Dreaming of a "brown christmas"

Greetings everyone,
I'm back from my Christmas break. I was visiting my future in-laws in michigan,we were all dissapointed that there was NO SNOW!!!!! Booooo!
Can you believe it, no snow in michigan or any place close! I was very surprised. Just a few years ago I can remember building the 'ahi spirit" in maine and was sooooo cold I almost died in the streets trying to run a few blocks!!
Well ,this got me thinking about how all this attention to global warming is affecting our lives and on a small level for me -- the changing of the fishing seasons down here in florida. I'm tring to gather more facts about it just so I can rule out the man made global warming factor.( I don't like to agree with the bleeding heart liberable who chooses to blame mankind for all that's wrong with the world)
This may sound dumb to you, but for me there has been some definate changes in the fishing around here. It's Hot ...!!! really Hot!!!! We are still catching kingmackerel around here !.It's carzy to be catching kings and tunny's (tuna)this late in the season. But the warm weather is still here.
When I go hunting , I sweat, when I go fishing, I sweat!!! I can get away from the heat. However,let's not forget that we live on a freakin live rock. A rock that has undergone catastrophic events and cycles of different elemental changes.
I'm just want to say, I hope we are just going though a 2-4 year change.
This post I read from Dr. Jeff Masters was worth sharing with you all. This is what the talking heads on the news don't tell you!

What causes El Nino?
In normal, non-El Nino conditions, the trade winds blow towards the west across the tropical Pacific. Warmer water near the surface of the ocean, heated by the sun, is blown to the west by the trade winds. Warmer water "piles up" in the west Pacific (the sea surface is about one and one half feet higher at Indonesia than at Ecuador) as cooler water rises from deep in the ocean in the east Pacific to replace the water that was moved away by the winds. The sea surface temperature is about 8 degrees C higher in the west, with cooler temperatures in the east Pacific due to upwelling of colder water from deep in the ocean. Rainfall develops much more frequently in rising air over warm water so normal rainfall amounts are higher over the west Pacific and the east Pacific area is relatively dry.

During El Nino, the trade winds relax in the Pacific. This leads to warmer water temperatures in the eastern and, especially, central Pacific because upwelling is reduced. As the pool of warmer water moves eastward, the areas of best rainfall development also move to the east, with associated flooding in Peru and drought in Indonesia and Australia. The eastward displacement of this heat source (the warmest water) results in large changes in the global atmospheric circulation, which in turn forces changes in weather in regions far removed from the tropical Pacific.

El Nino episodes typically occur every 3 to 5 years. However, this interval has varied from 2 to 7 years. They typically last 9 to 18 months. El Nino episodes tend to develop from March to June and reach peak intensity during the December to April period, weakening from May to July. Prolonged El Nino episodes have lasted 2 years and even as long as 3 to 4 years. Every El Nino is somewhat different in magnitude and in duration.
I'm curious to see how it will affect everyones traditional florida getaway to the warm weather. You might not have to go to far from your beautiful michigan or minnesota area after all!!!

Happy Holiday's Everyone !!!

Greetings,
I just wanted to wish you and yours a peacefull and enjoyable christmas and may you have the best health and happiness in the new year!
Fishing has been great on half days with catches of tunas and mangrove snappers.
The long trips of december are coming up for me over the holiday season, I'm sure we will catch amberjacks and grouper on them.
This is the time of year when I like to travel offshore on long trips. The cooler weather and calm seas between cold fronts sure make for a beautiful day, also the el-nino weather pattern we are having right now for the country has sure been making for warmer then usual conditions down here. The day's have been outstanding for weather these past few weeks.
I look foward to fishing with you all ,see you soon!
capatin Tommy Tinacci