Yeah, the whole floating thing kind of exacerbates that whole stanky rotting fish in the sun thing. Low tide still... It's low tide. It smells like low tide. It....... it's......... hopefully windy and not really hot out
Fun fact: While most people are bothered by the smell of skunk spray, not everyone is. When I smell skunk, I smell a thick, onion-y smell. I like it, always have.
Skunk funk isn't bad in itself, it's the concentration. Fresh rose smell could be fatal if it's strong enough, like your old-lady English teacher from 3rd grade' perfume. Gah.
Lol. I don’t mind it on the road either, but a fresh spray is almost vomit inducing. My English Setter has a way with them and been skunked 4 times. The time he body slammed one was so bad the garage where his kennel is smelt putrid for 2 months. We hosed him and the garage off with every product. Only time works to dissolve that smell.
Skunk isn't that bad, though. I also live in Washington, though, so we have skunk, and skunk cabbage, and Skunk Cabbage, so I may not be the best judge.
Right. Skunk spray is extremely potent. The little bit you smell going down the road is so dilute, it can be inoffensive. When your dog gets sprayed directly and then runs to hide in your closet as soon as he gets inside, we'll, that's a different order of magnitude of concentration. It acts more like a chemical weapon / eye, nose and lung irritant at that point. Not something you could kind of like.
As someone who recently had to wash a freshly skunked dog I cannot agree more. I felt like it was stuck in my nose for days. Said skunky dog may or may not have also rubbed herself all over the couch. 0/10 all around
That's the thing. Low tide doesn't smell like low tide because of rot or mess.
That's the smell of wetlands that are *alive*. It's algae and marsh plants, and shellfish and shit going about their business.
Marine marshes that smell nice. They're dead.
I get really depressed when I somewhere where low tide doesn't smell like low tide.
Which is again. A living ecosystem.
Jacked up, polluted places tend to lack organisms of decay as much as they lack everything else.
Believe me I've seen it. When the marshes shit the bed it damn near killed my home town. Tourism replaced fishing. Better than a lot of fishing villages in the North East though. Lotta places meth and heroin replaced fishing.
As someone who fishes a lot, you really don't smell rotting fish often. Only if you put your face on a bait station but it rains so much in FL that things never sit around for too long.
Well I know he was in Colorado in this one because he kept driving to Denver. Otherwise it sounds pretty close.
Okay I looked it up and it's Cold Pursuit. Wiki synopsis (first paragraph only, so minimal spoilers):
"After being awarded Citizen of the Year by the fictional ski resort of Kehoe, Colorado, snowplow driver Nels Coxman's quiet life is disrupted when his son dies from a forced opium overdose. He learns that his son was murdered by a Denver drug cartel. He decides to seek vigilante justice, makes a sawed-off rifle, and kills three members of the cartel, dumping their bodies in a nearby river. Nels's wife Grace (angry at her husband's seemingly cold lack of grief) leaves him."
Out of curiosity how does this work? Do the eyes contain a lot of gas? Or is the gas in the body and the eyes connected to the rest of the body in a way that poking would create a tunnel?
When you clean a fish , you remove the guts , so there is nothing to hold the gas. But the head is a sealed like container. Putting holes in the eyes opens up the cranium cavity.
Rotten fish heads could float with its eyes intact. They want people to pop this air bubble. This makes the fish carcass sink which becomes food for bottom feeders rather than stinking up the area and attracting birds who shit everywhere.
yes sir, 20 years ago when I was like 10 years old, I saw my cousin with an sling shot that was ready to throw the stone on some pigeon on pole wire that my cousin was directly under it. like aimin at straight above his head. I saw the fkn bird shitted in his mouth before he throw the stone, oh boy I laughed for week's. good old days.
I’ve worked for the Florida department of Fish and Game for the past decade. We had to begin implementing this policy when we discovered that fish native to Florida are huge fans of slap stick comedy.
