Lake Waveland

[Team9nine]

Joe,

Here is the scoop. Yes, there was a fish kill. The majority of the fish affected were bass. Best estimate I've heard was around 1,000 fish.

No, they did not treat the weeds. However, there was a weed die-off that they believe triggered the kill. Theory is matted algae blocking out the light to rooted vegetation underneath causing them to die off. This followed shortly thereafter by the matted algae dieing off. Subsequent decomposition put a big hurt on the overall oxygen in the water. Fish were sampled and sent to Purdue pathology diagnostic lab for testing though I don't believe results have come back yet.

In the big scheme of things they don't believe the kill will be that big of a deal given the huge numbers of bass in the lake beforehand. I haven't been back out there since the kill but might roll over that way this weekend to check things out for myself.

-T9

[idbefishing]

That's make sense, decomposed vegetation giving off CO2 killing the fish. What had happened really helped the lake if the majority of them were among the god only know number of dinks.

[stratosjoe]

Thanks for the response , My wife and I went over a couple months ago great place to learn to fish a worm, Ma loved it