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81794mn · Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:02 pm Post subject: glowing algea.....

well last night we had a bbq and i got to talking to my uncle that use to live in port a for 35 years and he told me a story that back in the 70's he was out surf fishing and he saw some glowing algea! so i was wondering does glowing algea acctualy show up in the port a area or is my uncle telling me another story???

Chef Lefty · Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:30 pm Post subject:

My uncle use to drink a bunch of Falstaff and Pearl and he had similar stories. Very Happy

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Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12865

It is pretty common but neat to see all the same. I have seen it on Padre Island and in the Sea of Cortez.

The Trash Heap · Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 5:47 pm Post subject:

We've got several sorts of bioluminescent things in our coastal surface waters, including multiple species of microscopic algae and some comb jellyfish up to more than 2 inches long, that in large concentrations make every breaking wave or splash of a fish glow pretty brightly. And if you look at some of your oldest dead shrimp on a dark night, quite often the bacteria commonly growing there will make it glow, too.
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Seabass · Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 6:54 pm Post subject: the glow..

I believe Escher's "Phospherescent Sea" culminated from the same phenomena. I had this picture in my bathroom for years.

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bk005 · Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 7:02 pm Post subject:

Seen it a few times night fishing anytime a fish swirled you could see the flourescent green trail, or Id swirl my rod tip in the water to watch the cool effects.

One time after a lighting storm we ran out of the south end of the land cutting close to the island side and heading to PM. The flourescent trail behind us was the bightest Id ever seen, we were running with no spotlight and it was awesome looking. It made me think of that line in the Apollo movie, where he was talking about seeing the trail behind the aircraft carrier.

snakecan2 · Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 7:24 pm Post subject:

it showed up in 2003 for an extended period of time on pins...
was out about the mid 20's no moon, and the surf was lit up at night.. pretty awesome to see.
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SmokeWagonDan · Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 7:24 pm Post subject:

This is very common in South Florida in the summer. In fact, we used to use a swish pole for catching snook at the pier or under the bridges. A swish pole was just a long pole with some heavy line and about 3' of wire tied to a piece of pipe with a treble hook on the end. You'd take the pole and pull the lure in a figure 8 pattern. Pitch black night and the lure would glow like crazy and leave a trail of fire behind it. The snook would come up under the lure, or hang out just outside the lure's path. You could see them because their side fins and tail would glow from agitatin the water. Eventually, the snook would drop under the lure and that was the time to change the pattern back to a circle. When the snook came up almost to the surface, the pattern was changed back to a figure 8 and BAM! They would knock the snot out of it just as it crossed near their snout. The fireworks were amazing.
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cckayaker · Horse Mullet Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 192

I see it quite often launching in the AP area at around 3 or 4 in the morning. It was strange to see at first then was really cool.

wannafish · Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:07 pm Post subject: Real

Back in the 70's I had a friend who had a shrimp boat.Fished the gulf at nite a few times and let me tell you,the fluorescent lite is real.Pick up a 65' shrimp net at nite, a few miles out and when near the surface looks like a giant fluorescent lite!
Beautiful............

fish camp · Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 9:10 pm Post subject:

I have seen it in the surf and in the Laguna Madre,1980's. always neat to see.

5moreminutes · Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 9:59 pm Post subject:

Swam in a biolumenescent? bay in Puerto Rico. Pretty nice and amazing.
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81794mn · Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 12:05 am Post subject: Re: Real

robul · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 2677

I believe they are dinoflagellates!. see them all the time at night when you stir up the water.

John's addiction · Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 8:48 am Post subject:

i've seen it in mansfield where you could spot the fish swimming by you . every disturbance in the water would light up in the moon light. i've seen it many more times on the beach. cool to watch it light up on a dark night right on the water line.
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