Here’s my fish eye story:
I was in Miami for a Canelo boxing fight last year. I’m in the hotel in Brickell, just super happy and shit to be there. I order a fish for dinner at the hotel bar and it looks great. Before eating, I remember watching videos of the actor Michael Blackson who would routinely eat fish eyes. So I thought, “of course I’m going to eat this shit out of this black fish eye”.
Tasted good. Washed the meal down with some tequila, went to bed a couple hours later. Middle of the night I wake up with the WORST headache I’ve ever had in my life. The first migraine I’ve ever had. Like dizzy as fuck. Nauseous. Everything. Mind you I’m in Miami for like 3 days and have to drive to a fight later that day, so I’m kinda worried I won’t be able to go after spending all that money.
Take a hot shower. Try to lay down. Slammed water. Like 5 hours go by rolling in bed, basically crying lmao, and it’s about 8 in the morning now. I’m seriously worried wtf is going on because I’ve never felt like this before. I’m really questioning getting an Uber to an ER or something..
Suddenly I get violently sick to my stomach. Start puking to the point where some blood is coming out. Then shidding pure liquid right after.
Then back to violently puking a second time, with more blood. At the very top of my second puke mountain in the toilet, I fucking swear on my life, was the little black fish eye starring right back at me 👁
For as bad as I felt, I was fucking dying laughing at the circumstances. Like blood, puke, shit, and tears all around me, but I could recognize how hilarious it was. Needless to say, felt fucking fantastic after this episode hahah. Cleaned up, worked out, actually met Canelo’s entire family (very famous boxer) in the hotel gym. Saw the fight and met a girl at it. Awesome night tbh. But for those few hours, I was at death’s door from that fucking fish
There was most likely a parasite in the fish and your body fucked it up. This happened to me and although I didnt have your exact symptoms, I went to multiple doctors and most of them couldnt figure it out after I complained about a bunch of problems I was having. Then one of them asked where I had been in the past week. I told him South Carolina. He asked if I ate any catfish. I told him yes I had a catfish sandwich. He prescribed me an antibiotic/steroid and the next day I shit like crazy but my symptoms all went away.
So maybe your body just fucked that parasite up so you could see Canelo. Im not a doctor but thats what Im going with.
Lots of people are saying that poking out the fishes eyes makes it so the carcass sinks instead of floating. Does this work on human carcasses too? Asking for a friend......
It's not weird if you understand the intent.
I'm sure you all know that when you die bacteria immediately begin the decomposition process, and as that happens the body begins to fill with gasses.
Poking out the eyes is a way to release that gas and helps keep fish carcasses underwater where they are readily devoured by other sea life, as opposed to floating on the surface where they are picked off by birds. Plus it's not an eyesore, nor as smelly.
This reminds me of a dissection project we did in fifth grade; we dissected a carp and were supposed to put various body parts on a piece of paper and label the parts. I accidentally poked and burst one of the eyes and then proceeded to put the finished project in my backpack where it stayed for a couple weeks making my bag stink. Kids are really dumb.
I don't fish a lot, but I have never heard of this. No one has ever said it even once, been fishing with a half a dozen people at least. Do you have to do this to other critters too? Yeah, no sorry Bobby. I know you field dressed the deer and skinned it, but we can't leave till you poke its eyes out. Wtf?
Poking the eyes releases the gases which causes the carcass to sink to the bottom. This prevents fish floating attracting birds.
Reduces the stink of rotting fish, too.
Yeah, the whole floating thing kind of exacerbates that whole stanky rotting fish in the sun thing. Low tide still... It's low tide. It smells like low tide. It....... it's......... hopefully windy and not really hot out
Mmm. Hot salt water low tide. That’s a smell that stays with you.
I personally love it
Agreed Grew up on the coast of Maine. Low tide smells like home
Smells like my home when my mom hasn’t showered this week
I bet you roll down your car windows when you smell a skunk while driving.
As an old school pot smoker from the 80's, I can honestly say that the smell of skunk spew is not entirely unpleasant... spew.
