Tuesday 5 March 2013

Fishing In Colorado

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Colorado Parks and Wildlife field staff have confirmed that a large number of fish died over the winter at Lake Henry.
"We started seeing dead fish when the ice melted," said Jim Ramsay, a Colorado Parks and Wildlife aquatic biologist from Lamar. "This is not too surprising, given the extreme low-water conditions we saw going into winter."
"At this time we are unsure of the extent of the fish kill. It is possible there are still game fish that survived at Henry. The majority of the dead fish we saw were forage fish. There were some dead catfish and wipers as well, but we did not see many dead crappie, saugeye, or larger channel catfish," said Ramsay.
Winter fish kills can occur when shallow reservoirs ice-over and oxygen levels drop. Low oxygen levels result from a combination of factors. The ice prevents air from mixing with the water, thereby limiting the exchange of oxygen at the surface. Ice can also reduce sunlight from reaching aquatic plant life that would otherwise produce oxygen through the process of photosynthesis.
Fishing In Colorado
Fishing In Colorado
Fishing In Colorado
Fishing In Colorado
Fishing In Colorado
Fishing In Colorado
Fishing In Colorado
Fishing In Colorado
Fishing In Colorado
Fishing In Colorado
Fishing In Colorado
Fishing In Colorado

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