February 2015 Repeat?

The above pics were all taken this morning as I made my rounds in the sub zero weather. Block Island was shrouded in a mysterious layer of "sea smoke", not something you see too often. Even the fleet was "iced-in" at the docks including yours truly. This certainly reminded me of last February, however, despite this bone chilling cold snap, we are not going to have a repeat of last winter. On Tuesday the temps are forecast to be in the 50's which seems almost unbelievable after this mornings low of 5 deg.!!! This is a good sign that spring is well on its way. Last February's endless storms which extended well into March really took a toll on the fishery and delayed the arrival of just about every species by 2-3 weeks due to the extremely cold water temps. Not saying we are going to be trading our shovels in for fishing poles just yet, but lets keep our fingers crossed.

Capt.