Jan 3rd it was 23 degrees. Didn't get above 30 for 10 straight days. Not a heater to be bought in Punta Gorda OR Port Charlotte, A friend brought a small electric we plugged in and ran 24/7 for 10 days.
News one day commented that it was warmer in Thule Greenland, and Anchorage Alaska, than in Punta Gorda Florida.
The fish kill was horrible. Thousands- Redfish, Snook, Drum, Trout, and millions of bait fish.
Dinghying around we were plowing dead fish like a snow plow.
Just this past June, when I was over there, did they allow keeping Snook again- had been strictly catch and release since that month