On a Boat!

Enjoying boating (on the dinghy) in Cape Coral on a Monday in September, when nobody else is out here!

Taking the boat out of summertime storage

Fun-fighting jack crevalle while trolling the river

South Florida has had so much rain this year, they have been releasing large quantities of water from Lake Okeechobee since May. It’s really caused some major problems on the east and west coasts, since all the water now must drain out thru either Saint Lucie river or the Caloosahatchee river. The sugar farms and tamiami trail block the natural flow of drainage thru the Everglades. The water is almost black in color and loaded with immense amounts of nutrients from the farm runoff. Causing real havoc for water quality and fishing near each river. Some amazing photos taken on the east coast, where you can easily see this black river drainage polluting the clean blue ocean water.

So much fresh, nutrient-laden water here, that u have mass blooms of algae in stagnant canals