Fish kills?

[GnarwhalOutdoors]

LLM was hit hard. TPWD needs to close all trout fishing down there for the remainder of the year and all tournaments do catch and release only.

If not, all the **** croaker soakers will wipe it all out.

[Rockfish2]

Originally Posted by pescador1

From Arroyo to port Mansfield there are thousands of dead trout along all of the banks. My friends shot a video that was very sad. 95 percent of the dead fish were trout. Look at youtube for videos of the fish kills, they are terrible. TPWL suggests not fishing or catch and release for now.

Where are they saying that?

[Harris6266]

TP&W - Fish kills in Carancahua Bay, [/B][/U][/B]East Matagorda Bay, Magnolia Beach, Matagorda Peninsula, southern shoreline of the GIWW to West Matagorda Bay, Turtle Bay, Port O’ Connor public beach and pier, canals at Sargent, Keller Bay, Lavaca Bay. Multiple species observed.

I saw and talked to TP&W at Keller Bay boat ramp after they conducted survey. The fish kill was small black drum and croaker. I walked shorelines and did not see dead reds or specks. Same for Port Lavaca harbor behind Wal-Mart, or Cape Carancahua Bay, Port Alto, Boca Chica areas.

[WillieT]

I talked to a game warden yesterday in Pt Lavaca and asked her about the fish kill. She said it was not bad in our area but some other areas were hit hard, especially south.

[M9]

I fished in and around Christmas, Bastrop, and around Oyster Lake and did not see a single dead fish. Picked up a black drum and 2 reds but did not really fish that hard. Fingers crossed but it looks like this area will recover quick like it does every year after cold weather stops.

[Mulletmaster]

Port Mansfield.

[whaler76]

Originally Posted by Rockfish2

Where are they saying that?

A lot of information and photos/videos have been circulating on Facebook. A few good and honest resources to check are:
- Bite Me Group page
- Danny & Jeff Neu's pages
- Caleb McCumber's youtube channel

I'm kind of surprised there haven't been more photos and videos posted to 2cool....

[cloudfishing]

Originally Posted by GnarwhalOutdoors

LLM was hit hard. TPWD needs to close all trout fishing down there for the remainder of the year and all tournaments do catch and release only.

If not, all the **** croaker soakers will wipe it all out.

Nice post ! that really sums it up ! We need more pro-active conservation type comments.