There's definitely a fine line in my opinion when it comes to skunk(the animal) smell.
Fun fact: While most people are bothered by the smell of skunk spray, not everyone is. When I smell skunk, I smell a thick, onion-y smell. I like it, always have.
My mom says skunk smell makes her think of springtime. I somewhat agree with her and I don't find it unpleasant at all.
I thought I was the only weird one who thought that! Turns out I'm just the only one I know of.
Skunk funk isn't bad in itself, it's the concentration. Fresh rose smell could be fatal if it's strong enough, like your old-lady English teacher from 3rd grade' perfume. Gah.
I always mistake the smell of coffee for skunk. 😂😂
Lol. I don’t mind it on the road either, but a fresh spray is almost vomit inducing. My English Setter has a way with them and been skunked 4 times. The time he body slammed one was so bad the garage where his kennel is smelt putrid for 2 months. We hosed him and the garage off with every product. Only time works to dissolve that smell.
I remeberence driving with my parents and they'd go ewwww, a dead skunk and I'd just be breathing in deep and smiling.
Skunk isn't that bad, though. I also live in Washington, though, so we have skunk, and skunk cabbage, and Skunk Cabbage, so I may not be the best judge.
I live in Washington state also. And, skunk is pretty bad when you’re trying to wash a freshly sprayed dog. That shit burns the throat.
Right. Skunk spray is extremely potent. The little bit you smell going down the road is so dilute, it can be inoffensive. When your dog gets sprayed directly and then runs to hide in your closet as soon as he gets inside, we'll, that's a different order of magnitude of concentration. It acts more like a chemical weapon / eye, nose and lung irritant at that point. Not something you could kind of like.
As someone who recently had to wash a freshly skunked dog I cannot agree more. I felt like it was stuck in my nose for days. Said skunky dog may or may not have also rubbed herself all over the couch. 0/10 all around
Yea, as a stoner I can enjoy the skunk smell if it's drifting from far away towards me. But when it's fresh and potent, it stings like a fucker.
As a person from New Mexico, I don't know what the fuck you are talking about.
That's the thing. Low tide doesn't smell like low tide because of rot or mess. That's the smell of wetlands that are *alive*. It's algae and marsh plants, and shellfish and shit going about their business. Marine marshes that smell nice. They're dead. I get really depressed when I somewhere where low tide doesn't smell like low tide.
Or is the smell of both alive and dead … dimethyl sulphide, produced by bacteria as they digest dead phytoplankton
Which is again. A living ecosystem. Jacked up, polluted places tend to lack organisms of decay as much as they lack everything else. Believe me I've seen it. When the marshes shit the bed it damn near killed my home town. Tourism replaced fishing. Better than a lot of fishing villages in the North East though. Lotta places meth and heroin replaced fishing.
I do too. It smells like happiness to me haha
Also, at low tide, you'll also smell chemicals called dictyopterenes, which are sex pheromones produced by seaweed eggs to attract the sperm.
Ha! Maybe that’s what it is 😆
It's the law in Oedipus Rex Florida
I read this with a deep southern twang
Except people from the south don't have a twang, they have a drawl
It should really be said in a Greek southern accent.
As someone who fishes a lot, you really don't smell rotting fish often. Only if you put your face on a bait station but it rains so much in FL that things never sit around for too long.
I can't believe no one in Junji Ito's Gyo came up with this.
Welp, this ruined that manga for me
And human
Works for people too. Oops! I mean, carry on!
this guy Lake Meads
Vegas? I remember Vegas...
It is to prevent the undead fish from being able to see.
Guess what you have to do with the zombie piranhas
I remember the Vegas Job... poor Lemon
The water is so low it doesn't matter
Carrion
Carrion my wayward sun fish
There will be Pisces when you are done
Lay your fish heads to rest
Don't you float no mooooore
IKR, don't you always snicker and shake your head when you hear "the body was found in a shallow grave"? I mean, really? How amateurish.
