Too old to be cold! Yet another cold snap moving in Thursday and Friday with a gradual daytime warm-up beginning Saturday through next week will be giving the poor fish and marine creatures a well-deserved but small break since ongoing frigid nighttime temperatures will still cause continuing problems for many species.
I’ve received various reports of areas of dead fish but thankfully nothing approaching the big freeze of 2010 numbers. I did reach out to the FWC communications division for projected kill numbers so far and locations of the heaviest concentrations of dead fish, but no real numbers are yet available. The spokesperson did mention not only a wide variety of saltwater fish affected statewide but fairly large numbers of largemouth bass, crappie and bluegills down as well with nothing on exotics or invasive species like peacock bass or other South American cichlids like tilapia available.
Looking to make a nice wallet, new boots or have a good meal? Its easy pickings as pesky iguanas should continue to lose their grip and fall from trees during cold nights. Similar in taste and texture to alligator meat and called the “chicken of the trees” in many South American countries where it’s a popular food item…