I've only lived there for 2 years but this is the first time I remember finding so many dead fish in the spring. It seems like the lake might have frozen a little bit more this year, or maybe the water is slightly lower than usual. It's mostly only 1 ft. long carp, no catfish and maybe a bluegill or two. What's up?
2007-03-20 09:33:23 · 8 answers · asked by Jennine G 1 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Fishing
Well it is not a by-product of 'Global Warming'. This is natural to have a small loss of fish each year after ice-out. Decreased oxygen levels and light penetration causes many aquatic plants and animals that carp depend on for survival to die off leading to starvation of a certain percentage of fish. I would imagine if you were to ask someone that has lived there longer they would have seen this many times over the years.
2007-03-20 10:52:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When fish wash up on shore in the spring it usually has something to do with low oxygen levels in the water. Your lake was probably lower than usual due to lower rainfall accross the U.S. That coupled with more ice will trap schools of shallow dwelling fish in small areas. When the fish use up that oxygen they die. The good thing is that most of the fish are carp. If you talk to any DNR official they would tell you they would kill off all the carp in a lake if they could. The carp destroy habitat for other game fish and make the lake murky therefore not allowing vegetation to grow.
2007-03-20 16:42:27 · answer #2 · answered by Willy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
could be an algee bloom...
alot of times when the weather warms up and the algee starts to grow chemicals send it into hyperdrive and it begins to suck all the oxegen out of the water, resulting in dead fish...
call your local fish and wildlife office and they will look into it.
2007-03-20 17:44:58 · answer #3 · answered by mindfog27 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if there is a dead fish in the lake it means that the water is either poisened or too salty .
2007-03-20 16:46:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would check the water to see if it was contaminated by anything.
2007-03-20 16:40:51 · answer #5 · answered by ambr95012 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah it's called lake Michigan
2007-03-20 16:37:32 · answer #6 · answered by blondie 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
idk...is there chemicals in the water or something
2007-03-20 16:40:44 · answer #7 · answered by GD-Fan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should inform your congressman.
2007-03-20 16:42:44 · answer #8 · answered by ar 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