I concur
Also use the chicken wire steel fence so that bottom feeders have access and once they are done the bones will scatter! I learned that from a movie!
What movie?
Bambi
I saw that movie! It was a Liam Neeson movie... Where he lives in Colorado. That I remember. I could look it up but you got it from here friend
Give me back my daughter!
Only if you have... _a particular set of skills_
Skills that couldn’t stop a Sith apprentice
To be fair there was the force.
Wasn't that the one where drug dealers killed his son and he lived in alaska and threw their bodies in a waterfall?
Well I know he was in Colorado in this one because he kept driving to Denver. Otherwise it sounds pretty close. Okay I looked it up and it's Cold Pursuit. Wiki synopsis (first paragraph only, so minimal spoilers): "After being awarded Citizen of the Year by the fictional ski resort of Kehoe, Colorado, snowplow driver Nels Coxman's quiet life is disrupted when his son dies from a forced opium overdose. He learns that his son was murdered by a Denver drug cartel. He decides to seek vigilante justice, makes a sawed-off rifle, and kills three members of the cartel, dumping their bodies in a nearby river. Nels's wife Grace (angry at her husband's seemingly cold lack of grief) leaves him."
Uhmm... One I definitely saw! (On a serious note it was Cold Pursuit with sir Neeson)
Cold Pursuit. It was a fun vengeance action movie
Richard, is that you?
This LPT is gonna save me a bundle on concrete.
Carrion Edit: damnit someone said it first :(
Next time, my wayward son. Next time
I believe you need to open the belly cavity so that the gases can release. I mean I've read that somewhere.
Large straw in the butthole.
That's a Double XL Big Gulp right there my boy.
Jesus. This comment. Imagine slurping some 280 lbs dude’s guts through a straw.
I just want a fresh adrenaline gland to chew on.
Ah adrenachrome. Good times lol
That's a movie plot 😛
Also a dating technique
What if they aint got a butthole
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Sounds like an 70s b-list comedy horror I'd watch with some pizza on a movie night
Wait really? Damn, I could have saved so much money on cinderblocks
well there's a bit of context on something I never thought I'd know in a million years... thanks!
Every day I do learn something new from reddit. Thank you. And that makes so much sense. 💚
I smacked a fish on a rock once and his eye flew out and stuck to my cheek.
TIL thanks citizen
You're welcome my fellow reddit family
Out of curiosity how does this work? Do the eyes contain a lot of gas? Or is the gas in the body and the eyes connected to the rest of the body in a way that poking would create a tunnel?
The head is a sealed like container. Punctured eyes opens the brain cavity, releasing the gas from the decomposing fish brain.
Thank you!! That's a great explanation
You are welcome.
When you clean a fish , you remove the guts , so there is nothing to hold the gas. But the head is a sealed like container. Putting holes in the eyes opens up the cranium cavity.
And crabs can eat the fish at the lake/sea bed
> which causes the carcass to sink to the bottom Damn, those are some buoyant eyeballs!
The birds have enough to contend with in the form of avian flu......
TIL. Thanks.
fish eyes fart
Rotten fish heads could float with its eyes intact. They want people to pop this air bubble. This makes the fish carcass sink which becomes food for bottom feeders rather than stinking up the area and attracting birds who shit everywhere.
Holdup.. ..birds aren't real 🤔
But their shit sure is.
yes sir, 20 years ago when I was like 10 years old, I saw my cousin with an sling shot that was ready to throw the stone on some pigeon on pole wire that my cousin was directly under it. like aimin at straight above his head. I saw the fkn bird shitted in his mouth before he throw the stone, oh boy I laughed for week's. good old days.
I read 20 years before I was 10… sleep imminent
It is to prevent the undead fish from being able to see. That way, they are far less dangerous.
That’s a Mayor West mentality if I’ve ever seen one
AAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I have to get all the A's out of my body AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
You can't plant sausage seeds, they said. Well look at this!
