Category Archives: Environment

Red Tide in the Gulf fed by the Saharan Desert?

Posted on July 2, 2018 by Ed Mitchell

Red Tide in the Gulf fed by the Saharan Desert? Recently an angler friend sent me a link to a study funded in part by NASA. This study looked at the effect the Saharan Desert has on red tide in … Continue reading →

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Lake Okeechobee is an Enormous Problem

Posted on June 23, 2018 by Ed Mitchell

Lake Okeechobee is an Enormous Problem: Lake Okeechobee is enormous. Covering over 720 square miles, it’s no wonder Okeechobee is called Florida’s inland sea. My god there is over a trillion gallons of water there. But Okeechobee is also an … Continue reading →

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Will the Redfish Return?

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Ed Mitchell

Will the Redfish Return?    Well that has been the big question around here. Will them red dogs return and if so when? Yesterday I got some good new. Dave, the fish whisper, found a couple of reds on our locale … Continue reading →

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The Red Tide Remains

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Ed Mitchell

The Red Tide Remains Well here we are at May’s doorstep and the red tide remains on the Gulf Coast. Not good. Not good at all. Crazy. In most years, red tide on the Gulf side of Florida occurs in … Continue reading →

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Edward Abbey – A Man Who Loved the Earth

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Ed Mitchell

Edward Abbey – A Man Who Loved the Earth Almost thirty years ago, on a March morning in Tucson Arizona, four men placed a corpse into a blue sleeping bag, and loaded it into a Chevy pickup. With the precious … Continue reading →

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