Prado Fish Kill In Progress

[sevenout]

Took the boat out to Prado today to whet my bassin' appetite. I was suprised to see several hundred shad floating about, along with numerous dead catfish, carp and (GASP) bass. The dead fish stench even overpowered the odor of nearby dairies. Obviously a bloom of some sort happening right now and it's sucking all of the oxygen out of the water. The ranger said it happens once a year but in my several years of visting the lake during the Summer, it's a first for me.

I don't know if coincidence or not, but I haven't seen the water inflow pipes turned on during my last couple of visits.

REPORT- Only one bass caught on a Rattletrap. I guess the bass are focused on breathing right now, not eating.

[Mr. Gabe]

wow that sucks....and it's sad to hear..... :(

[goodguy]

That sucks... if this lake could get people to properly run it they could have some really big fish in there. Every couple of years there's some kind of fish kill there..

[dfisher]

seen a video on that, big bass dead.. hundreds of shad dead.. sucks :(