Hi guys I fished Altus/Lugert lake yesterday Jan 1 got one bite and missed him. Wind about 20 mph from the north windchill in the teens it was brutal but Jan 1, I just had to try. Now about the fish kill. I saw a lot of dead and dying shad. Now I am not a biologist but I observed most of the shad were the same size indicating a single hatch or year class, I did see 2 dead hybrids and no other species in 150 yds of shoreline. I saw no algae in the gills of any of the dead fish. I spoke to someone who said they saw dead crappies and some other fish in another area of the lake. Shad sometimes die from severe temp changes and the water temps dropped a lot from the last cold spell. Tomorrow I will drive to lake Altus and try to talk to Park officials to see what's happening, I will visit Tom Steed and check on the lake conditions. I was at lake Lawtonka to buy my permits today and a few crappie are being caught at the dam. Don't forget trout are being stocked in Medicine Park Creek you can fish while the wife shops and then you can have a nice meal and tour the Wildlife Refuge.