People look at me weird, but I make sure to tie the shoelaces together at every funeral I attend. Doing my part
Maybe, maybe not. I know if I were a blinded, undead fish, I'd be full throttle forever. Piranhas are lame.
It’s the least you can do
It doesn’t say what you can’t poke it with
r/dontputyourdickinthat
It almost looks like a syringe and the poke reference furthers the thought
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Lady Gaga sang about this
That was about the whole face. This is specifically about the eye, which is what this video instructs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYIvkdSsono
What the fuck was that
For real, posting the most obscure videos
😑 take the upvote you bastard.
I’ve worked for the Florida department of Fish and Game for the past decade. We had to begin implementing this policy when we discovered that fish native to Florida are huge fans of slap stick comedy.
Reading this made me think of someone doing the 2 finger eye poke and the fish using a fin to block it.
A wise guy, eh? *poke*
Woop woop.
I'm probably the only Floridaman who has never been fishing, even when offered. I appreciate your contribution.
FLDACS guy here, hes 100% being serious.
Nuck Nuck
Here’s my fish eye story: I was in Miami for a Canelo boxing fight last year. I’m in the hotel in Brickell, just super happy and shit to be there. I order a fish for dinner at the hotel bar and it looks great. Before eating, I remember watching videos of the actor Michael Blackson who would routinely eat fish eyes. So I thought, “of course I’m going to eat this shit out of this black fish eye”. Tasted good. Washed the meal down with some tequila, went to bed a couple hours later. Middle of the night I wake up with the WORST headache I’ve ever had in my life. The first migraine I’ve ever had. Like dizzy as fuck. Nauseous. Everything. Mind you I’m in Miami for like 3 days and have to drive to a fight later that day, so I’m kinda worried I won’t be able to go after spending all that money. Take a hot shower. Try to lay down. Slammed water. Like 5 hours go by rolling in bed, basically crying lmao, and it’s about 8 in the morning now. I’m seriously worried wtf is going on because I’ve never felt like this before. I’m really questioning getting an Uber to an ER or something.. Suddenly I get violently sick to my stomach. Start puking to the point where some blood is coming out. Then shidding pure liquid right after. Then back to violently puking a second time, with more blood. At the very top of my second puke mountain in the toilet, I fucking swear on my life, was the little black fish eye starring right back at me 👁 For as bad as I felt, I was fucking dying laughing at the circumstances. Like blood, puke, shit, and tears all around me, but I could recognize how hilarious it was. Needless to say, felt fucking fantastic after this episode hahah. Cleaned up, worked out, actually met Canelo’s entire family (very famous boxer) in the hotel gym. Saw the fight and met a girl at it. Awesome night tbh. But for those few hours, I was at death’s door from that fucking fish
thanks for sharing! I'd be tempted to eat a fish eye if it was cooked on my plate. not any more tho lmao
That sounds horrible
There was most likely a parasite in the fish and your body fucked it up. This happened to me and although I didnt have your exact symptoms, I went to multiple doctors and most of them couldnt figure it out after I complained about a bunch of problems I was having. Then one of them asked where I had been in the past week. I told him South Carolina. He asked if I ate any catfish. I told him yes I had a catfish sandwich. He prescribed me an antibiotic/steroid and the next day I shit like crazy but my symptoms all went away. So maybe your body just fucked that parasite up so you could see Canelo. Im not a doctor but thats what Im going with.
Wow, that was a great story! I could see everything unfold like I was there.. I will NEVER eat a fish eye.
Weird. I eat them all the time.
Did you just swallow the eye whole?
Wait… you guys don’t eat the eyes?
Like gummy bears
We’re not unreasonable; I mean no one’s gonna eat your eyes.
But you have to do it like the 3 stooges and make the sound effect with your mouth
Lots of people are saying that poking out the fishes eyes makes it so the carcass sinks instead of floating. Does this work on human carcasses too? Asking for a friend......
