AGFC District 2 Fisheries 2015 Third Quarter Newsletter

[mojorig]

All,

I have attached the AGFC D-2 Fisheries 2015 third quarter newsletter. If you would like to be added to the newsletter email list, feel free to email me at Jeremy.Risley@agfc.ar.gov

Thank you for taking the time to read our newsletter. Feel free to contact us with an questions.

Thank you for fishing Bull Shoals Lake!!!

Thanks,

Jeremy

D-2 - 2015 Third Quarter Newsletter.pdf

[Bluff-Bassin]

Always enjoy these. Thanks for posting. The graph at the bottom was particularly interesting to me. It almost looked liked there was a decent zone for the fish to inhabit between the 85-100 foot range. However between about 30 to 85ft the dissolved oxygen was too low for sustaining fish. Am I interpreting that correctly?  If so do fish get trapped in that deeper water? Or do/can they still travel between the two zones if needed?  Occasionally on the lakes I'll graph super deep fish but most of my scuba friends say they don't really see fish deeper than about 30ish feet which seems to match the upper dissolved oxygen line of the graph. 

 

[mojorig]

Yes during a normal year, there is a deep pocket of water that fish will move to. On that particular graph, look the DO (all the lines on the left). As you progress over time, the lines move to the left, indicating less and less oxygen. T

Most fish can move from zone to zone, however sometimes fish get trapped if that deep pocket collapse to quickly. It also depends on the species of fish. Fish like bass are less sensitive then striped bass. Walleye are in-between those two species in terms of sensitivity to DO.