midas69er Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 has anyone seen this yet? saw it on Twitter from St. catharines standard, don't know any details yet, def. a problem, hope the link works https://twitter.com/StCatStandard/status/240834632617164801/photo/1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass2mouth Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Where is this? Are those carp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoopity Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 they do look like carp where is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordanl Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Holy cow! That's a lot of fish man.. Maybe they were stuck in a small pool of water and as the water evaporated they had less space and died off from multiple reasons? Would like to see more on this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snags Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 15 mile creek ... id wager somebody put something in that they should not have ... Or you had a stagnant pool, lack of oxygen in the water, one fish croaks, and this will slowly choke out and kill the rest of the fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianfcat Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Same thing that happened on Scugog last year...? http://www.thestar.com/news/article/226047--scugog-carp-dying-by-the-thousands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass2mouth Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Same thing that happened on Scugog last year...? http://www.thestar.com/news/article/226047--scugog-carp-dying-by-the-thousands Looks like your right would make sense here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass2mouth Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 I google this and can't find this anywhere? Maybe this didn't happy in st.Catharines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarkoos Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2012/08/29/hot-dry-weather-creats-a-fishpocolypse-in-lincoln Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Lack of O2 seems to be the culprit . And one guy posted that farm fertilizers can be washed more easily into the waters since the land is too dry to absorb all the rain water when we have a sudden downpour . A hot dry summer can kill a lot of fish ! If I was the guy who said he threw up a few times while cleaning up the rotting fish , I would try to get a respirator or at least a masked sprayed with something , like cologne ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midas69er Posted August 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Thanks guys, I saw this and was like wow, I just hope this doesn't start a trend!!!! And ya i was fairly sure iot was local, it was a pic posted by the Standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KissMyBass Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 I fished there the past week or so and i was there when the carp were dying. The oxygen levels were so low that they could not survive. The amount of carp was insane and wish i could have done something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammercarp Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Tragic Bad news all around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Horrible, horrible news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 If there was a way to put oxygen into the water where many fish are at risk of dying , it would save a stinking mess afterward . Maybe running a line from the nearest hydro pole to an under water pump to oxygenate the water might help , or dumping some oxygen laden chemicals into the water similar to adding lime to neutralize acid rain etc........just grasping at straws here , but if anything can be done I'm sure the MNR would know . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snags Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 you could drop a pump in there but it would have to be cleaned regularly (zebra muscles and algae) ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snags Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 As long as it is carp ... kinda the way it works cause carp dont really have predators in the smaller creeks except for the coons ... come to think of it a carp once it hits 10 pounds probably doesnt have any predators in the area unless they get too close to shore for a coon or cat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROB MCINTOSH Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Well some of you have hit it right on. When you get the number of fish like the pic shows you get a large draw of C02 taken out of the water,if the water was high when they entered the creek and the temps rise like it did it will warm that body of water very high.Carp will hang in very warm and shallow water with no problem at all,but if no fresh water is allowed to get in and the temps stay high the water that is there will evaporate and get depleted of c02 and if they can't get out of the creek they will not live with no c02 thus you get a large die off.What the MNR should do is get in there with the help of the local farmers clean up the fish and let the farmers use them in their fields.But then what will happen is the gov. will catch wind of it and will say that they can't transport the fish with out all the regs and paper work followed to the Tee and then by the time all that is done we will get some rain the water will come up and the fish will end up in the lake to decompose.Then they will say the beaches are unsafe to swim and close them down,and all this is done with out one person leaving their office and that's why they get paid the big $$$$$$$.So bottom line is guy's nature happens and we can't do to much about it we just have to deal with it ourselves or leave it up to the big boys and nature will take care of it again.Rob McIntosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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