A small bass fish kill, off Lakeport in August, resulted from catch and release fishing during extreme warm weather. These types of fish kills don’t impact large numbers of fish, but generally larger members of the population are commonly included.Dear Lady of the Lake, — Catfishin’ CarlDear Carl, Fish mortality events: Fish kills vs. fish die-offsInvestigating fish mortality events Interaction of disease and weather can lead to fish mortality events Carp die off due to Koi Herpes Virus causing carp to float to shorelines and creek mouths throughout spring in Clear Lake 2023. Pictures here, at the mouth of Lucerne Harbor Creek, about 15 large carp created unsightly conditions and distinctive foul smells. Photo: A. De Palma-Dow.Impacts to fishing Natural causes of fish kill Reporting fish mortality events Lady of the LakeAngela De Palma-Dow is a limnologist (limnology = study of fresh inland waters) who lives and works in Lake County. Born in Northern California, she has a Master of Science from Michigan State University. She is a Certified Lake Manager from the North American Lake Management Society, or NALMS, and she is the current president/chair of the California chapter of the Society for Freshwater Science. She can be reached at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. document.getElementById('cloak40202d2daa647e928c273dc353cc04f0').innerHTML = ''; var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; var addy40202d2daa647e928c273dc353cc04f0 = 'LadyoftheClearLake' + '@'; addy40202d2daa647e928c273dc353cc04f0 = addy40202d2daa647e928c273dc353cc04f0 + 'gmail' + '.' + 'com'; var addy_text40202d2daa647e928c273dc353cc04f0 = 'LadyoftheClearLake' + '@' + 'gmail' + '.' + 'com';document.getElementById('cloak40202d2daa647e928c273dc353cc04f0').innerHTML += ''+addy_text40202d2daa647e928c273dc353cc04f0+''; .
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