SUN PHOTO BY STEVE REILLY, reilly@sun-herald.com
Charlotte County is cleaning and keeping up with dead fish washing up on the public Englewood Beach, but the beach also was empty of patrons Friday morning.

SUN PHOTO BY STEVE REILLY, reilly@sun-herald.com
Dead fish accumulate at the end of finger canals on South Manasota Key as red tide continues to plague waters in South Sarasota, Charlotte and Lee counties.

SUN PHOTO BY STEVE REILLY, reilly@sun-herald.com

Forewarned is forearmed, as this sign posted on the paybox shows at Stump Pass Beach State Park on the southern tip of Manasota Key.

SUN PHOTO BY STEVE REILLY, reilly@sun-herald.com
Judy Cacace, who lives aboard a sailboat at the Chadwick Cove Marina and Resort on Manasota Key, wears a mask due to the red tide and dead fish lapping the shoreline of Lemon Bay.