did anyone see the teal blue water off point on Sunday?

[mrfritz44]

We drifted through the line between teal and dark blue. The color wall was dramatic. No fish to account for it but the water temp dropped by one degree pretty quickly from 71 to 70. We were 4 miles off Asbury.

[fsl1]

That color water down in the Keys is indicative of dirty water. Clear, light colored water is just showing sandy bottom, obviously not the case here.
The suspended sand, solids, etc. make the water appear light blue in color, but the clarity is usually bad. Maybe that's why the fluke wasn't visible til the last minute...
It could be silt or it could be the beginning of an awful algae bloom.

[Reelman73088]

I was fishing SRI from the jetty last Thursday and noticed that the water was gin clear at hightide, clearer then I've ever seen there. I could watch the blackfish and bergals feeding along the rocks 15-20 feet down. I could also see my fluke I was catching from a long way down too. I'm sure this isn't caused by the same phenomenon going on further offshore because the color wasn't as teal as the pics shown on here. It was nice to see such nice clean water in the inlet like that. Maybe if it is an eddy off of the Gulf stream and it sticks around for a little while well see some pelagics come closer to shore than usual. Beautiful site, it looks just like the water off of key west when I fished down there.

["Reef Donkey"]

Bring on the kingfish and sails !

Fished this past Sunday in the Mud Hole. The water as this thread indicates was very clean. Later in the day we drifted an area in the middle of the drop off which was insanely clear and deep blue. I filled a bucket with the water and truthfully you didn't realize there was water in the white bucket the water was so clear. The area I'm talking about was loaded with sargasso weed also so right or wrong I assume this was an eddy which blew in from off shore with the east winds we've been having. The edge of the drop off had water a bit more green but still extremely clear and clean. But it was definitely not the same as the water no more than a half mile away. On our way back to SRI, we came across the same water mentioned in this thread, teal colored like you see in Florida or for those of you old enough almost the same color you used to see in the Acid Grounds, almost a turquoise coloration. Again it appeared to be very clean even though this water was a bit more clouded. I'm assuming NE / E winds are bringing this water in from off shore but whatever the reason it is very cool. The deep blue water in the MH was as clean as you will ever see, would love to see some yellow fins come in like they did in the early 80's I believe it was. 70 or 80 lb. yft in the hole would be a beautiful thing. It would be a parking lot out there but would certainly save on gas and give some of the smaller boats an opportunity to cash in! If the bait is there and the winds continue from off shire, who knows!

Dakota

[Gerry Zagorski]

Originally Posted by dakota560

Fished this past Sunday in the Mud Hole. The water as this thread indicates was very clean. Later in the day we drifted an area in the middle of the drop off which was insanely clear and deep blue. I filled a bucket with the water and truthfully you didn't realize there was water in the white bucket the water was so clear. The area I'm talking about was loaded with sargasso weed also so right or wrong I assume this was an eddy which blew in from off shore with the east winds we've been having. The edge of the drop off had water a bit more green but still extremely clear and clean. But it was definitely not the same as the water no more than a half mile away. On our way back to SRI, we came across the same water mentioned in this thread, teal colored like you see in Florida or for those of you old enough almost the same color you used to see in the Acid Grounds, almost a turquoise coloration. Again it appeared to be very clean even though this water was a bit more clouded. I'm assuming NE / E winds are bringing this water in from off shore but whatever the reason it is very cool. The deep blue water in the MH was as clean as you will ever see, would love to see some yellow fins come in like they did in the early 80's I believe it was. 70 or 80 lb. yft in the hole would be a beautiful thing. It would be a parking lot out there but would certainly save on gas and give some of the smaller boats an opportunity to cash in! If the bait is there and the winds continue from off shire, who knows!

Dakota

Interesting Dakota - With all those weeds around hoping there are some Mahis around too... Love fishing for them. We usually fill the livewell with Peanut bunker and if we find them trolling around the pots, we stop and throw a few in to get them going and sticking around. So much fun fishing for them on light tackle and good eats too.

[RBC67]

Ocean was 59 today from all the south wind

[Irish Jigger]

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