Night night :(

**CUDA** · 10-19-2018, 12:21 PM

My brother lives near you in Osprey Fl. near the water, signed a contract on his dream house on the water, the red tide started the week after, he backed out and

moved inland

to get away from it, even at his old house he could smell it.

**Hot Shot Merc** · 10-19-2018, 12:30 PM

Originally Posted by CUDA

My brother lives near you in Osprey Fl. near the water, signed a contract on his dream house on the water, the red tide started the week after, he backed out and

moved inland

to get away from it, even at his old house he could smell it.

Hell when the wind is out of the west my aunt and uncle can smell it 7 miles in land. Luckily the heavy die offs are over for the most part so the smell is actually not bad at the moment but it was bad

**baja200merk** · 10-19-2018, 01:41 PM

Rob u should have come up by us we are out almost every weekend no smell or dead fish up here. Just missed us

**CUDA** · 10-19-2018, 03:19 PM

I'm thinking Harris chain of lakes.

Our traffic is 1/4 the amount in the summer, but soon 10 to 15mph below limit is the norm.

**FMP** · 10-19-2018, 03:51 PM

Originally Posted by Hot Shot Merc

The red tide this year since january has made the bays and inter-coastal water ways look like coffee. That and the dead fish smell are awful this year. No swim advisories all summer along on our beaches due to high levels of bacteria made this summer a no boating year. Hopefully the red tide will clear now that OUR FLORIDA boating season is starting

I'll take 4-5 months of lake ice

**Michael J Giesler** · 10-19-2018, 03:57 PM

Originally Posted by Capt.Insane-o

It's not a normal 2 liter.

Nope that would be 2.0 liter mod u on steroids that's what I'm talking about killer motor

**Hot Shot Merc** · 10-19-2018, 06:55 PM

Originally Posted by baja200merk

Rob u should have come up by us we are out almost every weekend no smell or dead fish up here. Just missed us

Soon I will head up that way. This year has been crazy for me with truck issues that I had and having to get a new one and I have been putting money in my business equipment etc. Need a gear case for my motor and im back boating again just in time for boating season

**Hot Shot Merc** · 10-20-2018, 06:07 AM

Originally Posted by FMP

I'll take 4-5 months of lake ice

I should add that this year has been a HUGE exception to the norm. Lived here all my life and have never seen red tide like this. It usually only rears its ugly head every hand full of years and even then its only a month or so. The fact that I can go boating now until next june if I want makes the idea of 4-5 months of ice sound like a night mare that I will never live. You can have that cold schit

Oh and you dont have to stay home from boating if you live on the coast like I do during a bad red tide because there are many many many beautiful lakes and rivers to have a great time on in florida so again I will say :you can have that cold schit!!

Check this thread link out.

https://www.screamandfly.com/showthr...ays-in-Florida

These are all beautiful waterways that you can boat on with no red tide during the winter rather than freezing your azzz off and shoveling snow etc

**FMP** · 10-20-2018, 07:03 AM

No doubt a great place to mix fresh and salt water boating. On another thread the red tide and blue green algae were discussed at length with the same description of an exceptional year for red.
The winter here is a change of activities for the lakes if you choose. The cold isn't bad if you're out on sunny days, actually enjoyable.

**CUDA** · 10-20-2018, 07:04 AM

Originally Posted by FMP

I'll take 4-5 months of lake ice

I'm from North Tonawanda use to have a season ski pass at Kissing Bridge, do miss the summers there and snow skiing but that's about it, spent over two years of my youth in Canada, family summer home.

**FMP** · 10-20-2018, 07:12 AM

Have to do what the weather permits. I enjoy a big snow storm and like to get out in it. The days of late winter only make the spring and summer when they arrive more enjoyable.

**FMP** · 10-20-2018, 07:15 AM

The Christmas rush, getting the tree, all better with it snowing, preferably most days!

**Chaz** · 10-20-2018, 09:08 AM

Ice .... belongs in the freezer ..

**FMP** · 10-20-2018, 09:10 AM

End of April, feel the same

**FMP** · 10-20-2018, 09:22 AM

It is a bit funny when we see the news from down south and it's 39°F with people wearing whatever they can, hats gloved scarfs boots, walking around the sunny streets crying about how the government needs to save them from the cold as they go on with their day.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gjKFCYzqq-A
Love that song