Fearless comes in many forms ... and ages.
Friday, August 07, 2015: Yes, the winds are gonna stay in a solid NE pattern -- and are already quite feisty – and could turn it up a notch by tomorrow, though I have reservations about gusts topping 30 mph as is being forecasted. Nonetheless, today and tomorrow will likely be a blow-away day, fishing-wise. That’s not to say the LBI PBA’s Ship Bottom-based fluke contest won’t be going off as scheduled. Hopefully, the NE winds might leave some workable fishing spots on the lee sides of sedges.
The ocean will become very mild from these onshore winds -- but the grass will come.
Already mats of dead eelgrass are flowing, coming ashore on much of LBI. Most of it is dark, meaning it’s long-dead, even decayed, eelgrass. There are some fresh green blades mixed in, indicating recently uprooted eelgrass, possibly from boat props.
I always wax poetic about the importance of eelgrass so I’ll back it a bit with a bit of MIT verbiage … Who’s gonna argue with those brainboxes?
“Eelgrass habitats are among the most productive and biologically diverse ecosystems on the planet. Living and dead plant material, including leaves, roots and rhizomes, has many valuable ecological functions such as stabilizing seafloor sediments and shorelines, cleaning coastal waters, providing habitat for a diversity of flora and fauna, and supporting the foundation of the detrital food web….”
By the by, these few days of north winds – without gully-washing rains -- will help the bay’s summer heath. It enhances a full water exchange inside the bay. It especially benefit the backbay, as ocean water, arriving via the inlets, gets blown westward.
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