Possible South Elkhorn Fish Kill

[redneckshadrap]

When i called, the nice people at Canoe Ky they seemed to think that there would be little to NO affect on most of the south fork and main stem, they said the water coming through the riffles would put back oxygen into that water, they also said that that water is only about 24 hours away and that its went through already. But i guess its also hard to argue with the streamflow guages. I really, really hope that the affect is minimal to none. That creek is my favorite place to be and is just an absolute incredible area.

One thing you have to be aware of is that Canoe Ky is in it for the money. As long as the waters flowing to float the paddlers and thier Kayaks, canoes, and rafts is all they care about. It's about the money for them. And they will probably offer free toilet paper so you can wipe the chit of you "vessel".
There's another one of those that don't really take things like these serious.

Even if the oxygen levels come back up that doesn't mean the waste itself is gone. It's still coming down the creek....

I'm not going to get into a conflict on streamflow. I know what I experince as far as the watershed in my areas. It takes 24-36hours (depnding on the spike in the water level) for the water to shed from Lexington to Gtown. And then it's about 30+miles via water to the streamflow guage at Knights Bridge.
On the South Fork, it's about 25 miles from the guage in Midway to the one at Knights bridge.
I'm supposed to call a buddy of mine back in Frankfort later on today to see if anything has been updated.
Billy

[PatientlyWading24]

I completely understand what you are saying. and i take that into account as well, i talked to them sunday evening when i saw your link on here. and what i posted, was what they said on sunday. It is kinda like when my dad used to call Old man Fryman before he passed and asked how the water looked and if the fish were biting good, before we would head out.... well he ALWAYS said the water looked good and the fish were ALWAYS biting. similar situation, fryman was tryin to make money, its business.

And I do understand that even though there may be enough oxygen for most fish to survive, it doesn't mean that there still isn't nasty stuff floating that way. I am just hoping that it isn't that bad. And i will be looking for that report whenever you have it. Thanks Billy for keeping us up to date with an unbiased view of what is going to or could happen. It is appreciated.

[psprowler]

Man that *****. 3 million gallons over the entire town branch/south fork/main stem watershed hopefully will dilute down quite a bit. I would surmise the immediate effects would be the most horrific - hopefully long term it will do no damage.

They definitely do need to prevent it from happening again though!

[Knuckledragger]

I'm hitting Elkhorn in the morning; I'll post the results tomorrow evening. I plan on fishing down stream from where the spill was. I can't give out my honey hole though.
I was fishing stoner last month and it was good north of Paris, wadding only but we caught some nice fish. I don't know what "duck weed is" but there was some heavy moss in a couple of areas.

[UpaCrick]

Here's some more info from today:

http://www.kentucky.com/454/story/167546.html

It makes it all the worse when you see that the state's enviromental response team could have been on the scene Friday night.

Sounds like Charlie Martin should get some kevlar BVDs for the butt chewing he deserves, and maybe some for the night shift.

[redneckshadrap]

Here's some more info from today:

http://www.kentucky.com/454/story/167546.html

It makes it all the worse when you see that the state's enviromental response team could have been on the scene Friday night.

Sounds like Charlie Martin should get some kevlar BVDs for the butt chewing he deserves, and maybe some for the night shift.

Talked to someone this AM. Division of water is supposedly looking into where the slug of water is. It's believed to still be in the Town Branch area. The lack of flow will cause it to stagnant, break down, and settle to the bottom of the pools in that water shed.
However, when it rains and gets it going it will head downstream.

Billy

[PatientlyWading24]

I realize that as a whole this is a very bad thing, it may take a while before we know how bad it may be. But What are the extremes. I know that the slug of S*** hasn't amde its way down yet, but when it does what is the absolute worse thing and what is the affect if damage is slim to none? what are the chances of it being one way or another? Does anyone know?