Fish kill somerset

[rayke1938]

Pinched this from ausfish hope it warms up quickle before many more die.

Fish Kill at Lake Somerset

SEQWater staff today confirmed that there has been a serious fish kill of bass & tilapia in Lake somerset.

In area known as Brad's Bank & further north numbers of bass & tilpia have been removed with sampled taken for autopsy.

The SEQWater ranger stated that the water temps this week have been lower than any on record for this lake; 13.5 degrees.

Without further evidence at hand I would suspect the weather/temperature is the problem. Possibly the cold water & a roll over combination.

It is asked if anyone sees dead fish at Lake Somerset can you please collect these fish & put them in the fish bins located at all entry points.

I would think that the stocking group would be extremely unlikely to support any calls for the banning of bass stocking in this lake. However they will be happy to see tilapia die off.

A couple of pics here
/>http://sweetwaterfishing.com.au/Chat...num=1184799804

Regards.

Fitzy..

[blue_mako]

The link isn't working. I think it's broken? :S .

Troy

[rayke1938]

Lo g onto sweetwater fishing and go to

Sweetwater Fishing Forum » Sweetwater Feedback Forum » Contributor Reports and you will see the article.

Ray

[Tom B]

Thats a real shame, only a couple of years ago there was plenty of water and plenty of fish, now it looks like there will be neither.

[STU]

Hope we can still get a few next weekend

Post edited by: STU, at: 2007/07/20 15:39

[jeff f]

this doesn't look good for next weekend

if it's that cold that the bass are dieing there's no way they are going to be on the bite

[Feral]

Just have to catch Yella's then!

[jeff f]

apparently its not just sommerset it's happening allover the southern half of the state from mt isa down.

they found over 400 big barra dead in one dam up north

[Feral]

The real problem is of course that the dams are to low to sustain reasonable water temperatures for the few days it gets cold.

If they were full, probably would have been no deaths.

[werewolf]

yeah this is really bad guys. What will happen if we don't get decent rain in the next wet season?? The following winter would be tragic...

[2 wheels]

hey all was listening to the fishing show and there was a talk about the fish kills the tempreture has hit 60 year lows and its mainly the old and infirm that are succoming to the conditions as for the tilly's thats a bonus ,as werewolf added if the rains dont come we're in serious trouble so its time to do a rain dance

[Plastic Man]

this is really bad i hope we get some good rain soon

[ellicat]

2 wheels wrote:

hey all was listening to the fishing show and there was a talk about the fish kills the tempreture has hit 60 year lows and its mainly the old and infirm that are succoming to the conditions as for the tilly's thats a bonus ,as werewolf added if the rains dont come we're in serious trouble so its time to do a rain dance

Gee, Has anyone noticed Brian is sick this weekend ? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Just kidding Brian - trying out that beancounter personality