Strange Occurrence At Nimrod Lake!
Noticed dead and dying fish all over Nimrod lake today. Mostly near the deeper river channel. Lots of small 8 to 9 inch black crappie. Netted a few and they flopped in the net but didn't revive in the livewell. Picked up a few bream and they did fine. Livewell was pretty warm though. Saw a 3 lb cat dead and several 3/4 lb white crappie that looked like they had been dead for a day or two and had already been eaten on.
I said we probably wouldn't get a bite but found aggressive feeding crappie at both places that we stopped. These were brushpiles located up on the shallower flats. Seen absolutely no dead or dying shad and saw plenty of shad balls about 5 feet deep.
All weekend I had noticed a definite thermocline only in the river channel at a depth of 15 to 17 feet. Well, today I went out over the channel and couldn't see a definite thermocline at all.
I thought that the turnover only happened in the fall. Anybody got any thoughts??
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