A weird night fishing the river

[Lee Winger]

Last night I went fishing down the river Deben the saltwater stretch. Well never seen this before, it was dark and the stars were out, well when I pulled in my line I couldn't believe it, it was as though I was reeling in a long line of white phosphorus , with showers of white light hitting the water, these were drips..

 

I paddled in the water, with every splash/ripple showers of phosphorus like rays of light moved through the water.

 

Can you imagine the display a shoal of jumping small mullet [could be bass fry] made along with a shoal of big garfish made..

 

 

When in Oz I remember an old fisherman talking about phosphorus in the water making your line ,bait and hook show up..

 

Have any of you guys seen this before? the light was bright but not quite as bright as an opened up glow stick

 

P.S caught not fish, had a nice bass the night before though on a very weird bait

[Mr Ed]

I've been told its all the whitening agents in washing powder getting into the water sytem. anybody else heard that?

[Mr Ed]

I assume your not talking about the ordinary phosphorence you get from plankton...?

[Andy Collins]

More like herbal cigarettes:001_tongue:

[Steve Bullman]

you only started this to see what google ads it would throw up, admit it Lee

[Lee Winger]

I assume your not talking about the ordinary phosphorence you get from plankton...?

 

 

Dunno what it was mate , but i've never seen it before, and i've been fishing for years, the light came right at the top of the tide and decreased as the tide went out , watching the fish jump was amazing.

 

I almost started to quesion my sanity for a minute, no beer drunk or other drugs taken I might add..

 

In my youth I enjoyed a lot of shrooms , but they never brought on sights like last night..

[Andy Collins]

Never experienced it myself, but on some war documentary, some old sailors were talking about it on the open sea somewhere.

[Lee Winger]

you only saw it if you disturbed the water

[Andy Collins]

Well the ships would disturb the water, wouldnt they.

[Jonesie]

I've had this on night dives (scuba) before you can turn off your torch and wave your hands about to create your light. I believe it's called phos- florescence, from the microscopic zooplankton.

Could not remember what it was called so i found this link.

http://www.exploreuw.net/sc07777.html