We're having another plankton bloom here. FOr the last 2 weeks I've been saying the water tastes like red tide and getting wierd looks-well now its here. I don't like swimming in it-it makes my eyes and throat burn. Also I once got tangled in a large bat ray I didn't see in all the murk. I will proabably keep swimming in it anyway (beats the pool). Does anyone have tips for the burning eyes and throat?
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I grew up (well kinda) in S. Florida...and...we used to drive over to Naples, FL to shark fish and snook fish off the long Naples pier while in high school. Three or four times they halted fishing due to red tides so we went swimming instead. Huge mistake, for MOST of us got ear infections and the cough....Hundrends of dead fish washed up on the beach during red tides...
I grew up (well kinda) in S. Florida...and...we used to drive over to Naples, FL to shark fish and snook fish off the long Naples pier while in high school. Three or four times they halted fishing due to red tides so we went swimming instead. Huge mistake, for MOST of us got ear infections and the cough....Hundrends of dead fish washed up on the beach during red tides...
