BRADENTON – Spiny lobster season began with a two day recreational event July 30-31, followed by the commercial/recreation season which runs Aug. 6 through March 31. A recreational fishing workshop on Gulf red snapper will be held in St. Petersburg on August 11. Find out how you can chime in! A cold front will bring scattered thunderstorms and inland chop to the area over the weekend.
Melt the butter; spiny lobster seasons start soon
Gulf red snapper recreational fishing workshops start this month
Light winds and slight seas will continue through early next week. A surface trough...the remnants of the frontal boundary that moved through the waters yesterday...will lift back to the north later today through Friday. The trough will dissipate over the weekend as a ridge of high pressure builds westward across the waters from the Atlantic.
Thursday
Northwest winds around 5 knots becoming west around 10 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters a light chop. Thursday night will bring northwest winds around 5 knots becoming northeast after midnight. Bay and inland waters smooth.
2014/07/31 Thu 04:00 AM 1.91 H
2014/07/31 Thu 10:18 AM 0.85 L
2014/07/31 Thu 03:47 PM 2.06 H
2014/07/31 Thu 10:49 PM 0.56 L
Friday
North winds around 5 knots becoming west around 10 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters a light chop. Isolated thunderstorms in the morning...then scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon. Friday night will bring north winds around 10 knots becoming east around 5 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters a light chop. Isolated thunderstorms in the evening.
2014/08/01 Fri 04:30 AM 2.01 H
2014/08/01 Fri 11:14 AM 0.8 L
2014/08/01 Fri 04:37 PM 1.88 H
2014/08/01 Fri 11:21 PM 0.71 L
Saturday
Southeast winds around 5 knots becoming northwest in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters smooth. Numerous thunderstorms in the afternoon. Saturday night will bring northeast winds around 5 knots becoming southeast around 10 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters a light chop. A chance of thunderstorms in the evening. A slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight.
2014/08/02 Sat 05:06 AM 2.11 H
2014/08/02 Sat 12:18 PM 0.74 L
2014/08/02 Sat 05:39 PM 1.68 H
2014/08/02 Sat 11:55 PM 0.87 L
Sunday
Southeast winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland waters a light chop. A chance of thunderstorms in the morning...then thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Sunday night will bring southeast winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland waters a light chop. A chance of thunderstorms in the evening...then a slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight.
2014/08/03 Sun 05:48 AM 2.2 H
2014/08/03 Sun 01:33 PM 0.66 L
2014/08/03 Sun 07:01 PM 1.51 H