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Captain Xavier Figueredo says on April 13, 2016,the dying seagrass in Florida Bay meant fishing for speckled sea trout this year was non-existent, in an area that was lush and bountiful just months ago. Ecologist say the die-off is linked to a lack of freshwater flowing into south Florida, and will get worse before it gets better. Decades ago, the sight of seagrass swaying beneath the waters off south Florida conjured romance for those who dangled their fishing lines in hopes of catching redfish, snook or mangrove snapper."My father used to talk about the grass looking like a woman's long hair flowing in the water. It was just a beautiful sight," said fishing guide Steve Friedman. But now, seagrass is dying at a rate unseen since the late 1980s in the Florida Bay, off the southern tip of Florida between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. / AFP / Kerry SHERIDAN / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY KERRY SHERIDAN- "Underwater 'zombie grass' threatens Florida fishermen' (Photo credit should read KERRY SHERIDAN/AFP via Getty Images)