11-06-2011, 04:23 PM
there is another reason for doing as I sugested, that is finding out what has happened,
[ul][li]it is posible there is already a contation, [/li][li]posible environmental hazzard [/li][li]oil flow in or other leaks of other types from unknown sorces[/li][/ul]we had an fuel oil spill on my lake 5 years ago up in the river about a mile before the lake. One morn I woke up to the smell of fuel oil, once you smelled that stench onece you remember it for life. I live a hundred yards off the lake.
I walked down to the lake and it smelt horible. not seeing any oil, I got in my car and drove along the shore until I came to the river, and the stench was stronger.
so I drove up to the nearest bridge crossing the river half a mile up, sure enough there was a sheen of desil on top the river, so I drove to the next crossing and saw no oil,
I found a place to park, and walked around, the stench was like walking in an oil refinery, I went to the foot bridge and found the oil again, now it was just a matter of backtracking to the sorce. Behind a long abondoned store shop that was bult right on the bank of the river I found a fuel oil tank had lost its concrete footing due to under wash and it had half fallen in to the river spilling its load slowly.
Needless to say I sounded off the alarm. and the fish are just now slowly showing back up after five years.
My guess is that during high tide you got some oil that came in the glades and drove the fish out.
This is what happened on the river in fort myers florida. The fishing has not returned to normal there yet.
It would be foolish to asume that is the cause even tho it is most likely what the problem, to just asume that is is would cause one to let go any other reason that may not be related...
any time a fishery it interupted you should allways contact your local fishery regulatory to report it, I am not just talking about a bad day of fishing, we as avid anglers know that bad days are the rule, but we know when the good bites are on and if no fish are found in the area with sonar detection there is a problem that must be addressed. Just bring in a fish is like putting a bandaid on a gaping wound..
If it is from the oil spill as I figure, placing fish there will be a futile effort in that the fish will not stay where there is no food. It takes time for nature to heal it self, aka oil seep back in to the ground.
we found that on my lake the fished moved away from the mouths of the river delta due to lack of food. I found that buying comercial fish food and placeing it in the area helped to jump start the area again, the comercial fish food not only feeds fish, but it also feeds all the other aquadic critters who have lost thier dietary supply because of the oil..
In short, it is always good to investigate, find out why they are not there before taking action.
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[ul][li]it is posible there is already a contation, [/li][li]posible environmental hazzard [/li][li]oil flow in or other leaks of other types from unknown sorces[/li][/ul]we had an fuel oil spill on my lake 5 years ago up in the river about a mile before the lake. One morn I woke up to the smell of fuel oil, once you smelled that stench onece you remember it for life. I live a hundred yards off the lake.
I walked down to the lake and it smelt horible. not seeing any oil, I got in my car and drove along the shore until I came to the river, and the stench was stronger.
so I drove up to the nearest bridge crossing the river half a mile up, sure enough there was a sheen of desil on top the river, so I drove to the next crossing and saw no oil,
I found a place to park, and walked around, the stench was like walking in an oil refinery, I went to the foot bridge and found the oil again, now it was just a matter of backtracking to the sorce. Behind a long abondoned store shop that was bult right on the bank of the river I found a fuel oil tank had lost its concrete footing due to under wash and it had half fallen in to the river spilling its load slowly.
Needless to say I sounded off the alarm. and the fish are just now slowly showing back up after five years.
My guess is that during high tide you got some oil that came in the glades and drove the fish out.
This is what happened on the river in fort myers florida. The fishing has not returned to normal there yet.
It would be foolish to asume that is the cause even tho it is most likely what the problem, to just asume that is is would cause one to let go any other reason that may not be related...
any time a fishery it interupted you should allways contact your local fishery regulatory to report it, I am not just talking about a bad day of fishing, we as avid anglers know that bad days are the rule, but we know when the good bites are on and if no fish are found in the area with sonar detection there is a problem that must be addressed. Just bring in a fish is like putting a bandaid on a gaping wound..
If it is from the oil spill as I figure, placing fish there will be a futile effort in that the fish will not stay where there is no food. It takes time for nature to heal it self, aka oil seep back in to the ground.
we found that on my lake the fished moved away from the mouths of the river delta due to lack of food. I found that buying comercial fish food and placeing it in the area helped to jump start the area again, the comercial fish food not only feeds fish, but it also feeds all the other aquadic critters who have lost thier dietary supply because of the oil..
In short, it is always good to investigate, find out why they are not there before taking action.
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