Your Thoughts On This ?

[skeeter]

http://www.hometowndailynews.com/19474/harsh_winter_affecting_missouri_fish.html

Particularly the last paragraph.....??

[David Unnerstall]

I would say it is bad news. I would guess that fish up north are somehow different or have different strategies.

[bfishn]

Elaborated here;

http://mdc.mo.gov/newsroom/mdc-explains-winter-fish-kills-are-no-cause-alarm

[Old plug]

I has seen some dead shad on LOZ but nothing alarming. I do bot think we will know till we get out there for awhile.

[Feathers and Fins]

Shad die in cold water no surprises there, The whites and stripers im catching are the fattest winter fish I have seen in a long time all gorging on freebies. Its just nature but I think city folk moving to the country freak out to much over nothing.

[Wayne SW/MO]

We have a population of Threadfin down here and they are notorious for lacking any immunity to cold water.

[Old plug]

That is why they cannot tolerate LOZ. I understand they were tried onetime.

[fishinwrench]

Oldplug, we have both threadfins and gizzards here.

[Old plug]

i never knew that. Cannot ever remember seeing one. well you learn every day.

[Haris122]

Saw about 20 fish at a lake here in the St. Louis area I frequent, a week or two back when that warm spell hit, and the ice melted. ~5 of which were Gizzard Shad, 1 Drum, 1 Paddlefish of all things, which kind of sucks cause I wouldn't be surprised if it was the only one of those in there, and about 12-14 Bighead or Silver Carp. Drum aside I didn't see a single "predatory" fish, which I don't know if it's a good thing, or a bad thing. Cause I rarely catch anything there, and if the fish that are dead are representative of what's actually in the lake, I might as well get into snagging instead, cause it's pretty much all Plankton eaters. Do you guys think those type of fish just die more easily during harsh winters compared to Bass or whatnot?