90% of Herrington fish sampled show selenium poisoning?

[Buzzy]

CrappiePappy,

I am not looking to pick a fight but it does not MATTER how the data was taken only that it is IN the water and fish at dangerous levels.

But you are %100 right that it affects the trout in the Dix river all of the Sauger below lock 7 that people love to eat. All of the crappie and catfish.

Also that is a great point about the 100's of miles of shoreline that can also have problems.

[crappiepappy]

CrappiePappy,

I am not looking to pick a fight but it does not MATTER how the data was taken only that it is IN the water and fish at dangerous levels.

But you are %100 right that it affects the trout in the Dix river all of the Sauger below lock 7 that people love to eat. All of the crappie and catfish.

Also that is a great point about the 100's of miles of shoreline that can also have problems.

Not looking to pick any fights, either ... that's why I said I was playing devil's advocate, but not to diminish the severity of the problem.

I was just curious, and that's why I asked those 3 questions.


I fish Watts Bar, and eat the Crappie that I catch from there ... and they had a massive coal ash spill back in 2008. But theirs was in one of the tributary rivers, up river from the main lake where I fish. The 2012 TWRA's consumption advisory does not list Crappie ... and the fish it does list are PCB contaminated, not from any chemicals from the coal ash (like arsenic, selenium, etc). Their coal ash spill amounted to 1.1 Billion gallons of coal ash slurry, all at once.

[Buzzy]

Pappy I know you are not. I was just making sure you knew I wasn't.


Hopefully it is localized and we can do something about it. The problem is that our rivers and streams all over the state have been poisoned for some company to make money off our resources and then not give any back to the communities.

Remember the good folks in Harlan. "Which side are you on?"

[crappiepappy]

Pappy I know you are not. I was just making sure you knew I wasn't.


Hopefully it is localized and we can do something about it. The problem is that are rivers and streams all over the state have been poisoned for some company to make money off our resources and then not give any back to the communities.

Remember the good folks in Harlan. "Which side are you on?"

I'm just as concerned about it as you are, my friend !! That's why I keep up with the advisory list, and inform others to do the same.

[fishalltime]

There's un-telling how much aluminum is in the bottom of the lake all over.Wonder if that causes any type problem in the cleanly-ness of the water ?

[crappiepappy]

There's un-telling how much aluminum is in the bottom of the lake all over.Wonder if that causes any type problem in the cleanly-ness of the water ?

There's a whole lot more than just some aluminum down there, but in all likelihood it's probably so deep that there's no oxygen to deteriorate it at that depth. There's a covered bridge, the old mill foundation, and probably a lot of the old farms & stuff that was left when the lake was filled. Much of it is probably silted in, after all these decades since the lake was formed. I'm just speculating, of course.
I've fished the lake for over 60yrs & eaten fish from there up until about 10yrs ago ... I haven't had any medical reports that show any kind of chemical or metal contamination in my system. That's not to say that there isn't water quality problems at the lake, far from it !! Best we can do is keep a watchful eye on the situation, and respond accordingly.

[GeoFisher]

There's un-telling how much aluminum is in the bottom of the lake all over.Wonder if that causes any type problem in the cleanly-ness of the water ?

It is not just the chemicals............some lakes are naturally devoid of some life due to the fertility of the lake.

Now in this area, it doesn't make sense with all the farming fertilizer runoff.


It is definitely a double edged sword and something to be managed, BUT we all need to understand that while clean water is an obvious necessity, so is meat, chicken, turkey, soybeans, corn, alfalfa, etc, etc, etc, etc, So is heat, and lighting, and air conditioning, and , and, and , and..........

WE all consume the commodity items above and those commodity items have consequences. We need to try as much as we can to mitigate those consequences, but we will never get to a perfect solution. We might get to a balanced solution though.

Later,

Geo