2024 5:27:48 GMT -5
The reason I mentioned the grass was not because they are responsible for the dearth of it hear in the northern reaches of the St. Johns, the causes of that being initially the persistent high/dark water from Irma/Matthew which caused it to die from lack of sufficient light.
Why it has not come back is another question, one which in all likelihood has a multiple of causes, ranging from greatly increased tilapia numbers, both in raw numbers and in range/distribution, to the expansion of plecos range and numbers, to the increased number of turtles and even the fact of there being more gizzard shad than there were 40 years ago.
All those things will work on the grass in its emergent stages, essentially the way deer will nibble new oak leaves but not mature.
The idea with the fencing out up here ( we've a tiny one ) is to possibly give the grass a running start. It is rather amazing to see what is inside the fenced areas on around Green Cove and then on down the river, especially the west side of Lake George.
In fact.....in Lake George....other smaller instances also......when there have been gaps in the fencing what got in and hammered things was turtles......they've got videos.
I could go on......
Point being that the manatees are not a problem.
And.....actually......if we think about it properly......they are a asset to those of us who fish, for if we will leverage their need for clean water to helps us keep things clean such that we have plenty of fish.....a win all the way around.
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Post by jstubby2 on Aug 4, 2024 6:57:17 GMT -5
When I was a kid my friends use to jump off the bridges & ride them in the canals in Hollywood, no shortage in the 60s-70s.
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Post by illinoisfisherman on Aug 4, 2024 7:37:53 GMT -5
They seem like gentle giants. Are they always docile?
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Post by Crkr 23 on Aug 4, 2024 8:54:37 GMT -5
They are, until you accidentally get a cast net over one.
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Post by wynnv on Aug 4, 2024 9:19:43 GMT -5
During one of our many stays at River Bend in Weleka a large pod like that came up along the bulk head from Little Lake George. The males were being rather aggressive with the cows as they moved along the bulk head. A couple of women came out with some children and one woman said looks like they are fighting!!!! I just chuckled and said no ma'am that's not what they are doing.
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