Red Tide

We have been out in the dinghy a couple of times, and found quite a few dead mullet floating everywhere.  In addition, we find that we start coughing a lot.  A sure sign of red tide.  It's an algae that irritates your respiratory system.  (Unless you're a mullet.  It's more than an irritation to them.)

I bought a small camera online (not a go pro--but similar.) Then I made a stand for it that fits in a rod holder on the dinghy.  The idea is to film me catching fish.  We'll see how that goes.

Here's a video of us cruising on the ICW.  If you received this by email, you may need to visit the blog's website to view the video.  http://tonic-cruises.blogspot.com/2013/01/red-tide_6.html

Here's coming back into the marina

There are two basins in Palm Island Marina.  We're in the North basin.  As you can see, the North basin is not full of boats.  The only other cruising boat here is a trawler that was in the same marina as us last winter in Islamorada.