midnight;2535352; said:
Why would you invite them to this forum?
Can you just send an email and attach pictures to them? 
massacre at gar lake........load warning
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Why would you invite them to this forum?
Can you just send an email and attach pictures to them? 
I was thinking the same thing, at least, it made more sense to me. I wouldn't want to be branded a RAT
What if one day ol' uncle sam realizes that between all our aquariums (and all the people that don't go on forums) we have a huge lake that has enough water for a whole city to drink? lol j/k
when i saw this , this made my night sad. really sad. I have gars and i love them. this is just sad.
who knows....djdlemma;2535355; said:
true and all the gars had heads,pointy partCohazard;2535371; said:
yupcarcinoma;2535395; said:
why are you worried?jlnguyen74;2535421; said:Why would you invite them to this forum?
a rat?Cohazard;2535426; said:
I was thinking the same thing, at least, it made more sense to me. I wouldn't want to be branded a RAT
What if one day ol' uncle sam realizes that between all our aquariums (and all the people that don't go on forums) we have a huge lake that has enough water for a whole city to drink? lol j/k
i love this fishing hole and if someone did this dang right im gunna rat
yup i have sum too and love fishing this lake for monster gar and this puts a hurting on itmarscortes;2535445; said:
Cohazard;2535490; said:Not talking about those people
not sure what your implying everyone is legit on here...
reply....
I checked your link to the photos. The vast majority of fish kills are caused by low oxygen levels in the water, but It is unusual to see these species in a fish kill, as they are usually tolerant of low oxygen levels. The exotic species (brown hoplo and sailfin catfish) might well have been affected by the cold (a common cause of exotic fish kills), the native gar less so--but 30 degrees may have been low enough to do it, even for native fish, depending on what the water temperature dropped to. Is the lake very shallow? If so, it is possible the water temperature actually dropped low enough to kill the gar.
In the photos, it appeared that many fish were high above the current waterline, and a few photos looked like the water was lower than normal, with much of the bank exposed. If the pond is shallow and the water was low, this would have contributed to the possibility that the entire water column was affected with very low temperatures, leaving the fish with no place to escape to.
As I mentioned, this kill appears unusual, but a link to our fish kill flyer that describes most common causes is available at:
http://floridafisheries.com/pdf/Fish_Kills_in_South_Florida.pdf
Usually, if a fish kill occurs that is out of the ordinary, and if it needs to be investigated, that must take place almost immediately (same day if possible) because water temperature, oxygen level, and possible chemical traces (if man-caused) can change rapidly, often within 24 hours. For future reference, FWC's fish kill hotline is 1-800-636-0511.
I trust that this answers at least some of your questions.
I checked your link to the photos. The vast majority of fish kills are caused by low oxygen levels in the water, but It is unusual to see these species in a fish kill, as they are usually tolerant of low oxygen levels. The exotic species (brown hoplo and sailfin catfish) might well have been affected by the cold (a common cause of exotic fish kills), the native gar less so--but 30 degrees may have been low enough to do it, even for native fish, depending on what the water temperature dropped to. Is the lake very shallow? If so, it is possible the water temperature actually dropped low enough to kill the gar.
In the photos, it appeared that many fish were high above the current waterline, and a few photos looked like the water was lower than normal, with much of the bank exposed. If the pond is shallow and the water was low, this would have contributed to the possibility that the entire water column was affected with very low temperatures, leaving the fish with no place to escape to.
As I mentioned, this kill appears unusual, but a link to our fish kill flyer that describes most common causes is available at:
http://floridafisheries.com/pdf/Fish_Kills_in_South_Florida.pdf
Usually, if a fish kill occurs that is out of the ordinary, and if it needs to be investigated, that must take place almost immediately (same day if possible) because water temperature, oxygen level, and possible chemical traces (if man-caused) can change rapidly, often within 24 hours. For future reference, FWC's fish kill hotline is 1-800-636-0511.
I trust that this answers at least some of your questions.
I live right off Lake Ray Hubbard here in Rowlett Tx and it's full of Gar. Texas has the craziest temperature swings I know of. One day can be 90F and be snowing the next. Yesterday was 75F and today is 30F for example. The gars never die in large numbers like that. I'm sad to see all those fish like that. I wonder if fwc will actually do an investigation.
