question for bigben7

[NIMROD]

I have been researching a cause for the fish die off on Nimrod. I read one article on turn over/ oxygen depleation where it could be caused by sustained high winds mixing lower levels of oxygen depleated water or actually causing oxygen negative water to mix with upper oxygen rich water. In other words if I read it right the week of high east winds and hot weather may have caused oxygen levels to drop in the lake. We always have low oxygen in the lake in hot weather as Catfishermen lose fish on trotlines not run every couple hours in hot weather.
In your opinion could the week of high winds caused this fish kill? I heard the AGFC was looking into the die off.

[Bigben7]

Nimrod, I think this is definitely a strong possibility. We've been trying to go now for over two weeks with consistent winds out of the east the entire time. This much wind in the same direction for this long of a period would be needed to cause a summer turnover. Another factor that can add to the issues is that the lake's oxygen levels are dependent on algae and phytoplankton (plants) producing oxygen. If there is one or more cloudy days in a row, these things can't replenish the oxygen.

A few questions:

Was the kill across the whole lake or just a local deal?

Deeper areas or shallow?

What species were affected?
- I think the other post was saying crappie and catfish. Usually shad are the first to go in a low oxygen situation. This is the only thing that is confusing me a bit.

It sounds like it was definitely a partial kill. If the numbers of crappie are in there like you all say they are, I don't think you will hardly notice it. Only time will tell. These kind of natural phenomena just happen, and there is nothing we can do about it.

[RCC]

I think Nimrod caught so many out of there, the fish are surrendering without a fight.

[ski trip]

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