ROFFS™ Fishy Times Newsletter – 131st Edition – Updated Videos/Client Photos, Getting Ready for ICAST & Florida East Coast Upwelling

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Updated Videos on ROFFS™.com – Be Sure to Check Out the “Hot News” Button on the ROFFS™ Homepage

Reel Fire!         ROFFS™ clients on the “Reel Fire” summer 2016 Gulf of Mexico tournament fishing. Video Courtesy: Fins_to_Feathers | Vimeo Please click HERE to watch the video on our website now! Canyon Lady!         ROFFS™ client Jamie Diller on the “Canyon Lady” northeast fishing July 1, 2016. Video Courtesy: Jim Rambo | Facebook Please click HERE to watch the video on our website now! Lightning Strikes Twice!          Lightning struck twice in the ocean off Daytona Beach, FL. Luckily, it didn’t appear that anyone was in the water at the time. Clint Blevins captured the strikes. Video Courtesy: World Top News Center | YouTube Please click HERE to watch the video on our website now! Superman!          Just wait for the second wave…Video Courtesy: Hectic Fishing | Facebook Please click HERE to watch the video on our website now! Size Matters!             A video snapshot of the campaign for sustainable fisheries management on Abaco Island, Bahamas. The campaign song “Size Matters” is performed by Geno D. d’Shan Maycock, Rare Campaign Manager and Education Officer for Friends of the Environment, ran a social marketing campaign across the island to protect local lobster population, motivating local fishers to support and observe regulations of size limits and closed seasons in order to reduce illegal juvenile lobster fishing. Video Courtesy: Rare | YouTube Please click HERE to watch the video on our website now!

Updated Client Photos 
Above: Great offshore action for ROFFS Client Rick Heard (Bite Me), offshore Port Aransas last week.
Please click HERE to our newly updated 2016 client photo gallery on our website now! NEWS Letter to the Editor: As We Are Getting Ready For This Week’s International Convention Of Allied Sportfishing Trades (ICAST) Trade Show

Nothing is as important as water quality, good habitat and healthy ecosystems other than you and your family’s health. Sometimes water quality affects your health too as we have seen recently in the Flint River, Port St. Lucie and the southwest coast of Florida along with other parts of the Indian River Lagoon (e.g. Brevard County, FL).  As we are getting ready for this week’s International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades (ICAST)  trade show I would like to remind the associated industries that if the habitat condition and water quality is poor, then there is no need for fishing equipment and boats or associated equipment, etc. as there will be no healthy quality fish to catch.

The issue of fishing access, catch statistics, stock assessments along with snapper and tuna quotas, and gas taxes, etc. will be a moot. This is a national and international issue, not just Florida’s, although Florida seems to be leading the country on this unfortunately. The fish tackle manufacturers, boat manufacturers, electronics industries and allied businesses need to exert their influence ($$$) on politicians, resource managers, and other various government services (e.g. for environmental protection) to guarantee clean water, good habitat, and healthy ecosystems.

Please click HERE to read the full letter to the editor on our website now! First Significant Upwelling of the Summer Along the Florida East Coast

ROFFS™ has observed what appears to be the first significant upwelling along the Florida east coast. The cooler (78°F) water is seen between Jupiter Inlet and Port St. Lucie Inlet is shown with green in the false color enhanced image. Between Ft. Pierce and Wabasso the sea surface temperature (SST) appears to be 81°F. At the tip of Cape Canaveral the SST is 80°F. Note that the water north of Ponce Inlet is still warm 84°F-85°F. There are clouds that look like cold water along the west coast of Florida and in Florida Bay.

Please click HERE to view the full high-resolution image on our website now! Backlash? Feedback?

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