Fish kill on Salt River

[Tim_T]

Appears to have started up around Mill Creek and stretches all the way to the First St. Park in Shepherdsville. I was at the park yesterday while KDFWR was there investigating. lots of dead fish. Some paddle fish and tons of silver carp, didn't see any sport fish and KDFWR said they only found two dead smallmouth up near the Shepherdsville ramp. They believe the low oxygen and high temperatures caused the water to stratify. Here is a link to the local paper.

http://www.pioneernews.net/cgi-bin/c...62348093093001

[riverrat12]

Appears to have started up around Mill Creek and stretches all the way to the First St. Park in Shepherdsville. I was at the park yesterday while KDFWR was there investigating. lots of dead fish. Some paddle fish and tons of silver carp, didn't see any sport fish and KDFWR said they only found two dead smallmouth up near the Shepherdsville ramp. They believe the low oxygen and high temperatures caused the water to stratify. Here is a link to the local paper.

http://www.pioneernews.net/cgi-bin/c...62348093093001

Tim how big were the paddlefish?? just curious. Chuck

[Tim_T]

Chuck, my guess would be 10-17 pounds. The funny thing is, no locals realized the spoonbills were this far up the river.

[riverrat12]

Chuck, my guess would be 10-17 pounds. The funny thing is, no locals realized the spoonbills were this far up the river.

Back in the early 80's I caught several as far up as Mt.Washington in Floyds Fork. The Ohio was alot dirtier back then and it amazed me!

[onemorecast56]

Appears to have started up around Mill Creek and stretches all the way to the First St. Park in Shepherdsville. I was at the park yesterday while KDFWR was there investigating. lots of dead fish. Some paddle fish and tons of silver carp, didn't see any sport fish and KDFWR said they only found two dead smallmouth up near the Shepherdsville ramp. They believe the low oxygen and high temperatures caused the water to stratify. Here is a link to the local paper.

http://www.pioneernews.net/cgi-bin/c...62348093093001

Sorry guys,,,I went swimming in the river,,guess my smell was too much for them...LOL

[ckline2006]

Sorry guys,,,I went swimming in the river,,guess my smell was too much for them...LOL

So the bad smell down by the river is just your dirty bath water and not the dead fish?

[Tim_T]

Geez Doug, we told you know wet wading. You made 1st. Park smell so bad people didn't even take their kids to the playground!

[onemorecast56]

Geez Doug, we told you know wet wading. You made 1st. Park smell so bad people didn't even take their kids to the playground!

well the next time anyboby needs fish,,,let me know and I`ll just go wadeing and you all pick the fish up as they come gasping for air....LOL thats what happened to Cumberland,,,went swimming and look what happened,,,major fish kill! Now if I can get the game departments to hire me to swimm in all these rivers with the asian crap,,,there would be no proplem...ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!

[haulin-water]

just wonderin if the fish kill in salt river has affected taylorsville lake?

[Tim_T]

just wonderin if the fish kill in salt river has affected taylorsville lake?

Haulin, it shouldn't have anything to do with the lake. It started several miles down stream of the dam!