Originally Posted by
BRS
Why is it lakes like Cumberland and Laurel don`t have problems like this? Also the report was that there looked to be 4 and 5 pound smallmouth floating. My cousin and I fished about a week ago at Dale and he caught a couple of small ones and one I know for sure look to be deformed. We thought it might have been something to do with the temp of the lake but who knows. One thing we have noticed, a few trips down toward the dam is that we usually get the smell of diesel fuel and have seen it on the lake. Maybe that could have something to do with the dead fish?