Fish Kill at Cave Run

[Aquaman]

I was at Cave Run Lake this weekend and notice a very large amount of dead fish. Way to many to just be irresponsible fishermen. I never stopped to take a close look but from a distance they looked to be walleye or maybe white bass. Has anyone heard anything about this or was caused it? Also saw a few live fish that were on the verge of death.. swimming really slow right on the surface but those were maybe 4-5 inch crappie.

[MagikSmallie]

I was at Cave Run Lake this weekend and notice a very large amount of dead fish. Way to many to just be irresponsible fishermen. I never stopped to take a close look but from a distance they looked to be walleye or maybe white bass. Has anyone heard anything about this or was caused it? Also saw a few live fish that were on the verge of death.. swimming really slow right on the surface but those were maybe 4-5 inch crappie.

I'm not sure Cave has walleye...I have seen catfish floating at times around the dam/Scott's Creek area....I have a few friends that live right near the lake and are out there 4-5 days a week. I'll ask around.

[MagikSmallie]

My buddy said a bunch of White Bass were floating this weekend.

[Aquaman]

yea that makes sense. I wonder what caused it.... All I know is that the fist WERE NOT biting anything!

[MagikSmallie]

Oxygen levels look really good 7.9 @ 30 ft. So I don't think its O2

[CaptObvious]

I too seen the fish last Friday and wondered about it. they were white bass.

[Hlleonard]

Oxygen levels look really good 7.9 @ 30 ft. So I don't think its O2

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Wondering if you have the link that gives that info, there was a link on the old corp website but the link seemed to go away when they updated the website.

[MagikSmallie]

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Wondering if you have the link that gives that info, there was a link on the old corp website but the link seemed to go away when they updated the website.

Louisville District > Missions > Civil Works > Water Information > Updated Lake Temperatures and Dissolved Oxygen Lev

http://lrl-apps.lrl.usace.army.mil/wc/wq/crr.html

http://lrl-apps.lrl.usace.army.mil/wc/wq/crrtext.html

[stoner]

Was in that area a week ago yesterday and didnt see any floaters. The bite was pretty dismal but it always is for me when I go there.

[peter]

Biologists are searching for the cause of a fish kill in Cave Run Lake which affected thousands of white bass.

Dr. Bob Durborow, aquaculture extension specialist at Kentucky State University, said the white bass he examined had bacterial infections which contributed to their condition, but was likely not the primary cause of the fish kill.

Durborow sent samples of the fish to the Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery in Georgia for additional testing for viruses. The results of the tests may not be available until later this summer.

Gerry Buynak, assistant director of fisheries for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, said anglers first observed thousands of dead and struggling white bass in Cave Run Lake the weekend of June 8. No other species were affected.

Many of the white bass had marks on their bodies, the cause of which was later determined to be bacterial infection. The fish kill affected white bass throughout the 8,270-acre lake, which is located near Morehead.

Buynak noted a similar white bass fish kill occurred in the lake in the early 2000s. However, that fish kill only affected larger fish. This week's fish kill affected white bass ranging in size from 6 to 16 inches.

To help maintain the fishery, biologists stocked 64,000 fingerling-sized white bass in Cave Run Lake on June 13.

[Hlleonard]

Louisville District > Missions > Civil Works > Water Information > Updated Lake Temperatures and Dissolved Oxygen Lev

http://lrl-apps.lrl.usace.army.mil/wc/wq/crr.html

http://lrl-apps.lrl.usace.army.mil/wc/wq/crrtext.html

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Thanks, this is good information. not sure just how I lost the handle on it.