Seamouse Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 Hi folks, On wednesday, the Selsey reefs were covered in a slimy brown algae. There wasn't much up in the water table but the leads and baits on the bottom became covered in seconds, made the reefs unfishable. We do suffer from weed there but normally it is great rafts of solid stuff washing about. This is something different and local contacts say it has been cluttering the tide line for weeks and they've not seen it before. Are you guys getting any of this further west? With the density we saw on Brake Ledge, it could seriously muck up the bream spawning sites if these spring tides don't shift it Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boybilly Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 Fished an EFSA comp on Saturday and Sunday from Hayling and it was everywhere. Couldnt fish some marks because of it. Cant see it harming the fish though as when we fished through it there were fish there. It might help as it may put anglers off the marks. BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 Found this stuff all about swash channel,right across to old harry,in the harbour entrance.and even near the condor mooring,just like black/brown cotton wool. had a lovely time digging it out of multi-beaded traces. yuk !! ,,,jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob F Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 Didn't see any of it around Weymouth on Sunday. BF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newboy Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 There were lots of it around the castle on Sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul D Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 Didn't see any of it in Cghristchurch Bay / Christchurch ledge / X-Ray either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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