St. John's River - Algae Bloom
I went to the camp last weekend in Satsuma (Palatka area), got the kids loaded up in the new to me pontoon we picked up a couple weeks ago and set out. As soon as we hit the main canal I noticed a lot of green floating in and on the water. It got considerably worse when we hit Dunns Creek, you could just see the current taking the algae past and into the St Johns. We went down river to the Redneck Riveria, which surprisingly was full of people in the water as disgusting as it was.
I guess the early part of last week from Palatka to Welaka, the St Johns experienced the first algae bloom this year, which is very early in the season. I hope this isn't a sign of what's to come this summer. The shrimping has been terrible the last 2 years, the crab aren't doing well, and neither are the wild shiners.. The crappie did ok, but never seemed to turn on in Crescent this year like usual, most likely because the lack of shrimp.. .Our River and it's basin is off... I'm not one to want government in anything, but it's time the State and Feds get on this before our precious water resources are completely ruined...
I also think it's time to start attending some of these meetings from SJWM, as soon as I can find them, and become a squeaky wheel
