I finally realized that when livelining, a slack tide is best. Brought home another weak this morning. I swear the two of us are going to grow gills, or fins, or maybe both !
But before the tide goes slack, and in the almost total absence of eel grass this year, what are those softball sized balls of red "mermaid" hair that instantly sticks to your line and then finds its way down to the rubber core sinkers and snapper on a hook ? Very annoying stuff, almost as bad as that green "snot" that gets all over your Gulp. Since I just backbay yak now, is that stuff further out near the bridges and inlet ? It looks like this stuff but is very "fine."
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There are more than 6,000 species of red algae. Red algae gain their often brilliant colors thanks to the pigment phycoerythrin. The ability to absorb blue light allows red algae to live at greater depths than either brown or green algae.
Coralline algae, a subgroup of red algae, is important in the formation of coral reefs. Several types of red algae are used in food additives, and some are regular parts of Asian cuisine. Examples of red algae include Irish moss, coralline (Corallinales), and dulse (Palmaria palmata).
But before the tide goes slack, and in the almost total absence of eel grass this year, what are those softball sized balls of red "mermaid" hair that instantly sticks to your line and then finds its way down to the rubber core sinkers and snapper on a hook ? Very annoying stuff, almost as bad as that green "snot" that gets all over your Gulp. Since I just backbay yak now, is that stuff further out near the bridges and inlet ? It looks like this stuff but is very "fine."
D E N N I S A X E R Photograph / Getty Images
There are more than 6,000 species of red algae. Red algae gain their often brilliant colors thanks to the pigment phycoerythrin. The ability to absorb blue light allows red algae to live at greater depths than either brown or green algae.
Coralline algae, a subgroup of red algae, is important in the formation of coral reefs. Several types of red algae are used in food additives, and some are regular parts of Asian cuisine. Examples of red algae include Irish moss, coralline (Corallinales), and dulse (Palmaria palmata).