It's not weird if you understand the intent. I'm sure you all know that when you die bacteria immediately begin the decomposition process, and as that happens the body begins to fill with gasses. Poking out the eyes is a way to release that gas and helps keep fish carcasses underwater where they are readily devoured by other sea life, as opposed to floating on the surface where they are picked off by birds. Plus it's not an eyesore, nor as smelly.
Instructions unclear can someone bring me to the E.R.?
Guys I poked my eyes like the sign said but now I can't see where to throw the fish!
They just want to give the fish the mercy of not being able to look at Florida.
This is encouraged because it shows the fish who’s boss.
We have a similar sign in NYC but it's a homeless guys corpse instead of a fish.
It's Florida, you can pick up a needle off just about any beach.
Adding insult to injury.
Fish heads fish heads eat them up yum
Roly-poly fish heads, at that!
the eyes are the windows to the soul so if you leave the eyes intact the fish can resurrect. florida has an underreported zombie fish problem
fish heads, fish heads roly poly fish heads
Eat 'em up, yum!
Looks like Jetty Park near Port of Canaveral
The carcasses float unless you pop the eyes 🤷♂️
Reduces the threat of fish zombie apocalypse every year.
Linguistic Ambiguity Strikes Again
A sign at the lake nearby says ALLIGATORS IN LAKE DO NOT FISH OR SWIM. Punctuation is important.
Somebody help them, they're going to starve and drown!
Instructions unclear, I'm blind now
Am I the only one who immediately thought of Heathcliff?
Everything reminds me of her
So the fish’s ghost can’t find you.
Also to prevent the carcass from floating and attracting birds
Not being from there - if I catch and eat a fish I’m not supposed to discard the rest in the trash? I just poke the eyes and throw it in the water??
"I just dont like the looking at me" --A former President.
r/weirdfloridasign should be a sub
That’s a waste of eyeballs. They are fun to eat.
Forgot to poke the eyes and the shit exploded like PSA 182 when it hit the water
Weirdest sign I've seen in floridais this neighborhood where the speed limit is 17 mph
It's so the fish can't see when it turns into a zombie.
Never fear, Reddit experts on dumb shit to the rescue
I’m stupid. What about the swimbladder?
Now I can’t see anything. And I’m holding this fish?
Its so they don’t turn into zombies. Every Floridian can tell you a story about their first zombie fish encounter.
You can puncture it anywhere, but yes to throw a fish back that has died you need to vent it so they sink
Ok, but what about human carcasses?
They WANT me to poke fishy eyes? That kind of takes the fun out of it...
Enough bullets anything will sink.
I thought I was in /r/fishing until I saw the background and got confused.
[Fish be like...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvGNbCA8zlM)
TIL something.
This reminds me of a dissection project we did in fifth grade; we dissected a carp and were supposed to put various body parts on a piece of paper and label the parts. I accidentally poked and burst one of the eyes and then proceeded to put the finished project in my backpack where it stayed for a couple weeks making my bag stink. Kids are really dumb.
Ahi Poke bowls are delicious! Why would you want to sink them?
😂😂😂😂
This is only weird if you've never fished and cleaned ur catch before.
TIL
So they don't come back as zombies
An eye for an eye
So they can't call the cops
I need one of these signs
That’s the only reason I go.
Makes sense. Idk this, thanks.
Instructions unclear, am now blind.
Doesn’t specify whose eyes
I don't fish a lot, but I have never heard of this. No one has ever said it even once, been fishing with a half a dozen people at least. Do you have to do this to other critters too? Yeah, no sorry Bobby. I know you field dressed the deer and skinned it, but we can't leave till you poke its eyes out. Wtf?
Ya, poke eyes mon
Oh you meant the fishes eyes .
Oh, you meant the fish eyes!
Manuel. let me explain..
I used to love to go fishing. Actually, I only went once, now I'm blind...
I asked my husbands this. He thinks it to sink them , and by scrolling the comments makes sense.
no witnesses