Dylan Cluver Posted October 21, 2015 Posted October 21, 2015 fished for a little bit tonight, started at outlet one. Not sure the actual number but it will always be #1 to me. Fishing was slow but hooked and lost a gar. Just down from outlet 1 I started noticing dead sculpins. I started to count them but the number became so many I could not keep track. Several upon several. I know I personally saw a few hundred. I talked to another guy who said it was the same downstream. It was quite alarming and I quit fishing soon afterward. I'm guessing low oxygen? But wouldn't we see more dead fish. Wondering if MDC knows about this? Should I call? Is there even anything they can do to prevent more from dying? No one gripes about obese fish.
trythisonemv Posted October 21, 2015 Posted October 21, 2015 That's disturbing. Maybe it's just from.the water stranding them when it dropped out so low this week.
Ben Gillispie Posted October 21, 2015 Posted October 21, 2015 These are from Monday night, no dead ones then but water hadn't been too low for long either...
JestersHK Posted October 21, 2015 Posted October 21, 2015 Yeah I posted in another thread about thinking the 02 levels were low just for how long it was taking to revive our fish and their behavior. Also saw 5 dead browns down by outlet 7 in the higher grassy marsh stuff. Could of been from anything but they were there and pretty fresh. As for the gar I landed one Friday night. I've seen gar before down there, but this was my first that I actually caught without snagging them accidentally.
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted October 21, 2015 Root Admin Posted October 21, 2015 I'll let Shane know but I'm sure it's from low DO in the water. When the water is off, the outlets provide water high in O2 which keeps the upper area in fair shape. When they run water, they inject O2 in that water to bring up the DO to "safe" levels. Every fall season is the same - fish battle low DO below most tailwaters. That's the nature of the beast. When Table Rock turns over, it will improve 400%. But the water becomes more turbid... our water is already very turbid so this may cause a bigger problem. I'm hoping not. I've never seen our lake water so dirty this time of year. It's all being caused by the spring rains/flash floods. bs1827 and SpoonDog 2
brother dave Posted October 22, 2015 Posted October 22, 2015 When we were down fishing, I had to keep reminding myself we were at table rock and not Mark twain, because of the water color I shop at the outdoor grocery store
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