---Yesterday I went to one of my favorite fishing places, a lake maintained by my county, and stocked by the DNR with trout and bass, and recently with tiger muskies to combat the crazy little bank fish some. The lake has a good population of native perch, crappies, blue gills, carp and catfish as well. You always catch a lot of fish there.
As some may recall, I fish from a wheelchair, so good, accessible fishing is rare. This lake has a board walk set about 40 feet out into the lake that goes entirelly around it's 50 or so acres. About 1/3 is in a marsh, and you can see all the marsh critters from there, including beaver, deer and muskrat. There are nesting ospreys, swans, geese, ducks, and several species of heron. Yesterday, inside of 50 yards of shore line, we counted about 100 dead fish, of all the species mentioned. Including carp, which can live in an outhouse. The whole area stank from the death. I called the DNR, and within 1/2 hour there was a man there testing the water. I noticed signs on the shore that warned pedestrians that the area had been sprayed with pesticides, and to keep off the grass. I wonder if they sprayed just before one of our recent heavy rains, and it washed the crap into the water? The DNR man took some samples of the water and the fish, and some kind of scum that was on the water. The carp were actually at the surface, gulping air. DNR thinks it may be some kind of Oxygen shortage, but won't know for a while. He's sending a contract fish kill specialist there today. It's a shame to see such a mess. Steve, In Maryland ____________________________________________________________ Get advanced SPAM filtering on Webmail or POP Mail ... Get Lycos Mail! http://login.mail.lycos.com/r/referral?aid=27005
