perch at rockport

[DeeCee]

Good information TubeDude! One thing I would like to add is that last winter the region received heavy snows that built up deep snow cover over the surface of the reservoirs. Many times this can prevent enough light from penetrating the ice and plants in the lakes can die from lack of sunlight. When this happens the rotting vegetation uses up a lot of available oxygen in the water and things go critical. There simply isn't enough oxygen to support all the fish life and you get a "winter kill" die off of fish. Fortunately most times some fish survive to repopulate the lake if they are lake spawners. Pure science in spite of all the wild rumors.

DeeCee
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