Dead fish floating in Dale Hollow Lake

[Tim_T]

They do know the answer HOT WATER. LOW 02 levels. But can't be helped mother nature doing her balancing act. Dale has such a strick limit on it that the smallmouth population has exploded. TOO many fish for the amount of 02 and duh..... Wonder when they are going to admit that their plan for a instant new world record from dale didn't work. The slot limit helped the amount of 4 -6 lb fish but it also has added more fish taking from the amount of forage and using o2.

Are you serious? That is an absurd statement. Hot water and low oxygen levels are the culprit, but it is not because there are too many smallmouths!

[Jbyrd]

Are you serious? That is an absurd statement. Hot water and low oxygen levels are the culprit, but it is not because there are too many smallmouths!

Ok, think of this on a smaller scale, Is it easier to keep one fish alive in your live well during the summer or 5. Each and everything that removes any parts per milllion of dissolved o2 from the water contribute to the balancing act !!!!!

[Fishin is life]

Ok, think of this on a smaller scale, Is it easier to keep one fish alive in your live well during the summer or 5. Each and everything that removes any parts per milllion of dissolved o2 from the water contribute to the balancing act !!!!!

It's not that there's not enough dissolved O2 in the water, it's that the fish don't find it....As the water heats up down deep, the thermocline, and dissolved oxygen levels push up in the water column....Fish like smallmouth, walleye, and stripers that aren't really meant to live in water as warm as our water gets in the summers....They want to go deep to find the cooler water, but there's no oxygen down there...Whether it be that they're too hard headed or not smart enough to move up in the water column...In the 0-20ft depth range there's enough dissolved O2 to sustain all the fish in the given lake 1000's of times over

[mhall]

It's not that there's not enough dissolved O2 in the water, it's that the fish don't find it....As the water heats up down deep, the thermocline, and dissolved oxygen levels push up in the water column....Fish like smallmouth, walleye, and stripers that aren't really meant to live in water as warm as our water gets in the summers....They want to go deep to find the cooler water, but there's no oxygen down there...Whether it be that they're too hard headed or not smart enough to move up in the water column...In the 0-20ft depth range there's enough dissolved O2 to sustain all the fish in the given lake 1000's of times over

DING DING DING....We have a winner.....

[Tim_T]

Ok, think of this on a smaller scale, Is it easier to keep one fish alive in your live well during the summer or 5. Each and everything that removes any parts per milllion of dissolved o2 from the water contribute to the balancing act !!!!!

Except we are not talking on a smaller scale, we are talking about almost 28,000 acres spread out over parts of two states. Using your logic, there are far too many walleye and stripers in Cumberland because them suckers having been dying for years. There is no way it could be related to the lower water levels and dam repair! Heck, Dale Hollow has not even reached summer pool this year.