interesting occurance locally

mousey · 07-14-2008, 02:57 PM

At LAke Simcoe and surrounding canals and rivers about 30 miles from me there has been a mass die off of fish in the last month. People who live near the waterways have been asked to bag up any dead fish on their property and put them out to garbage. This is creating some interesting odors as it is summer!!
Ministry of natural resources in struggling to find out the cause-- one "guess" this week is that the dieoff is due to columnaris.
Then they say at the end of the article that it is not contagious to people and they can still be eaten.
Not a good idea I would think.

**lohachata** · 07-14-2008, 08:00 PM

are bobcaygon and deer bay and stoney having the same problem??
and sre the dieoffs restricted to any one species?

mousey · 07-16-2008, 08:20 AM

I only know where BobCaygen is roughly. It is near lake huron which is a huge cold water lake connected to the St Lawrence seaway by other lakes.
I have not heard of any problems there.
Lake Simcoe is an inland lake that works pretty much on a man made canal system. It gets lots of agricultural run off and quite warm thru the summer.
They so far keep refering to carp but if it is columnaris Wouldn't you expect other fish to die as well?

**lohachata** · 07-16-2008, 08:24 AM

hmm..isn't simcoe near peterburough and lakefield?i used to go fishing up there..

mousey · 07-16-2008, 08:26 AM

peterboro is much farther east. One of my kids lives there.
have a look at a google map of Ontario to see the locations.

COM · 07-16-2008, 08:56 AM

Lake Simcoe is North of Toronto and Newmarket. Barrie is on the lake on the Southwest side, I think.

It is never a good idea to eat fish that have washed up dead on the s****************.

07-14-2008, 02:57 PM	#1
mousey Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 807	interesting occurance locally At LAke Simcoe and surrounding canals and rivers about 30 miles from me there has been a mass die off of fish in the last month. People who live near the waterways have been asked to bag up any dead fish on their property and put them out to garbage. This is creating some interesting odors as it is summer!! Ministry of natural resources in struggling to find out the cause-- one "guess" this week is that the dieoff is due to columnaris. Then they say at the end of the article that it is not contagious to people and they can still be eaten. Not a good idea I would think. __________________ mousey Toronto. Canada

07-14-2008, 08:00 PM	#2
lohachata Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cleveland,Ohio Age: 63 Posts: 542	are bobcaygon and deer bay and stoney having the same problem?? and sre the dieoffs restricted to any one species? __________________ if we ignore nature;maybe it will go away 10 gallon..nothing but air 10 gallon...just more air 10 gallon...stale air just don't ask about the rest

07-16-2008, 08:20 AM	#3
mousey Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 807	I only know where BobCaygen is roughly. It is near lake huron which is a huge cold water lake connected to the St Lawrence seaway by other lakes. I have not heard of any problems there. Lake Simcoe is an inland lake that works pretty much on a man made canal system. It gets lots of agricultural run off and quite warm thru the summer. They so far keep refering to carp but if it is columnaris Wouldn't you expect other fish to die as well? __________________ mousey Toronto. Canada

07-16-2008, 08:24 AM	#4
lohachata Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cleveland,Ohio Age: 63 Posts: 542	hmm..isn't simcoe near peterburough and lakefield?i used to go fishing up there.. __________________ if we ignore nature;maybe it will go away 10 gallon..nothing but air 10 gallon...just more air 10 gallon...stale air just don't ask about the rest

07-16-2008, 08:26 AM	#5
mousey Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 807	peterboro is much farther east. One of my kids lives there. have a look at a google map of Ontario to see the locations. __________________ mousey Toronto. Canada

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07-16-2008, 08:56 AM	#6
COM Rebel Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 696	Lake Simcoe is North of Toronto and Newmarket. Barrie is on the lake on the Southwest side, I think. It is never a good idea to eat fish that have washed up dead on the s****************.

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