dead fish found on river!

went fishing at o-kane island yesterday and there was 15 agfc officers there with boats, they said the found a bunch of fish there that had died , don't know the count but it was bunch, they are asking anyone that is fishing there not to eat the fish they catch till they find out what has caused this! just a heads up for you that is planning a fishing trip there. that is in logan county, just north of paris 3 miles. a shame to the crappie are biting! take note these fish were found on the ark river just out of o-kane island!

Hmmm, there were a couple thousand blackbirds that died and fell from the sky in bebee. This wasn't suppose to happen until 2012.

I read on CNN this morning that all the fish were drum. Very strange. It also said you guys in Beebe scared those birds to death with fireworks.

Well we weren’t officers but just biologists. We did find a ton of drum. They were from 5 to 14 inches. We did not see any bigger than that which is the puzzling part of the whole situation. We did find 2 bluegill, 1 white crappie, 2 sauger. That was all of the sport fish found. I suspect there will be lots of rumors about dead sport fish but those are not true. We think it was some type of disease and was able to collect a few that were still alive to get tested. If you have any questions about the kill please contact Bob Limbird or Frank Leone at 1-877-967-7577.

Thanks
Jeremy

Thanks Mojorig for the update.

It would be nice to have drum-kill on the river here in Central Arkansas.

100,000 drum is pretty close to the number I throw on the bank during the year.

I've fished ozark/Jeta 4 days in the last 2 weeks. Lots of cats and whites being caught. There is a considerable oil sheen on the water coming from the powerhouse. I may just be picky but I wouldn't want that emulsified oil on my line much less my gills.

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Originally Posted by LA yard dog

It would be nice to have drum-kill on the river here in Central Arkansas.

100,000 drum is pretty close to the number I throw on the bank during the year.

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Ever try any poor boy shrimp ? Cut fillets into shrimp sized pieces and boil in shrimp boil then dip in cocktail sauce.

Nimrod,

That's the exact way I've been told by several people. My grandpaw had gall bladder problems and couldn't eat fried foods. He said drum were his favorite baked fish. Wrapped in foil with lemon and bell peppers.