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There is a big trichodesmium bloom washed into the harbour at the moment, apparently causing a real pong at Nightcliff.

Twaz a good article about the local variety in NTMAG.

See also ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichodesmium

ohh Wow! So the Sea Sawdust bloom apart from the smell, does the fish follow it through and put them on the bite? Or maybe the opposite effect??

They are claimimg
It to be blue green algae.

My dog ran straight into it yesterday, it stinks.

It is a type of cyanobacteria, sometimes called blue green algae, although it is not really algae.

Proper name is trichodesmium, if it is the usual suspect off Darwin.

Its been building up off shore for the last 2 weeks thick as I've every seen it ,.

Fisherman-Rob - it can affect the fish in some situations, also, some people on here reckon the fishing is poorer when there are rafts of the stuff about

bit of a writeup and pic as well. Geez, doesnt look good at all!
http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/northern- ... 7126125362

it was everywhere on Sunday, from Lee Point to East Point it was pretty thick in patches.
With big long sections covering the water pretty good with the incoming tide.
There were Milkfish that seemed to be feeding on it just inside East point

Its all over the Dundee area too making fishing slow

Plenty of it over Melville yesterday too.
Fishing was slow and we covered some miles...


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Agent86 wrote:it was everywhere on Sunday, from Lee Point to East Point it was pretty thick in patches.
With big long sections covering the water pretty good with the incoming tide.
There were Milkfish that seemed to be feeding on it just inside East point

I reckon its a sure fire way to find milkfish. There was plenty out at the Vernons on Sunday and a few schools of milkfish feeding away on them. Unfortunately I couldn't convert one to a piece of bread on a hook.