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Fish Kill

Posted by George on Pompano on 2/18/2021, 11:57 am

Has anyone heard any reports of any fish kills? I know it may be several days before we know for sure. I have my fingers crossed.

Re: Fish Kill

Posted by Shane on 2/19/2021, 7:51 am, in reply to "Fish Kill"

I have heard reports from down south about trout dying, but nothing so far from our area. I did witness thousands of seagulls in the main canal all day Monday hovering/feeding over the water so something small definitely was dying.

Re: Fish Kill

Posted by Tommy on 2/19/2021, 7:56 am, in reply to "Re: Fish Kill"

Id be hugely surprised if we dont lose some fish. I dont think it will be anywhere near as bad as 83 or 89 ( fingers crossed)

Re: Fish Kill

Posted by Shane on 2/19/2021, 8:29 am, in reply to "Re: Fish Kill"

Correct...unlike those times (as I somewhat recall) the lead up to this freeze was very cold weather and the water was already down in the risk zone for our trout. The mature ones were probably already down in the warmest water they could find. Doesn't mean we didn't lose some juveniles. In 2018 I fished Harborwalk and did see a lot of trout "spiralling" under the surface. But only the mullet were obviously dying. Side note: we had a very large snook come up "spiralling" at our Dock in TC back then. Looked to be around 24 to 28".

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